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ArticleCell chemical biology2020

Clofarabine Commandeers the RNR-α-ZRANB3 Nuclear Signaling Axis.

Marcus J C Long, Yi Zhao, Yimon Aye

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Article in Cell chemical biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The Zinc Finger Ran-Binding Protein 3 (ZRANB3): An Advanced Perspective.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marcus J C LongBishop Burton, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire HU17 8QH, UK.
Yi ZhaoSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
Yimon AyeSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland. Electronic address: yimon.aye@epfl.ch.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CHBishop Burton College · GB

Funding

Deconvoluting Redox Biology with Targeted ChemistryDP2GM114850 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI AYE, YIMON · 2014 to 2014
$2.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM114850
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) is an essential enzyme in DNA biogenesis and a target of several chemotherapeutics. Here, we investigate how anti-leukemic drugs (e.g., clofarabine [ClF]) that target one of the two subunits of RNR, RNR-α, affect non-canonical RNR-α functions. We discovered that these clinically approved RNR-inhibiting dATP-analogs inhibit growth by also targeting ZRANB3-a recently identified DNA synthesis promoter and nuclear-localized interactor of RNR-α. Remarkably, in early time points following drug treatment, ZRANB3 targeting accounted for most of the drug-induced DNA synthesis suppression and multiple cell types featuring ZRANB3 knockout/knockdown were resistant to these drugs. In addition, ZRANB3 plays a major role in regulating tumor invasion and H-ras

Indexed as

Antimetabolites, AntineoplasticCell Line, TumorCell NucleusClofarabineDNA HelicasesDNA, NeoplasmHeLa CellsHumansRibonucleotide ReductasesSignal TransductionAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticClofarabineDNA HelicasesDNA, NeoplasmRibonucleotide ReductasesZRANB3 protein, humanchemotherapeuticscladribineclofarabineDNA synthesisfludarabine monophosphatemoonlightingprotein-protein associationsribonucleotide reductasetumor suppressionZRANB3

Identifiers

PMID31836351
PMCPMC6980387
OpenAlexW2996018990

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