Deciphering protein post-translational modifications using chemical biology tools

AC Conibear - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Proteins carry out a wide variety of catalytic, regulatory, signalling and structural functions in
living systems. Following their assembly on ribosomes and throughout their lifetimes, most …

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 …

The emerging roles of non-canonical ubiquitination in proteostasis and beyond

Y Akizuki, S Kaypee, F Ohtake, F Ikeda - Journal of Cell Biology, 2024 - rupress.org
Ubiquitin regulates various cellular functions by posttranslationally modifying substrates with
diverse ubiquitin codes. Recent discoveries of new ubiquitin chain topologies, types of …

Proteasome in action: substrate degradation by the 26S proteasome

I Sahu, MH Glickman - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Ubiquitination is the major criteria for the recognition of a substrate-protein by the 26S
proteasome. Additionally, a disordered segment on the substrate—either intrinsic or induced …

The structural context of posttranslational modifications at a proteome-wide scale

I Bludau, S Willems, WF Zeng, MT Strauss… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The recent revolution in computational protein structure prediction provides folding models
for entire proteomes, which can now be integrated with large-scale experimental data. Mass …

Proteasome substrate receptors and their therapeutic potential

V Osei-Amponsa, KJ Walters - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2022 - cell.com
The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is critical for protein quality control and regulating
protein lifespans. Following ubiquitination, UPS substrates bind multidomain receptors that …

Ubiquitin signaling in neurodegenerative diseases: an autophagy and proteasome perspective

F Le Guerroué, RJ Youle - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2021 - nature.com
Ubiquitin signaling is a sequence of events driving the fate of a protein based on the type of
ubiquitin modifications attached. In the case of neurodegenerative diseases, ubiquitin …

USP3 promotes gastric cancer progression and metastasis by deubiquitination-dependent COL9A3/COL6A5 stabilisation

X Wu, H Wang, D Zhu, Y Chai, J Wang, W Dai… - Cell death & …, 2021 - nature.com
As an important regulator of intracellular protein degradation, the mechanism of the
deubiquitinating enzyme family in tumour metastasis has received increasing attention. Our …

Discovery of isoform-selective Akt3 degraders overcoming osimertinib-induced resistance in non-small cell lung cancer cells

F Xu, X Zhang, Z Chen, S He, J Guo, L Yu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
EGFR inhibitor therapies have brought significant benefit to NSCLC patients. However, all
patients gradually progress to acquired resistance via diverse mechanisms. Akt3 …

Deubiquitinating enzyme OTUB1 in immunity and cancer: good player or bad actor?

Y Liao, M Yang, K Wang, Y Wang, B Zhong, N Jiang - Cancer letters, 2022 - Elsevier
OTU domain-containing ubiquitin aldehyde-binding proteins 1 (OTUB1) is the most
important element of the deubiquitinase OTU superfamily, which has been identified as an …