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"Our ongoing interest in the rational design of small molecule antagonists of the p53 Mdm2 and Mdm4 interactions has prompted us to design scaffolds with novel tryptophan mimicking features. xref While Wang et al. introduced the oxindole anchor, we introduced indole and others are using p-substituted phenyl groups, we wanted to explore here the benzimidazolidinone moiety as a tryptophan mimicking moiety. xref For reasons of resources we restricted our search of suitable benzimidazolidinone scaffolds to multicomponent reactions as opposed to sequential multi step syntheses."
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"One of the earliest targeted therapies envisioned for use in retinoblastoma, based on preclinical information generated in transgenic mice, was Nutlin-3. xref Nutlin-3 blocks the interaction of MDM2 and MDM4 with p53, resulting in stabilization of p53 and stimulation of apoptotic cell death."
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"Therefore, the development of inhibitors of both HDM2 and HDMX binding to p53 is becoming an important new target for chemists to tackle. xref Recently, the work of Schepartz and co-workers has elegantly demonstrated that helical α-peptides can be appropriately modified to bind with good affinity to both HDM2 and HDMX. xref Here, we report an alternative scaffold based on the α-sheet tri-urea template developed by Nowick and co-workers. xref Among the inhibitors of p53-HDM2, Robinson and co-workers showed that peptide-based structures other than a helix can be developed into inhibitors. xref In this work, cyclic peptides in α-sheet conformations were developed into very potent inhibitors of HDM2-p53 association. xref – xref Based on these precedents, we have developed a scaffold we have termed N-acylpolyamines (NAPAs, xref ) and we have optimized the sidechains projecting from the scaffold to inhibit both HDM2 and HDMX binding to a p53 peptide with IC 50 values around 2 μ M. As illustrated in xref , our general strategy was to project hydrophobic sidechains from the urea (R i ) to bind into the proteins’ hydrophobic binding clefts while sidechains attached to the carbon backbone (R o ) would be hydrophilic and exposed to the solvent."
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"Although our data indicate that FAM193A controls the dynamics of the MDM4/MDM2/p53 complex primarily through modulation of levels of the individual components of this complex, it is possible that FAM193A binding to the RING domain of MDM4 may interfere with the activity of the MDM2-MDM4 heterodimer, leading to higher p53 protein expression and activity."
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"However, to our surprise, INZ or its close analogue INZ1 that induced p53 did not apparently affect the interaction between either MDMX and p53, or MDM2 and MDMX, or MDM2 and p53 in our in vitro fluorescence polarization and cell-based co-immunoprecipitation assays (data not shown)."
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"Inhibitors that disrupt the interaction between p53 and MDM2 and/or the homologue MDMX (also known as MDM4) were developed xref , including the cis -imidazoline analogues (otherwise known as the nutlins) such as Nutlin-3 and RG7112, which are currently being assessed in clinical trials for haematological malignancies xref ."
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"Both apamin and stingin adopt nearly identical structures where an N-terminal loop and a C-terminal α-helix are stabilized by two disulfide bridges (Cys1–Cys11 and Cys3–Cys15). xref , xref By grafting the four underlined hydrophobic residues (Phe9, Tyr12, Trp13, and Leu16) to apamin, we succeeded in converting the neurotoxin into a potent inhibitor of the interaction of the p53 tumor suppressor with its negative regulators MDM2 and MDMX. xref "
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"PMI competes with p53 for MDM2 and MDMX binding at an affinity roughly two orders of magnitude higher than that of 17–28 p53 (ET F SDL W KL L PE) of the same length; both peptides adopt nearly identical α-helical conformations in the complexes, where the three highlighted hydrophobic residues Phe, Trp and Leu dominate PMI or 17–28 p53 binding to MDM2 and MDMX."
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"Recent availability of the crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of MDMX bound to a 15-residue p53 peptide showed that although basic features of the MDM2-p53 and MDMX-p53 interactions are similar, there are some differences between the binding pockets in MDM2 and MDMX ( xref )."
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"We previously showed that p53-Mdm2 or p53-Mdmx interactions subsequent to DNA damage are readily detectable as long as proteasome inhibitors are present ( xref ; xref ), implying that p53 post-translational modifications alone are insufficient to prevent interactions with Mdm2/Mdmx."
