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 …

Breaking the chains: deubiquitylating enzyme specificity begets function

MJ Clague, S Urbé, D Komander - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2019 - nature.com
The deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs, also known as deubiquitylases or deubiquitinases)
maintain the dynamic state of the cellular ubiquitome by releasing conjugated ubiquitin from …

Structure and function of the 26S proteasome

JAM Bard, EA Goodall, ER Greene… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
As the endpoint for the ubiquitin-proteasome system, the 26S proteasome is the principal
proteolytic machine responsible for regulated protein degradation in eukaryotic cells. The …

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 …

Substrate processing by the Cdc48 ATPase complex is initiated by ubiquitin unfolding

EC Twomey, Z Ji, TE Wales, NO Bodnar, SB Ficarro… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Many cellular proteins are polyubiquitinated but cannot be directly
degraded by the proteasome because they are well folded, associated with binding …

Cryo-EM structures and dynamics of substrate-engaged human 26S proteasome

Y Dong, S Zhang, Z Wu, X Li, WL Wang, Y Zhu… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The proteasome is an ATP-dependent, 2.5-megadalton molecular machine that is
responsible for selective protein degradation in eukaryotic cells. Here we present cryo …

USP14-regulated allostery of the human proteasome by time-resolved cryo-EM

S Zhang, S Zou, D Yin, L Zhao, D Finley, Z Wu, Y Mao - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Proteasomal degradation of ubiquitylated proteins is tightly regulated at multiple levels,–. A
primary regulatory checkpoint is the removal of ubiquitin chains from substrates by the …

Substrate-engaged 26S proteasome structures reveal mechanisms for ATP-hydrolysis–driven translocation

AH de la Peña, EA Goodall, SN Gates, GC Lander… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION As the major protease in eukaryotic cells and the final component of the
ubiquitin-proteasome system, the 26 S proteasome is responsible for protein homeostasis …

Dynamic regulation of the 26S proteasome: from synthesis to degradation

RS Marshall, RD Vierstra - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2019 - frontiersin.org
All eukaryotes rely on selective proteolysis to control the abundance of key regulatory
proteins and maintain a healthy and properly functioning proteome. Most of this turnover is …

Mechanisms and regulation of substrate degradation by the 26S proteasome

C Arkinson, KC Dong, CL Gee, A Martin - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
The 26S proteasome is involved in degrading and regulating the majority of proteins in
eukaryotic cells, which requires a sophisticated balance of specificity and promiscuity. In this …