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 …

Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs): Regulation, homeostasis, and oxidative stress response

NA Snyder, GM Silva - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - jbc.org
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 …

Nsp3 of coronaviruses: Structures and functions of a large multi-domain protein

J Lei, Y Kusov, R Hilgenfeld - Antiviral research, 2018 - Elsevier
The multi-domain non-structural protein 3 (Nsp3) is the largest protein encoded by the
coronavirus (CoV) genome, with an average molecular mass of about 200 kD. Nsp3 is an …

Deubiquitylating enzymes and drug discovery: emerging opportunities

JA Harrigan, X Jacq, NM Martin… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2018 - nature.com
More than a decade after a Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of the ubiquitin–
proteasome system and clinical approval of proteasome and ubiquitin E3 ligase inhibitors …

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 …

Molecular basis of USP7 inhibition by selective small-molecule inhibitors

AP Turnbull, S Ioannidis, WW Krajewski… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Ubiquitination controls the stability of most cellular proteins, and its deregulation contributes
to human diseases including cancer. Deubiquitinases remove ubiquitin from proteins, and …

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 …

High-throughput screening identifies established drugs as SARS-CoV-2 PLpro inhibitors

Y Zhao, X Du, Y Duan, X Pan, Y Sun, T You… - Protein & …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
A new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has been identified as the etiologic agent for the COVID-
19 outbreak. Currently, effective treatment options remain very limited for this disease; …

Targeting ubiquitin specific proteases (USPs) in cancer immunotherapy: from basic research to preclinical application

H Gao, J Yin, C Ji, X Yu, J Xue, X Guan… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Tumors have evolved in various mechanisms to evade the immune system, hindering the
antitumor immune response and facilitating tumor progression. Immunotherapy has become …

Assessing the performance of the MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA methods. 6. Capability to predict protein–protein binding free energies and re-rank binding poses …

F Chen, H Liu, H Sun, P Pan, Y Li, D Li… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding protein–protein interactions (PPIs) is quite important to elucidate crucial
biological processes and even design compounds that interfere with PPIs with …