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Gao R, Yang H, Wang Y. SETD3 functions beyond histidine methylation. Life Sci 2024; 357:123064. [PMID: 39299385 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2024.123064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2024] [Revised: 09/02/2024] [Accepted: 09/14/2024] [Indexed: 09/22/2024]
Abstract
SETD3 is a member of SET domain-containing proteins. It has been discovered as the first metazoan protein (actin) histidine methyltransferase. In addition to this well-characterized molecular function of SETD3, it has been clearly shown to be involved in multiple biological processes, such as cell differentiation, tumorigenesis and viral infection. Here, we summarize the current knowledge on the roles of SETD3 beyond its histidine methyltransferase activity, and outline its cellular and molecular modes of action, as well as the upstream regulation on SETD3, therefore providing insights for the molecular basis of how SETD3 fine regulates multiple physiological and pathological processes.
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- Rui Gao
- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital, School of medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361000, China.
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital, School of medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361000, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital, School of medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361000, China
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Al-Fakhar MSQ, Bilgin N, Moesgaard L, Witecka A, Drozak J, Kongsted J, Mecinović J. The Role of Trp79 in β-Actin on Histidine Methyltransferase SETD3 Catalysis. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202300490. [PMID: 37581408 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
Abstract
Nτ -methylation of His73 in actin by histidine methyltransferase SETD3 plays an important role in stabilising actin filaments in eukaryotes. Mutations in actin and overexpression of SETD3 have been related to human diseases, including cancer. Here, we investigated the importance of Trp79 in β-actin on productive human SETD3 catalysis. Substitution of Trp79 in β-actin peptides by its chemically diverse analogues reveals that the hydrophobic Trp79 binding pocket modulates the catalytic activity of SETD3, and that retaining a bulky and hydrophobic amino acid at position 79 is important for efficient His73 methylation by SETD3. Molecular dynamics simulations show that the Trp79 binding pocket of SETD3 is ideally shaped to accommodate large and hydrophobic Trp79, contributing to the favourable release of water molecules upon binding. Our results demonstrate that the distant Trp79 binding site plays an important role in efficient SETD3 catalysis, contributing to the identification of new SETD3 substrates and the development of chemical probes targeting the biomedically important SETD3.
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- Mays S Q Al-Fakhar
- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Metabolic Regulation, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Metabolic Regulation, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense, Denmark
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Peters CE, Schulze-Gahmen U, Eckhardt M, Jang GM, Xu J, Pulido EH, Bardine C, Craik CS, Ott M, Gozani O, Verba KA, Hüttenhain R, Carette JE, Krogan NJ. Structure-function analysis of enterovirus protease 2A in complex with its essential host factor SETD3. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5282. [PMID: 36075902 PMCID: PMC9453702 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32758-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Enteroviruses cause a number of medically relevant and widespread human diseases with no approved antiviral therapies currently available. Host-directed therapies present an enticing option for this diverse genus of viruses. We have previously identified the actin histidine methyltransferase SETD3 as a critical host factor physically interacting with the viral protease 2A. Here, we report the 3.5 Å cryo-EM structure of SETD3 interacting with coxsackievirus B3 2A at two distinct interfaces, including the substrate-binding surface within the SET domain. Structure-function analysis revealed that mutations of key residues in the SET domain resulted in severely reduced binding to 2A and complete protection from enteroviral infection. Our findings provide insight into the molecular basis of the SETD3-2A interaction and a framework for the rational design of host-directed therapeutics against enteroviruses.
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- Christine E Peters
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Virology, The J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
- QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, The J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, The J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, The J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, The J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Virology, The J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
- QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, The J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, The J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Maas MN, Hintzen JCJ, Mecinović J. Probing lysine posttranslational modifications by unnatural amino acids. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:7216-7231. [PMID: 35678513 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00708h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Posttranslational modifications, typically small chemical tags attached on amino acids following protein biosynthesis, have a profound effect on protein structure and function. Numerous chemically and structurally diverse posttranslational modifications, including methylation, acetylation, hydroxylation, and ubiquitination, have been identified and characterised on lysine residues in proteins. In this feature article, we focus on chemical tools that rely on the site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids into peptides and proteins to probe posttranslational modifications of lysine. We highlight that simple amino acid mimics enable detailed mechanistic and functional assignment of enzymes that install and remove such modifications, and proteins that specifically recognise lysine posttranslational modifications.
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- Marijn N Maas
- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark.
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark.
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark.
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Elisha L, Abaev-Schneiderman E, Cohn O, Shapira G, Shomron N, Feldman M, Levy D. Structure-function conservation between the methyltransferases SETD3 and SETD6. Biochimie 2022; 200:27-35. [PMID: 35550916 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2022.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Among the protein lysine methyltransferases family members, it appears that SETD6 is highly similar and closely related to SETD3. The two methyltransferases show high similarity in their structure, which raised the hypothesis that they share cellular functions. Using a proteomic screen, we identified 52 shared interacting-proteins. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis of the shared proteins revealed significant enrichment of proteins involved in transcription. Our RNA-seq data of SETD6 KO and SETD3 KO HeLa cells identified ∼100 up-regulated and down-regulated shared genes. We have also identified a substantial number of genes that changed dramatically in the double KO cells but did not significantly change in the single KO cells. GO analysis of these genes revealed enrichment of apoptotic genes. Accordingly, we show that the double KO cells displayed high apoptotic levels, suggesting that SETD6 and SETD3 inhibit apoptosis. Collectively, our data strongly suggest a functional link between SETD6 and SETD3 in the regulation of apoptosis.
