E1 enzymes as therapeutic targets in cancer

SH Barghout, AD Schimmer - Pharmacological reviews, 2021 - ASPET
Post-translational modifications of cellular substrates with ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like
proteins (UBLs), including ubiquitin, SUMOs, and neural precursor cell–expressed …

UFMylation: a ubiquitin-like modification

X Zhou, SJ Mahdizadeh, M Le Gallo… - Trends in Biochemical …, 2024 - cell.com
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) add a major degree of complexity to the proteome
and are essential controllers of protein homeostasis. Amongst the hundreds of PTMs …

Mechanistic insights into the roles of the UFM1 E3 ligase complex in ufmylation and ribosome-associated protein quality control

R Ishimura, S Ito, G Mao, S Komatsu-Hirota, T Inada… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Ubiquitin-fold modifier 1 (UFM1) is a ubiquitin-like protein covalently conjugated with
intracellular proteins through ufmylation, similar to ubiquitylation. Ufmylation is involved in …

The UFM1 system: Working principles, cellular functions, and pathophysiology

M Komatsu, T Inada, NN Noda - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Summary Ubiquitin-fold modifier 1 (UFM1) is a ubiquitin-like protein covalently conjugated
with intracellular proteins through UFMylation, a process similar to ubiquitylation. Growing …

A non‐canonical scaffold‐type E3 ligase complex mediates protein UFMylation

JJ Peter, HM Magnussen, PA DaRosa, D Millrine… - The EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
Protein UFMylation, ie, post‐translational modification with ubiquitin‐fold modifier 1 (UFM1),
is essential for cellular and endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis. Despite its biological …

Decrypting UFMylation: how proteins are modified with UFM1

S Banerjee, M Kumar, R Wiener - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Besides ubiquitin (Ub), humans have a set of ubiquitin-like proteins (UBLs) that can also
covalently modify target proteins. To date, less is known about UBLs than Ub and even less …

Structural basis for UFM1 transfer from UBA5 to UFC1

M Kumar, P Padala, J Fahoum, F Hassouna… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Ufmylation is a post-translational modification essential for regulating key cellular processes.
A three-enzyme cascade involving E1, E2 and E3 is required for UFM1 attachment to target …

The post-translational role of UFMylation in physiology and disease

X Wang, X Xu, Z Wang - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ubiquitin-fold modifier 1 (UFM1) is a newly identified ubiquitin-like protein that has been
conserved during the evolution of multicellular organisms. In a similar manner to ubiquitin …

Allelic strengths of encephalopathy-associated UBA5 variants correlate between in vivo and in vitro assays

X Pan, AN Alvarez, M Ma, S Lu, MW Crawford… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Protein UFMylation downstream of the E1 enzyme UBA5 plays essential roles in
development and endoplasmic reticulum stress. Variants in the UBA5 gene are associated …

Inhibition of UBA5 expression and induction of autophagy in breast cancer cells by usenamine A

B Fang, Z Li, Y Qiu, N Cho, HM Yoo - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer is now the most common type of cancer worldwide, surpassing lung cancer.
This issue is further worsened by the lack of effective therapies for the disease. Recent …