ReviewCancers2021
OB-Folds and Genome Maintenance: Targeting Protein-DNA Interactions for Cancer Therapy.
Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Hands-on summer research programs at Indiana university Simon comprehensive cancer center.Discover education · 2025Article
- The effect of replication protein A inhibition and post-translational modification on ATR kinase signaling.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The Effect of Replication Protein A Inhibition and Post-Translational Modification on ATR Kinase Signaling.Research square · 2024Article
- DNA-dependent phase separation by human SSB2 (NABP1/OBFC2A) protein points to adaptations to eukaryotic genome repair processes.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2024Article
- Crystal Structure of DNA Replication Protein SsbA Complexed with the Anticancer Drug 5-Fluorouracil.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- The Inhibitory Effects and Cytotoxic Activities of the Stem Extract ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Recent Advances in the Development of Non-PIKKs Targeting Small Molecule Inhibitors of DNA Double-Strand Break Repair.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
- Making Connections: Integrative Signaling Mechanisms Coordinate DNA Break Repair in Chromatin.Frontiers in genetics · 2021Review
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Abstract
Genome stability and maintenance pathways along with their requisite proteins are critical for the accurate duplication of genetic material, mutation avoidance, and suppression of human diseases including cancer. Many of these proteins participate in these pathways by binding directly to DNA, and a subset employ oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide binding folds (OB-fold) to facilitate the protein-DNA interactions. OB-fold motifs allow for sequence independent binding to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and can serve to position specific proteins at specific DNA structures and then, via protein-protein interaction motifs, assemble the machinery to catalyze the replication, repair, or recombination of DNA. This review provides an overview of the OB-fold structural organization of some of the most relevant OB-fold containing proteins for oncology and drug discovery. We discuss their individual roles in DNA metabolism, progress toward drugging these motifs and their utility as potential cancer therapeutics. While protein-DNA interactions were initially thought to be undruggable, recent reports of success with molecules targeting OB-fold containing proteins suggest otherwise. The potential for the development of agents targeting OB-folds is in its infancy, but if successful, would expand the opportunities to impinge on genome stability and maintenance pathways for more effective cancer treatment.
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