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 …

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 …

Mechanisms of deubiquitinase specificity and regulation

TET Mevissen, D Komander - Annual review of biochemistry, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Protein ubiquitination is one of the most powerful posttranslational modifications of proteins,
as it regulates a plethora of cellular processes in distinct manners. Simple …

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 …

Proteasome structure and assembly

L Budenholzer, CL Cheng, Y Li… - Journal of molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
The eukaryotic 26S proteasome is a large multisubunit complex that degrades the majority
of proteins in the cell under normal conditions. The 26S proteasome can be divided into two …

Mechanisms and regulation of substrate degradation by the 26S proteasome

C Arkinson, KC Dong, CL Gee, A Martin - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2025 - 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 …

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 …

Enhanced protein degradation by branched ubiquitin chains

HJ Meyer, M Rape - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Posttranslational modification of cell-cycle regulators with ubiquitin chains is essential for
eukaryotic cell division. Such chains can be connected through seven lysine residues or the …

Gates, channels, and switches: elements of the proteasome machine

D Finley, X Chen, KJ Walters - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016 - cell.com
The proteasome has emerged as an intricate machine that has dynamic mechanisms to
regulate the timing of its activity, its selection of substrates, and its processivity. The 19 …