title: 50Years of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation.
abstract: The seminal paper published in 1963 by Chambon, Weil and Mandel reporting a new NAD-dependent protein modification now known as poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation (PARylation) marked the launch of a new era in both protein research and cell biology. In the coming decades, the identity, biochemical characteristics and regulation of enzymes responsible for the synthesis and degradation of protein-bound poly(ADP-ribose) have been discovered and the surprisingly multifarious biological roles of PARylation have not ceased to amaze cell and molecular biologists ever since. The review series on PARylation following this preface is comprised of ten papers written by great experts of the field and aims to provide practicing physicians and basic scientists with the state-of-the-art on the "writers, readers and erasers" of poly(ADP-ribose), some recent paradigm shifts of the field and its translational potential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Chemistry, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary; MTA DE Cell Biology and Signaling Research Group, Debrecen, Hungary. Electronic address: lvirag@med.unideb.hu.
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Virág
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D011064:Poly Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism*; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; C024857:poly(ADP)-ribosylated proteins; D011064:Poly Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases
keywords: Carcinogenesis; Cell death; PARG; PARP; Poly(ADP-ribose); Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase; Transcription