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- Lee Elisha
- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Israel; The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Be'er-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Israel; The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Be'er-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Israel; The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Be'er-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Edmond J. Safra Center for Bioinformatics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Edmond J. Safra Center for Bioinformatics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Israel; The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Be'er-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Israel; The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Be'er-Sheva, 84105, Israel.
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Hintzen JCJ, Ma H, Deng H, Witecka A, Andersen SB, Drozak J, Guo H, Qian P, Li H, Mecinović J. Histidine methyltransferase SETD3 methylates structurally diverse histidine mimics in actin. Protein Sci 2022; 31:e4305. [PMID: 35481649 PMCID: PMC9004244 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
Actin histidine Nτ -methylation by histidine methyltransferase SETD3 plays an important role in human biology and diseases. Here, we report integrated synthetic, biocatalytic, biostructural, and computational analyses on human SETD3-catalyzed methylation of actin peptides possessing histidine and its structurally and chemically diverse mimics. Our enzyme assays supported by biostructural analyses demonstrate that SETD3 has a broader substrate scope beyond histidine, including N-nucleophiles on the aromatic and aliphatic side chains. Quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical molecular dynamics and free-energy simulations provide insight into binding geometries and the free energy barrier for the enzymatic methyl transfer to histidine mimics, further supporting experimental data that histidine is the superior SETD3 substrate over its analogs. This work demonstrates that human SETD3 has a potential to catalyze efficient methylation of several histidine mimics, overall providing mechanistic, biocatalytic, and functional insight into actin histidine methylation by SETD3.
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- Jordi C. J. Hintzen
- Department of Physics, Chemistry and PharmacyUniversity of Southern DenmarkOdenseDenmark
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, School of Medicine, Tsinghua‐Peking Center for Life SciencesTsinghua UniversityBeijingChina
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- Chemistry and Materials Science FacultyShandong Agricultural UniversityTai'anShandongChina
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- Department of Metabolic Regulation, Faculty of BiologyUniversity of WarsawWarsawPoland
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and PharmacyUniversity of Southern DenmarkOdenseDenmark
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- Department of Metabolic Regulation, Faculty of BiologyUniversity of WarsawWarsawPoland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular BiologyUniversity of TennesseeKnoxvilleTennesseeUSA
- UT/ORNL Center for Molecular BiophysicsOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTennesseeUSA
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- Chemistry and Materials Science FacultyShandong Agricultural UniversityTai'anShandongChina
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, School of Medicine, Tsinghua‐Peking Center for Life SciencesTsinghua UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and PharmacyUniversity of Southern DenmarkOdenseDenmark
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Bilgin N, Moesgaard L, Maas M, Hintzen J, Witecka A, Drozak J, Kongsted J, Mecinović J. Importance of Ile71 in β-actin on histidine methyltransferase SETD3 catalysis. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:1723-1730. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ob02430b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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SETD3-catalysed N3-methylation of His73 in β-actin plays a key role in stabilisation of actin filaments in the metazoan cells. Overexpression and/or dysregulation of SETD3 is associated with several human pathologies,...
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Witecka A, Kwiatkowski S, Ishikawa T, Drozak J. The Structure, Activity, and Function of the SETD3 Protein Histidine Methyltransferase. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:1040. [PMID: 34685411 PMCID: PMC8537074 DOI: 10.3390/life11101040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
SETD3 has been recently identified as a long sought, actin specific histidine methyltransferase that catalyzes the Nτ-methylation reaction of histidine 73 (H73) residue in human actin or its equivalent in other metazoans. Its homologs are widespread among multicellular eukaryotes and expressed in most mammalian tissues. SETD3 consists of a catalytic SET domain responsible for transferring the methyl group from S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet) to a protein substrate and a RuBisCO LSMT domain that recognizes and binds the methyl-accepting protein(s). The enzyme was initially identified as a methyltransferase that catalyzes the modification of histone H3 at K4 and K36 residues, but later studies revealed that the only bona fide substrate of SETD3 is H73, in the actin protein. The methylation of actin at H73 contributes to maintaining cytoskeleton integrity, which remains the only well characterized biological effect of SETD3. However, the discovery of numerous novel methyltransferase interactors suggests that SETD3 may regulate various biological processes, including cell cycle and apoptosis, carcinogenesis, response to hypoxic conditions, and enterovirus pathogenesis. This review summarizes the current advances in research on the SETD3 protein, its biological importance, and role in various diseases.
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- Apolonia Witecka
- Department of Metabolic Regulation, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland; (A.W.); (S.K.)
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- Department of Metabolic Regulation, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland; (A.W.); (S.K.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Metabolic Regulation, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland; (A.W.); (S.K.)
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