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"Nutlin-3a is a small molecule that blocks MDM2-mediated p53 degradation, and thereby leads to cell death in cancer cells and tumor xenografts. xref It synergizes with conventional chemotherapeutic agents and is currently undergoing phase I and II clinical trials as combination therapy. xref , xref Inhibiting the interaction of p53 with MDM2 or MDMX using small molecules represents an attractive strategy for treating human cancers that bear wild-type p53 but overexpress MDM2 or MDM4; xref , xref , xref however, this concept has rarely been tested in HNC. xref , xref A heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) inhibitor, 17-(allylamino)-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17AAG), was reported to interfere with the repressive p53–MDMX complex and increase p53 transcriptional activity by inducing MDMX degradation. xref This non-genotoxic small molecule selectively decreases the viability of solid cancer cells and increases the apoptotic activity of Nutlin-3a."
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"The discovery of novel p53-MDM2/X inhibitors was one of the highlights in anti-tumor agents. xref Since the disclosure of Nutlin-3, xref many scaffolds have been prepared and evaluated, including indo-imidazole, imidazoline, benzodiazepinedione and spirooxindole scaffolds. xref Thus, antagonizing the p53-MDM2 or/and MDMX interaction is a promising anticancer strategy and several compounds are presently undergoing early clinical evaluations. xref – xref However, the discovery of new p53/MDM2/MDMX scaffolds is still of high interest due to low single agent activity currently seen in clinical trials and insufficient PKPD properties."
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"To further test the role of MDM2 and MDMX in regulating p53 level and activity in TGCT cells, an adenovirus expressing thioredoxin fused to an optimized inhibitory peptide against MDM2 and MDMX (Ad-DI) was also used to disrupt MDM2-p53 and MDMX-p53 binding. xref Because of extremely poor efficiency of gene delivery by adenovirus in TGCT cells, the experiment using 833KE and 2102EP were uninformative (data not shown)."
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"Grafting four residues of p53 critical for MDM2/MDMX binding to the N-terminal alpha-helix of BmBKTx1, a scorpion toxin isolated from the venom of the Asian scorpion Buthus martensi Karsch, converts the miniature protein into an effective inhibitor of p53 interactions with MDM2 and MDMX."
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"In contrast,
the SAHp53-8, sMTide-02, and ATSP-7041 were potent p53-Mdm2 and p53-Mdm4
interaction disruptors in the lysate BiLC assays ( xref ); negative control peptides with mutations in amino acids
(Phe, Trp and Leu) known to mediate p53 interactions with Mdm2 and Mdm4 were
inactive ( xref )."
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"Unlike the small molecule inhibitors of MDM2 in clinical development, ALRN-6924 (Aileron Therapeutics) is a stapled peptide designed to disrupt p53 interaction with both MDM2 and MDM4 and currently in phase I/II clinical trials in solid and haematological malignancies (identifier NCT02264613 and NCT02909972)."
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"As shown in xref , p53 has 393 amino acid residues that can be subdivided into five domains: the N-terminal transactivation domains (TAD) that are responsible for its binding to the p53-binding sites on MDM2 and MDMX, a proline-rich region (PP) that contains five PxxP motifs and is essential for inducing apoptosis, a DNA-binding domain (DBD), a tetramerization domain (TET), and a C-terminal domain (CTD) that is critical for the binding of p53 to the TRAF domain of USP7 ( xref ; xref )."
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"Although both MDM2 and MDM4 bind to p53 similarly through a hydrophobic pocket at their NTRs, the p53‐inhibiting activity of MDM4 (but not MDM2) is in turn inhibited by an MDM4 auto‐inhibitory sequence, located in the central region of MDM4 (Bista et al ., xref ; Chen et al ., xref )."
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"The IC 50 s determined for VIP-82 SCRAM were approximately 6-fold and 12-fold higher against Mdm2, and 6-fold and 5-fold higher against Mdm4 than those derived with VIP-82 at both time-points, implying that the inhibitory effects on the Mdm2:p53 and Mdm4:p53 nanoBIT complexes are not a direct consequence of Mdm2/4 inhibition."
