A new dawn beyond lysine ubiquitination

DR Squair, S Virdee - Nature Chemical Biology, 2022 - nature.com
The ubiquitin system has become synonymous with the modification of lysine residues.
However, the substrate scope and diversity of the conjugation machinery have been …

Loss-of-function variants in MYCBP2 cause neurobehavioural phenotypes and corpus callosum defects

L AlAbdi, M Desbois, DV Rusnac, RA Sulaiman… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The corpus callosum is a bundle of axon fibres that connects the two hemispheres of the
brain. Neurodevelopmental disorders that feature dysgenesis of the corpus callosum as a …

Ubiquitin ligase signalling networks shape presynaptic development, function and disease

M Borgen, B Grill - The Journal of Physiology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ubiquitin ligases are important regulators of nervous system development, function and
disease. To date, numerous ubiquitin ligases have been discovered that regulate …

Molecular regulation of axon termination in mechanosensory neurons

M Desbois, B Grill - Development, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Spatially and temporally accurate termination of axon outgrowth, a process called axon
termination, is required for efficient, precise nervous system construction and wiring. The …

Ubiquitin ligase and signalling hub MYCBP2 is required for efficient EPHB2 tyrosine kinase receptor function

C Chang, SL Banerjee, SS Park, XL Zhang… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Eph receptor tyrosine kinases participate in a variety of normal and pathogenic processes
during development and throughout adulthood. This versatility is likely facilitated by the …

[HTML][HTML] Ubiquitin ligase and signalling hub MYCBP2 is required for efficient EPHB2 tyrosine kinase receptor function

C Chang, SL Banerjee, SS Park, X Zhang… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Eph receptor tyrosine kinases participate in a variety of normal and pathogenic processes
during development and throughout adulthood. This versatility is likely facilitated by the …

[HTML][HTML] Optimized protocol for in vivo affinity purification proteomics and biochemistry using C. elegans

M Desbois, JS Pak, KJ Opperman, AC Giles, B Grill - STAR protocols, 2023 - Elsevier
We present an optimized protocol for in vivo affinity purification proteomics and biochemistry
using the model organism C. elegans. We describe steps for target tagging, large-scale …

[HTML][HTML] Axon development is regulated at genetic and proteomic interfaces between the integrin adhesome and the RPM-1 ubiquitin ligase signaling hub

J Amezquita, M Desbois, KJ Opperman, JS Pak… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Integrin signaling plays important roles in development and disease. An adhesion signaling
network called the integrin adhesome has been principally defined using bioinformatics and …

[HTML][HTML] Uncovering the Profile of Ubiquitination Motif in Catalytic Proteins using Sequence Contextual Features

Y Zhang, Y Ai, Q Fan, B Chen, J Zhang, Y Lv… - Animals and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ubiquitin molecules modify their target protein by conjugating the amino group of lysine side
chain, thereby regulating the activity and function of most intracellular proteins. However …

The UNC-116 (KIF5C) Kinesin-1 Heavy Chain and the UNC-16 (JIP3) Cargo Adaptor Regulate Axon Targeting in C. Elegans

C Drozd - 2023 - minds.wisconsin.edu
Previous data demonstrate variants in hundreds of genes are causative for the formation of
neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). However, the molecular mechanisms associated …