Deubiquitinases: From mechanisms to their inhibition by small molecules

SM Lange, LA Armstrong, Y Kulathu - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Deubiquitinases (DUBs) are specialized proteases that remove ubiquitin from substrates or
cleave within ubiquitin chains to regulate ubiquitylation and therefore play important roles in …

Nsp3 of coronaviruses: Structures and functions of a large multi-domain protein

J Lei, Y Kusov, R Hilgenfeld - Antiviral research, 2018 - Elsevier
The multi-domain non-structural protein 3 (Nsp3) is the largest protein encoded by the
coronavirus (CoV) genome, with an average molecular mass of about 200 kD. Nsp3 is an …

Regulating tumor suppressor genes: post-translational modifications

L Chen, S Liu, Y Tao - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2020 - nature.com
Tumor suppressor genes cooperate with each other in tumors. Three important tumor
suppressor proteins, retinoblastoma (Rb), p53, phosphatase, and tensin homolog deleted …

Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs): Regulation, homeostasis, and oxidative stress response

NA Snyder, GM Silva - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Ubiquitin signaling is a conserved, widespread, and dynamic process in which protein
substrates are rapidly modified by ubiquitin to impact protein activity, localization, or stability …

Molecular basis of USP7 inhibition by selective small-molecule inhibitors

AP Turnbull, S Ioannidis, WW Krajewski… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Ubiquitination controls the stability of most cellular proteins, and its deregulation contributes
to human diseases including cancer. Deubiquitinases remove ubiquitin from proteins, and …

An overview of cancer treatment modalities

Z Abbas, S Rehman - Neoplasm, 2018 - books.google.com
Cancer is a global issue majorly affecting developing countries. According to a survey, 63%
of deaths due to cancer are reported from developing countries. There are different …

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 …

The ubiquitin code

D Komander, M Rape - Annual review of biochemistry, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The posttranslational modification with ubiquitin, a process referred to as ubiquitylation,
controls almost every process in cells. Ubiquitin can be attached to substrate proteins as a …

Molecular basis for ubiquitin/Fubi cross-reactivity in USP16 and USP36

R O'Dea, N Kazi, A Hoffmann-Benito, Z Zhao… - Nature Chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins typically use distinct machineries to facilitate diverse
functions. The immunosuppressive ubiquitin-like protein Fubi is synthesized as an N …

Molecular basis of NF-κB signaling

J Napetschnig, H Wu - Annual review of biophysics, 2013 - annualreviews.org
NF-κB (nuclear factor kappa B) family transcription factors are master regulators of immune
and inflammatory processes in response to both injury and infection. In the latent state, NF …