Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

The protective role of DOT1L in UV-induced melanomagenesis

  • Bo Zhu,
  • Shuyang Chen,
  • Hongshen Wang,
  • Chengqian Yin,
  • Changpeng Han,
  • Cong Peng,
  • Zhaoqian Liu,
  • Lixin Wan,
  • Xiaoyang Zhang,
  • Jie Zhang,
  • Christine G. Lian,
  • Peilin Ma,
  • Zhi-xiang Xu,
  • Sharon Prince,
  • Tao Wang,
  • Xiumei Gao,
  • Yujiang Shi,
  • Dali Liu,
  • Min Liu,
  • Wenyi Wei,
  • Zhi Wei,
  • Jingxuan Pan,
  • Yongjun Wang,
  • Zhenyu Xuan,
  • Jay Hess,
  • Nicholas K. Hayward,
  • Colin R. Goding,
  • Xiang Chen,
  • Jun Zhou,
  • Rutao Cui

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02687-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The interaction of DOT1L with MLL oncogenic fusion proteins has been implicated in leukemogenesis. Here, the authors show a contrasting role for DOT1L in protecting UVR-induced melanomagenesis by facilitating DNA repair through interaction with XPC.