Featured Publications
Nascent alt-protein chemoproteomics reveals a pre-60S assembly checkpoint inhibitor
Cao X, Khitun A, Harold CM, Bryant CJ, Zheng SJ, Baserga SJ, Slavoff SA. Nascent alt-protein chemoproteomics reveals a pre-60S assembly checkpoint inhibitor. Nature Chemical Biology 2022, 18: 643-651. PMID: 35393574, PMCID: PMC9423127, DOI: 10.1038/s41589-022-01003-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRibosomal subunitDNA damage stressImportant cellular rolesGlobal protein synthesisN-terminal extensionCellular rolesCanonical proteinsHuman cellsProtein synthesisAlternative proteinsCell proliferationChemoproteomicsDamage stressSubunitsProteinAssemblyInhibitorsHypothesis generationMicroproteinsCytoplasmProliferationCellsExportDepletion
2020
Global Profiling of Cellular Substrates of Human Dcp2
Luo Y, Schofield J, Simon MD, Slavoff SA. Global Profiling of Cellular Substrates of Human Dcp2. Biochemistry 2020, 59: 4176-4188. PMID: 32365300, PMCID: PMC7641959, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDecapping enzymeFirst committed stepCellular transcriptsP-bodiesRNA decayCommitted stepHuman transcriptomeMammalian cellsMolecular marksKnockout cellsGlobal profilingConsensus sequenceCellular substratesDCP2Human cellsTranscriptsEnzymeEnzyme substrateCellsDistinct subsetsTranscriptomeAdditive effectEnrichmentRNACytoplasm
2018
P‑Bodies: Composition, Properties, and Functions
Luo Y, Na Z, Slavoff SA. P‑Bodies: Composition, Properties, and Functions. Biochemistry 2018, 57: 2424-2431. PMID: 29381060, PMCID: PMC6296482, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsP-bodiesMRNA decayMRNA decay machineryLiquid-liquid phase separationP-body functionPost-transcriptional regulationDecay machineryProcessing bodiesTranslational repressionEukaryotic cellsCytoplasmic ribonucleoproteinCellular localizationRibonucleoproteinMolecular compositionRecent advancesRepressionMachineryProteinMRNARegulationFunctionCellsLocalizationDiscoveryComposition
2015
The Discovery of Human sORF‐Encoded Polypeptides (SEPs) in Cell Lines and Tissue
Ma J, Ward C, Jungreis I, Slavoff S, Schwaid A, Neveu J, Budnik B, Kellis M, Saghatelian A. The Discovery of Human sORF‐Encoded Polypeptides (SEPs) in Cell Lines and Tissue. The FASEB Journal 2015, 29 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.567.21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchShort open reading framesNon-AUG start codonsOpen reading frameCell linesHuman genomeMammalian cellsReading frameStart codonAdditional cell linesPolypeptide productsMolecular biologyUbiquitous classK562 cellsGenomeProteomeHuman SEPsPolypeptideHuman tissuesNew SEPCellsCodonDiscoveryBiologyTissueLines
2014
Discovery of Human sORF-Encoded Polypeptides (SEPs) in Cell Lines and Tissue
Ma J, Ward CC, Jungreis I, Slavoff SA, Schwaid AG, Neveu J, Budnik BA, Kellis M, Saghatelian A. Discovery of Human sORF-Encoded Polypeptides (SEPs) in Cell Lines and Tissue. Journal Of Proteome Research 2014, 13: 1757-1765. PMID: 24490786, PMCID: PMC3993966, DOI: 10.1021/pr401280w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort open reading framesNon-AUG start codonsOpen reading frameCell linesHuman genomeMammalian cellsReading frameStart codonAdditional cell linesPolypeptide productsMolecular biologyUbiquitous classK562 cellsGenomeProteomeHuman SEPsPolypeptideHuman tissuesNew SEPCellsCodonDiscoveryBiologyTissueLines