Click chemistry in proteomic investigations

CG Parker, MR Pratt - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Despite advances in genetic and proteomic techniques, a complete portrait of the proteome
and its complement of dynamic interactions and modifications remains a lofty, and as of yet …

Recent advances in activity-based probes (ABPs) and affinity-based probes (A f BPs) for profiling of enzymes

H Fang, B Peng, SY Ong, Q Wu, L Li, SQ Yao - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) is a technique that uses highly selective active-site
targeted chemical probes to label and monitor the state of proteins. ABPP integrates the …

Accelerating inhibitor discovery for deubiquitinating enzymes

WC Chan, X Liu, RS Magin, NM Girardi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) are an emerging drug target class of~ 100 proteases that
cleave ubiquitin from protein substrates to regulate many cellular processes. A lack of …

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 …

Native semisynthesis of isopeptide-linked substrates for specificity analysis of deubiquitinases and Ubl proteases

Z Zhao, R O'Dea, K Wendrich, N Kazi… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Post-translational modifications with ubiquitin (Ub) and ubiquitin-like proteins (Ubls) are
regulated by isopeptidases termed deubiquitinases (DUBs) and Ubl proteases. Here, we …

Discovery of a Potent Deubiquitinase (DUB) Small‐Molecule Activity‐Based Probe Enables Broad Spectrum DUB Activity Profiling in Living Cells

D Conole, F Cao, CW Am Ende, L Xue… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Deubiquitinases (DUBs) are a family of> 100 proteases that hydrolyze isopeptide bonds
linking ubiquitin to protein substrates, often leading to reduced substrate degradation …

Activity‐based probes for the ubiquitin conjugation–deconjugation machinery: new chemistries, new tools, and new insights

DS Hewings, JA Flygare, M Bogyo… - The FEBS journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The reversible post‐translational modification of proteins by ubiquitin and ubiquitin‐like
proteins regulates almost all cellular processes, by affecting protein degradation …

Small-molecule activity-based probe for monitoring ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1) activity in live cells and zebrafish embryos

R Kooij, S Liu, A Sapmaz, BT Xin… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Many reagents have emerged to study the function of specific enzymes in vitro. On the other
hand, target specific reagents are scarce or need improvement, allowing investigations of …

Discovery of a potent and selective covalent inhibitor and activity-based probe for the deubiquitylating enzyme UCHL1, with antifibrotic activity

N Panyain, A Godinat, T Lanyon-Hogg… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1) is a deubiquitylating enzyme that is
proposed as a potential therapeutic target in neurodegeneration, cancer, and liver and lung …

Cell-permeable activity-based ubiquitin probes enable intracellular profiling of human deubiquitinases

W Gui, CA Ott, K Yang, JS Chung, S Shen… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Advancement in our knowledge of deubiquitinases (DUBs) and their biological functions
requires biochemical tools permitting interrogation of DUB activities under physiologically …