Ubiquitination of non-protein substrates

J Sakamaki, N Mizushima - Trends in Cell Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The covalent attachment of ubiquitin is a common regulatory mechanism in various proteins.
Although it has long been thought that the substrates of ubiquitination are limited to proteins …

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 …

Molecular basis for ubiquitin/Fubi cross-reactivity in USP16 and USP36

R O'Dea, N Kazi, A Hoffmann-Benito, Z Zhao… - Nature Chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins typically use distinct machineries to facilitate diverse
functions. The immunosuppressive ubiquitin-like protein Fubi is synthesized as an N …

[PDF][PDF] The membrane surface as a platform that organizes cellular and biochemical processes

TA Leonard, M Loose, S Martens - Developmental Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Membranes are essential for life. They act as semi-permeable boundaries that define cells
and organelles. In addition, their surfaces actively participate in biochemical reaction …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of protein ubiquitylation and deubiquitylation in drug discovery

Y Chen, H Xue, J Jin - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is the major machinery mediating specific protein
turnover in eukaryotic cells. By ubiquitylating unwanted, damaged, or harmful proteins and …

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 …

Ubiquitination and cell-autonomous immunity

J Mello-Vieira, T Bopp, I Dikic - Current opinion in immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cell-autonomous immunity senses, signals, and eliminates intracellular
pathogens.•Ubiquitination is a post-translational modification that connects these pathways.• …

Refining S-acylation: Structure, regulation, dynamics, and therapeutic implications

MU Anwar, FG van der Goot - Journal of Cell Biology, 2023 - rupress.org
With a limited number of genes, cells achieve remarkable diversity. This is to a large extent
achieved by chemical posttranslational modifications of proteins. Amongst these are the lipid …

Elucidating the role of ubiquitination and deubiquitination in osteoarthritis progression

C Zheng, J Chen, Y Wu, X Wang, Y Lin, L Shu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Osteoarthritis is non-inflammatory degenerative joint arthritis, which exacerbates disability in
elder persons. The molecular mechanisms of osteoarthritis are elusive. Ubiquitination, one …

Target protein degradation by protacs: a budding cancer treatment strategy

D Choudhary, A Kaur, P Singh, G Chaudhary… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer is one of the most common causes of death. So, its lethal effect increases with time.
Near about hundreds of cancers are known in humans. Cancer treatment is done to cure or …