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"The binding of MDM2 Y487A or MDMX to p53 appeared unaffected in the Mdm2 Y487A/Y487A ;Mdmx + / + ;p53 ER/- MEFs ( xref ), suggesting that the MDM2 E3 ligase activity is not required for MDM2-p53 binding, but rather the presence of the MDM2-MDMX physical interaction is important for p53 binding."
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"Studies have shown that reactivation of wild‐type (wt) TP53 by inhibiting MDM2‐p53 interaction or knockdown of MDM2 and MDM4 induces cell cycle arrest and apoptotic cell death, inhibiting tumor growth in tumors carrying wt TP53 . xref , xref , xref , xref , xref , xref , xref , xref Thus, MDM2 and MDM4 are ideal targets for cancer therapy in such tumors."
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"Our results provide biochemical evidence on the dynamics of the p53-Mdm2-Mdm4 interactions in affecting p53 levels and activity, and unlike previously reported findings derived from genetically manipulated systems, AML cells with naturally high levels of Mdm4 remain sensitive to nutlin treatment."
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"When LNCaP and 22Rv1 cells, two prostate cancer cell lines carrying the wild-type copy of the TP53 gene, were treated with the dual inhibitor RO, or with a combination of nutlin-3 and SJ, p53 was stabilized and activated, since both treatments disrupted the p53 interaction with MDM2 and MDMX."
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"Previously, PDI was determined to inhibit the full-length p53 binding to Mdm2 and Mdmx with IC 50 values of 44 nM and 550 nM, respectively, in an ELISA assay. xref To gauge the effect of stapling on inhibitory activity, stapled PDI analogs 1-3 were evaluated and their inhibitory activity data were collected in xref ."
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"Since tumor models derived from A2780 cells are used in drug development studies, it becomes important to determine whether novel drugs arising from such studies are achieving their desired goals of circumventing cisplatin resistance by effectively disrupting the p53, MDM2, and MDM4 complex."
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"PMI competes with p53 for MDM2 and MDMX binding at an affinity roughly 2 orders of magnitude higher than that of (17-28)p53 (ETFSDLWKLLPE) of the same length; both peptides adopt nearly identical alpha-helical conformations in the complexes, where the three highlighted hydrophobic residues Phe, Trp, and Leu dominate PMI or (17-28)p53 binding to MDM2 and MDMX."
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"A structure-based approach led to identification of nutlin-3a (2-piperazinone, 4-[(4 S ,5 R )-4,5-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro- 2-[4 methoxy-2-(1-methylethoxy)phenyl]-1 H –imidazol-1-yl]carbonyl]-) ( xref ), a small molecule that inhibits the MDM2-p53 interaction by binding the p53 binding pocket of MDM2.[ xref ]Nutlin-3a also binds MDMX and prevents the association of both MDM2 and MDMX with p53[ xref , xref ]( xref )."
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"P53 can be acetylated by the histone acetyltransferase CBP/p300 and p300/CBP associated factor (PCAF) at K320 [ xref , xref ], K164 [ xref ] or C-terminal domain (K370, 372, 373 and K382) [ xref ], which blocks Mdm2 and Mdmx binding to p53, thus preventing degradation of p53 and promoting the recruitment of p53 to target promoters."
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"This has led to the discovery of a list of potent Mdm2–p53 inhibitors xref with several compounds of this class being advanced to phase I clinical trials in hematological neoplasia and solid tumors. xref However, the therapeutic effects of these Mdm2–p53 inhibitors can be attenuated by MdmX overexpression. xref , xref , xref Although peptide inhibitors with dual functions of inhibiting both Mdm2–p53 and MdmX–p53 interactions will overcome this problem and enhance p53-dependent cancer killing; xref , xref these inhibitors will not inhibit Mdm2 E3 ligase activity toward non-p53 targets such as retinoblastoma protein (RB), p21 and DAXX (death domain-associated protein), xref , xref , xref which to a different extent contributes to the p53-dependent biological effects."
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"Nutlin binds to MDM2 versus MDMX with a 40-fold stronger inhibition constant ( K i of 0.7 versus 28 μ M), whereas MDMX and MDM2 bind to p53 with similar affinities ( K d =0.5 μ M). xref , xref Thus, in the presence of Nutlin, MDMX is still able to bind to p53 and repress its transcriptional activity. xref , xref Consequently, knockdown of MDMX was reported to potentiate Nutlin-induced apoptosis. xref , xref , xref We confirmed these findings."
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"An alternative independent strategy for mitochondria-targeted radiation mitigation was tested using a small molecule inhibitor of p53 binding to mdm2 and mdm4 ( xref – xref ), with the goal to enhance the bioavailability of p53 and enhance cellular repair processes ( xref , xref )."
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"In the present study, however, we have uncovered a novel mechanism of p53 inactivation for inducing cisplatin resistance whereby the heterozygous V172F missense mutation in p53 enhances MDM4 recruitment into the p53, MDM2, and MDM4 complex that prevents p53 dependent transcriptional activity and apoptosis."
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"Given the therapeutic potential of selective HDMX targeting and the use of such agents as chemical probes and diagnostics of HDMX dependency, we sought to investigate distinguishing features of the HDM2 and HDMX p53-binding pockets that could inform the development of selective HDMX inhibitors."
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"Regarding the different approaches to reactivate p53, whenever this protein is found as awild type in tumors and the p53-regulatory pathways are defective, the approach to its reactivation is the use of small molecules or peptides to inhibit the N-terminal interaction between p53 and MDM2 or MDM4."
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"Although the N‐terminal region (NTR) of both MDM2 and MDM4 bind similarly to p53 to inhibit p53‐mediated transactivation, the p53‐binding activity of MDM4 (but not MDM2) is inhibited by an intramolecular sequence, located in the central region of MDM4 (Bista et al ., xref ; Chen et al ., xref )."
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"To develop an assay to simultaneously measure the interactions of both Mdm2 and Mdm4 with p53, a bimodal fluorescent based method was developed that utilised two different fluorescently tetramerizing tags (FP-tag), AG (Azami Green) with the Mdm2:p53 interaction and MR (Monti Red) with the Mdm4:p53 interaction."
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"MDM2 and MDMX share considerable structural homology, binding to the N-terminus of p53 and leading to its transcriptional activity inhibition and degradation. xref Recent findings suggest that overexpression of MDM2 and MDMX is a key factor that results in multiple human cancers, making them the promising target for antitumor drug development. xref , xref – xref Hence, p53–MDM2 and p53–MDMX protein–protein interactions were selected as the model applications to evaluate the feasibility and practicality of our new developed foldamer."
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"SAH-p53-8, whose uptake is impeded by 10% serum conditions, showed modest activity against the p53-HDM2 and p53-HDMX interactions at the higher 20 μM dose level with no effect on BRCA1/BARD1 ( xref ), whereas Staplin disrupted only the p53/HDM2 interaction (in non-dose-responsive fashion), with no effect on p53/HDMX or BRCA1/BARD1 ( xref )."
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"Diverse signaling pathways converge on the p53, MDM2, and MDM4 complex to release p53 from its repressors and enable it to regulate transcription of downstream target genes involved in cellular responses such as cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, senescence, autophagy, DNA repair and central metabolism."
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"In this report we describe the development of a Flu orescent P rotein- P rotein I nteraction-visualization (FLUOPPI) to enable the simultaneous measurement of both Mdm2:p53 and Mdm4:p53 interactions in order to assess the relative efficiencies of mimetic molecules of the p53 peptide helix against both PPIs."
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"These results indicate that wild-type p53 upregulation associated with downregulation of MDM2 and MDMX can also play a dominant role in the killing of tumour cells by SF3B1 inhibition and that there may be a level of tumour selectivity because of the greater sensitivity of MDM2/MDMX expression in transformed cells."
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"Taking into account the well-known structure of the MDM2-p53 complex, and the fact that the inhibition of the wild-type (wt) p53 via p53/MDM2/MDMX axis is essential for cancer to develop (reviewed in [ xref ]), inhibition of the MDM2-p53 and MDMX-p53 interactions has become a very promising strategy for cancer therapy and is described in more detail below."
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"For example, mouse knock-out studies showed that the Mdm4 -knockout mice results in p53-dependent embryonic lethality with defects in proliferation and no apoptosis, which were rescued by knocking out the p53 gene, suggesting the biological role of the p53–MDM2–MDM4 interaction and the major function of these molecules during embryonic development [ xref – xref ]."
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"MDM2 serves as an E3 ubiquitin ligase to degrade p53, and MDM2 and MDM4 together bind to the transcriptional activation domains of p53 to inhibit its transactivation function. xref Furthermore, consistent with the predictions, a significant increase in the apoptosis of normal cells was observed in an acid-dependent manner."
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"The restoration of the impaired function of the p53 protein by disrupting the Mdm2–p53 or Mdmx–p53 interaction offers a fundamentally new avenue for the treatment of a broad spectrum of cancers.[ xref – xref , xref ]Cancer cells have been shown to be extremely sensitive to the restoration of p53 function, verifying the expectation of highly effective therapies from this approach.[ xref ]Many currently used genotoxic chemotherapeutics rely on DNA-damage-dependent activation of p53 to mount an apoptotic response."
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"Although most of the screening against the MDM2/MDMX-p53 interaction have been based on biochemical and biophysical assays as discussed above, a high-affinity peptide inhibitor of p53 interaction with MDM2 and MDMX was also identified by screening a duodecimal peptide library displayed on M13 phage using site-specific biotinylated p53-binding domains of human MDM2 and MDMX [ xref ]."
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"DNA damage by cis-Pt or carboplatin upregulates key cellular pathways to stabilize p53 by dissociating the Mdm2, Mdm4, and p53 complex, thereby allowing p53 to translocate to the nucleus, where it binds to specific DNA sequences for transactivation of target genes, exemplified by p21, Mdm2 and Bax [XREF_BIBR - XREF_BIBR]."
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"In a study by Chang et al. , the authors describe a stapled α-helical peptide that binds to the p53-binding domains of MDM2 and MDMX with low-nanomolar affinities. xref Although controversial, stapled peptide technology offers the unique opportunity to specifically mimic the p53-binding site in MDM2 and/or MDMX with strong affinity."
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"The interaction between MDM2 and MDM4 is essential for E3 ligase activity of MDM2 and, thereby, inducing proteosomal degradation of p53 and maintaining its levels below a critical threshold for activity. xref , xref Moreover, the qualitative nature of negative regulation of p53 is dependent on MDM2 and MDM4 levels, with relatively greater levels of MDM4 inhibiting MDM2-mediated p53 degradation and/or competing with MDM2 for the p53 binding site to inhibit its transcription activity. xref , xref DNA damage signals, however, can inhibit interaction between p53 and MDM2 or MDM4, and accelerate MDM4 degradation by MDM2, to stabilize and transcriptionally activate p53. xref – xref "
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"In both Mdm2 and MdmX complexes with p53, the side chains of Leu22 and Leu26 were pointing to the outside of the main pocket occupied by Trp23 and Phe19 and had little effect on the structural arrangements of the p53-binding pockets of Mdm2/X, making them ideal candidates for our w-AIDA assay [ xref , xref , xref ] ( xref a,b and xref )."
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"The protein protein interaction of the transcription factor p53 and its negative regulator MDM2 and MDMX is a highly competitive field in drug discovery with one compound in early clinical development and several compounds in the preparation to enter clinical evaluation in cancer."
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"Additionally, the principles correctly predict the essential bound waters in HIV Protease, the surprisingly extensive binding site of elastase, the pinpoint location of electron transfer in dihydrofolate reductase, the HIV TAT-TAR protein-RNA interactions, and the MDM2-MDM4 differential binding to p53."
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"Another intriguing question that arises from the interaction of p53 with Mdm2 and MdmX on gene promoters is whether p53 can be ubiquitinated by Mdm2 while bound to DNA and what role phosphorylation may play in regulating the p53 interaction with Mdm2 and MdmX when p53 is bound to DNA."
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"In an unstressed environment, however, p53 is prevented from transactivating target genes by its interaction with MDM2 and the closely-related MDM4 proteins. xref Both MDM2 and MDM4 can bind independently to p53 through their N-termini, but can also bind to each other to form heterodimers through the C-terminal RING domain."
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"The structural basis for the interaction of p53 with the N-terminal domains of MDM2 and MDMX is well understood. xref ; xref ; xref The N-terminal transactivation domain of p53 is disordered in solution, xref ; xref ; xref and becomes partially structured upon MDM2 or MDMX binding."