The role of ubiquitination in tumorigenesis and targeted drug discovery

L Deng, T Meng, L Chen, W Wei, P Wang - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Ubiquitination, an important type of protein posttranslational modification (PTM), plays a
crucial role in controlling substrate degradation and subsequently mediates the “quantity” …

Ubiquitination and deubiquitination in cancer: from mechanisms to novel therapeutic approaches

F Liu, J Chen, K Li, H Li, Y Zhu, Y Zhai, B Lu, Y Fan… - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Ubiquitination, a pivotal posttranslational modification of proteins, plays a fundamental role
in regulating protein stability. The dysregulation of ubiquitinating and deubiquitinating …

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 …

An overview of cancer treatment modalities

Z Abbas, S Rehman - Neoplasm, 2018 - books.google.com
Cancer is a global issue majorly affecting develo** countries. According to a survey, 63%
of deaths due to cancer are reported from develo** countries. There are different …

Breaking the chains: structure and function of the deubiquitinases

D Komander, MJ Clague, S Urbé - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2009 - nature.com
Ubiquitylation is a reversible protein modification that is implicated in many cellular
functions. Recently, much progress has been made in the characterization of a superfamily …

Regulation and cellular roles of ubiquitin-specific deubiquitinating enzymes

FE Reyes-Turcu, KH Ventii… - Annual review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) are proteases that process ubiquitin or ubiquitin-like gene
products, reverse the modification of proteins by a single ubiquitin (-like) protein, and …

[HTML][HTML] Deubiquitinase inhibition as a cancer therapeutic strategy

P D'Arcy, X Wang, S Linder - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is the main system for controlled protein
degradation and a key regulator of fundamental cellular processes. The dependency of …

Deubiquitinases in cancer: new functions and therapeutic options

JM Fraile, V Quesada, D Rodríguez, JMP Freije… - Oncogene, 2012 - nature.com
Deubiquitinases (DUBs) have fundamental roles in the ubiquitin system through their ability
to specifically deconjugate ubiquitin from targeted proteins. The human genome encodes at …

Advances in discovering deubiquitinating enzyme (DUB) inhibitors

NJ Schauer, RS Magin, X Liu, LM Doherty… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Deubiquitinating enzymes, or DUBs, comprise a family of proteases that regulate
ubiquitination dynamics. Since their discovery, genetic and functional studies have …

Emerging principles in protease-based drug discovery

M Drag, GS Salvesen - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2010 - nature.com
Proteases have an important role in many signalling pathways, and represent potential drug
targets for diseases ranging from cardiovascular disorders to cancer, as well as for …