Guardian ubiquitin E3 ligases target cancer-associated APOBEC3 deaminases for degradation to promote human genome integrity.
Irene Schwartz, Valentina Budroni, Mathilde Meyenberg, Zuzana Hodáková, Harald Hornegger, Kathrin Hacker, Siegfried Schwartz, Daniel B. Grabarczyk, Julian F. Ehrmann, Sara Scinicariello, David Haselbach, Jörg Menche, Tim Clausen, Gülsün Elif Karagöz, Gijs A. Versteeg
The paper identifies UBR4, UBR5, and HUWE1 as E3 ligases that degrade cancer-associated APOBEC3 proteins to prevent genome mutagenesis.
Nature Communications · Jan 19, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology