[HTML][HTML] The role of ubiquitination in tumorigenesis and targeted drug discovery

L Deng, T Meng, L Chen, W Wei, P Wang - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Ubiquitination, an important type of protein posttranslational modification (PTM), plays a
crucial role in controlling substrate degradation and subsequently mediates the “quantity” …

The SARS-coronavirus papain-like protease: structure, function and inhibition by designed antiviral compounds

YM Báez-Santos, SES John, AD Mesecar - Antiviral research, 2015 - Elsevier
Over 10 years have passed since the deadly human coronavirus that causes severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV) emerged from the Guangdong Province of China …

[HTML][HTML] A small molecule inhibitor of ubiquitin-specific protease-7 induces apoptosis in multiple myeloma cells and overcomes bortezomib resistance

D Chauhan, Z Tian, B Nicholson, KGS Kumar, B Zhou… - Cancer cell, 2012 - cell.com
Bortezomib therapy has proven successful for the treatment of relapsed/refractory, relapsed,
and newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM); however, dose-limiting toxicities and the …

Regulation and cellular roles of ubiquitin-specific deubiquitinating enzymes

FE Reyes-Turcu, KH Ventii… - Annual review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) are proteases that process ubiquitin or ubiquitin-like gene
products, reverse the modification of proteins by a single ubiquitin (-like) protein, and …

Advances in discovering deubiquitinating enzyme (DUB) inhibitors

NJ Schauer, RS Magin, X Liu, LM Doherty… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Deubiquitinating enzymes, or DUBs, comprise a family of proteases that regulate
ubiquitination dynamics. Since their discovery, genetic and functional studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Deubiquitinase inhibition as a cancer therapeutic strategy

P D'Arcy, X Wang, S Linder - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is the main system for controlled protein
degradation and a key regulator of fundamental cellular processes. The dependency of …

[HTML][HTML] Screening of DUB activity and specificity by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

MS Ritorto, R Ewan, AB Perez-Oliva, A Knebel… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Deubiquitylases (DUBs) are key regulators of the ubiquitin system which cleave ubiquitin
moieties from proteins and polyubiquitin chains. Several DUBs have been implicated in …

[HTML][HTML] Development of potent and selective inhibitors targeting the papain-like protease of SARS-CoV-2

H Shan, J Liu, J Shen, J Dai, G Xu, K Lu, C Han… - Cell chemical …, 2021 - cell.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has been disastrous to society and effective drugs are urgently
needed. The papain-like protease domain (PLpro) of SARS-CoV-2 (SCoV2) is …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the development ubiquitin-specific peptidase (USP) inhibitors

S Chen, Y Liu, H Zhou - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ubiquitylation and deubiquitylation are reversible protein post-translational modification
(PTM) processes involving the regulation of protein degradation under physiological …

[HTML][HTML] Activity-based chemical proteomics accelerates inhibitor development for deubiquitylating enzymes

M Altun, HB Kramer, LI Willems, JL McDermott… - Chemistry & biology, 2011 - cell.com
Converting lead compounds into drug candidates is a crucial step in drug development,
requiring early assessment of potency, selectivity, and off-target effects. We have utilized …