Structural diversity of ubiquitin E3 ligase

S Toma-Fukai, T Shimizu - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The post-translational modification of proteins regulates many biological processes. Their
dysfunction relates to diseases. Ubiquitination is one of the post-translational modifications …

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 …

A small-molecule inhibitor of the ubiquitin activating enzyme for cancer treatment

ML Hyer, MA Milhollen, J Ciavarri, P Fleming… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
The ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS) comprises a network of enzymes that is
responsible for maintaining cellular protein homeostasis. The therapeutic potential of this …

Discovery of TAK-981, a first-in-class inhibitor of SUMO-activating enzyme for the treatment of cancer

SP Langston, S Grossman, D England… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
SUMOylation is a reversible post-translational modification that regulates protein function
through covalent attachment of small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) proteins. The process of …

Efficiency of the four proteasome subtypes to degrade ubiquitinated or oxidized proteins

J Abi Habib, E De Plaen, V Stroobant, D Zivkovic… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The proteasome is responsible for selective degradation of proteins. It exists in mammalian
cells under four main subtypes, which differ by the combination of their catalytic subunits: the …

Preclinical evaluation of the selective small-molecule UBA1 inhibitor, TAK-243, in acute myeloid leukemia

SH Barghout, PS Patel, X Wang, GW Xu, S Kavanagh… - Leukemia, 2019 - nature.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive hematologic malignancy for which new
therapeutic approaches are required. One such potential therapeutic strategy is to target the …

Molecular mechanism of a covalent allosteric inhibitor of SUMO E1 activating enzyme

Z Lv, L Yuan, JH Atkison, KM Williams, R Vega… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
E1 enzymes activate ubiquitin (Ub) and ubiquitin-like modifiers (Ubls) in the first step of
Ub/Ubl conjugation cascades and represent potential targets for therapeutic intervention in …

Structural basis for adenylation and thioester bond formation in the ubiquitin E1

ZS Hann, C Ji, SK Olsen, X Lu… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The ubiquitin (Ub) and Ub-like (Ubl) protein-conjugation cascade is initiated by E1 enzymes
that catalyze Ub/Ubl activation through C-terminal adenylation, thioester bond formation with …

Crystal structure of a human ubiquitin E1–ubiquitin complex reveals conserved functional elements essential for activity

Z Lv, KM Williams, L Yuan, JH Atkison… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
Ubiquitin (Ub) signaling plays a key regulatory role in nearly every aspect of eukaryotic
biology and is initiated by E1 enzymes that activate and transfer Ub to E2 Ub-conjugating …

Differential oligomerization of the deubiquitinases USP25 and USP28 regulates their activities

F Sauer, T Klemm, RB Kollampally, I Tessmer, RK Nair… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Deubiquitinases have emerged as promising drug targets for cancer therapy. The two DUBs
USP25 and USP28 share high similarity but vary in their cellular functions. USP28 is known …