Structural mechanisms of HECT-type ubiquitin ligases

S Lorenz - Biological chemistry, 2018 - degruyter.com
Ubiquitin ligases (E3 enzymes) transfer ubiquitin from ubiquitin-conjugating (E2) enzymes to
target proteins. By determining the selection of target proteins, modification sites on those …

Functional roles of the E3 ubiquitin ligase UBR5 in cancer

RF Shearer, M Iconomou, CKW Watts… - Molecular Cancer …, 2015 - AACR
Abstract The Ubiquitin-Proteasome System (UPS) is an important regulator of cell signaling
and proteostasis, which are essential to a variety of cellular processes. The UPS is disrupted …

UBR5 forms ligand-dependent complexes on chromatin to regulate nuclear hormone receptor stability

JM Tsai, JD Aguirre, YD Li, J Brown, V Focht, L Kater… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Nuclear hormone receptors (NRs) are ligand-binding transcription factors that are widely
targeted therapeutically. Agonist binding triggers NR activation and subsequent degradation …

K63 ubiquitylation triggers proteasomal degradation by seeding branched ubiquitin chains

F Ohtake, H Tsuchiya, Y Saeki… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Different polyubiquitin chain linkages direct substrates toward distinct cellular pathways. K63-
linked ubiquitylation is known to regulate proteasome-independent events such as signal …

Structural snapshots along K48-linked ubiquitin chain formation by the HECT E3 UBR5

LA Hehl, D Horn-Ghetko, JR Prabu, R Vollrath… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Ubiquitin (Ub) chain formation by homologous to E6AP C-terminus (HECT)-family E3 ligases
regulates vast biology, yet the structural mechanisms remain unknown. We used chemistry …

Cryo‐EM structure of the chain‐elongating E3 ubiquitin ligase UBR5

Z Hodáková, I Grishkovskaya, HL Brunner… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
UBR5 is a nuclear E3 ligase that ubiquitinates a vast range of substrates for proteasomal
degradation. This HECT domain‐containing ubiquitin ligase has recently been identified as …

A structure‐based benchmark for protein–protein binding affinity

PL Kastritis, IH Moal, H Hwang, Z Weng… - Protein …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We have assembled a nonredundant set of 144 protein–protein complexes that have high‐
resolution structures available for both the complexes and their unbound components, and …

Are scoring functions in protein− protein docking ready to predict interactomes? Clues from a novel binding affinity benchmark

PL Kastritis, AMJJ Bonvin - Journal of proteome research, 2010 - ACS Publications
The design of an ideal scoring function for protein− protein docking that would also predict
the binding affinity of a complex is one of the challenges in structural proteomics. Such a …

Structure of the human UBR5 E3 ubiquitin ligase

F Wang, Q He, W Zhan, Z Yu, E Finkin-Groner, X Ma… - Structure, 2023 - cell.com
The human UBR5 is a single polypeptide chain homology to E6AP C terminus (HECT)-type
E3 ubiquitin ligase essential for embryonic development in mammals. Dysregulated UBR5 …

Survey of the year 2007 commercial optical biosensor literature

RL Rich, DG Myszka - Journal of Molecular Recognition: An …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In 2007, 1179 papers were published that involved the application of optical biosensors.
Reported developments in instrument hardware, assay design, and immobilization …