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 …

Deubiquitinases in cancer

G Dewson, PJA Eichhorn, D Komander - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Ubiquitination is an essential regulator of most, if not all, signalling pathways, and defects in
cellular signalling are central to cancer initiation, progression and, eventually, metastasis …

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 …

USP25 promotes pathological HIF-1-driven metabolic reprogramming and is a potential therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer

JK Nelson, MZ Thin, T Evan, S Howell, M Wu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs) play an essential role in targeted protein degradation and
represent an emerging therapeutic paradigm in cancer. However, their therapeutic potential …

Molecular mechanisms of DUBs regulation in signaling and disease

Y Li, D Reverter - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The large family of deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) are involved in the regulation of a
plethora of processes carried out inside the cell by protein ubiquitination. Ubiquitination is a …

USP25 inhibition ameliorates Alzheimer's pathology through the regulation of APP processing and Aβ generation

Q Zheng, B Song, G Li, F Cai, M Wu… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Down syndrome (DS), or trisomy 21, is one of the critical risk factors for early-onset
Alzheimer's disease (AD), implicating key roles for chromosome 21–encoded genes in the …

Identification of an autoinhibitory, mitophagy-inducing peptide derived from the transmembrane domain of USP30

X Qin, R Wang, H Xu, L Tu, H Chen, H Li, N Liu… - Autophagy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The mitochondrial-anchored deubiquitinating enzyme USP30 (ubiquitin specific peptidase
30) antagonizes PRKN/parkin-mediated mitophagy, making it a potential target for treating …

Regulation of deubiquitinating enzymes by post-translational modifications

T Das, SC Shin, EJ Song, EEK Kim - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ubiquitination and deubiquitination play a critical role in all aspects of cellular processes,
and the enzymes involved are tightly regulated by multiple factors including posttranslational …

Mechanisms orchestrating the enzymatic activity and cellular functions of deubiquitinases

B Estavoyer, C Messmer, M Echbicheb… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Deubiquitinases (DUBs) are required for the reverse reaction of ubiquitination and act as
major regulators of ubiquitin signaling processes. Emerging evidence suggests that these …

Deubiquitylases in developmental ubiquitin signaling and congenital diseases

MA Basar, DB Beck, A Werner - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2021 - nature.com
Metazoan development from a one-cell zygote to a fully formed organism requires complex
cellular differentiation and communication pathways. To coordinate these processes …