Regulation of DNA double-strand break repair by ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like modifiers

P Schwertman, S Bekker-Jensen… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2016 - nature.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are highly cytotoxic DNA lesions. The swift recognition
and faithful repair of such damage is crucial for the maintenance of genomic stability, as well …

Post-translational modifications of deubiquitinating enzymes: expanding the ubiquitin code

Y Wang, F Wang - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Post-translational modifications such as ubiquitination play important regulatory roles in
several biological processes in eukaryotes. This process could be reversed by …

Deubiquitinase OTUD6A promotes breast cancer progression by increasing TopBP1 stability and rendering tumor cells resistant to DNA-damaging therapy

Y Zhao, X Huang, D Zhu, M Wei, J Luo, S Yu… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
The DNA damage response (DDR) is critical for maintaining cellular homeostasis and
genome integrity. Mounting evidence has shown that posttranslational protein modifications …

Deubiquitylating enzymes in cancer and immunity

J Ren, P Yu, S Liu, R Li, X Niu, Y Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs) maintain relative homeostasis of the cellular ubiquitome
by removing the post‐translational modification ubiquitin moiety from substrates. Numerous …

Ubiquitin-specific proteases: players in cancer cellular processes

L Cruz, P Soares, M Correia - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ubiquitination represents a post-translational modification (PTM) essential for the
maintenance of cellular homeostasis. Ubiquitination is involved in the regulation of protein …

The emerging role of deubiquitinating enzymes in genomic integrity, diseases, and therapeutics

M He, Z Zhou, AA Shah, H Zou, J Tao, Q Chen, Y Wan - Cell & bioscience, 2016 - Springer
The addition of mono-ubiquitin or poly-ubiquitin chain to signaling proteins in response to
DNA damage signal is thought to be a critical event that facilitates the recognition of DNA …

Enhancement of BLM-DNA2-mediated long-range DNA end resection by CtIP

JM Daley, J Jimenez-Sainz, W Wang, AS Miller, X Xue… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
DNA double-strand break repair by homologous recombination entails the resection of DNA
ends to reveal ssDNA tails, which are used to invade a homologous DNA template. CtIP and …

The deubiquitylating enzyme USP15 regulates homologous recombination repair and cancer cell response to PARP inhibitors

Y Peng, Q Liao, W Tan, C Peng, Z Hu, Y Chen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) selectively kill breast and ovarian
cancers with defects in homologous recombination (HR) caused by BRCA1/2 mutations …

A phosphorylation–deubiquitination cascade regulates the BRCA2–RAD51 axis in homologous recombination

K Luo, L Li, Y Li, C Wu, Y Yin, Y Chen… - Genes & …, 2016 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Homologous recombination (HR) is one of the major DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair
pathways in mammalian cells. Defects in HR trigger genomic instability and result in cancer …

Role of deubiquitinating enzymes in DNA repair

Y Kee, TT Huang - Molecular and cellular biology, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Both proteolytic and nonproteolytic functions of ubiquitination are essential regulatory
mechanisms for promoting DNA repair and the DNA damage response in mammalian cells …