USP7: Structure, substrate specificity, and inhibition

A Pozhidaeva, I Bezsonova - DNA repair, 2019 - Elsevier
Turnover of cellular proteins is regulated by Ubiquitin Proteasome System (UPS).
Components of this pathway, including the proteasome, ubiquitinating enzymes and …

Emerging insights into HAUSP (USP7) in physiology, cancer and other diseases

S Bhattacharya, D Chakraborty, M Basu… - Signal transduction and …, 2018 - nature.com
Herpesvirus-associated ubiquitin-specific protease (HAUSP) is a USP family deubiquitinase.
HAUSP is a protein of immense biological importance as it is involved in several cellular …

HAUSP deubiquitinates and stabilizes N-Myc in neuroblastoma

O Tavana, D Li, C Dai, G Lopez, D Banerjee, N Kon… - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
The MYCN proto-oncogene is amplified in a number of advanced-stage human tumors, such
as neuroblastomas. Similar to other members of the MYC family of oncoproteins, MYCN …

Stabilization of histone demethylase PHF8 by USP7 promotes breast carcinogenesis

Q Wang, S Ma, N Song, X Li, L Liu, S Yang… - The Journal of clinical …, 2016 - jci.org
The histone demethylase PHF8 has been implicated in multiple pathological disorders,
including X-linked mental retardation and tumorigenesis. However, it is not clear how the …

USP7: novel drug target in cancer therapy

Z Wang, W Kang, Y You, J Pang, H Ren… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Ubiquitin specific protease 7 (USP7) is one of the deubiquitinating enzymes (DUB) that
erases ubiquitin and protects substrate protein from degradation. Full activity of USP7 …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of DUBs regulation in signaling and disease

Y Li, D Reverter - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The large family of deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) are involved in the regulation of a
plethora of processes carried out inside the cell by protein ubiquitination. Ubiquitination is a …

Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus pathogenesis

G Mariggio, S Koch, TF Schulz - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV), taxonomical name human gammaherpesvirus 8, is a
phylogenetically old human virus that co-evolved with human populations, but is now only …

Deubiquitinases and the new therapeutic opportunities offered to cancer

R Pfoh, IK Lacdao, V Saridakis - Endocrine-related cancer, 2015 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Deubiquitinases (DUBs) play important roles and therefore are potential drug targets in
various diseases including cancer and neurodegeneration. In this review, we recapitulate …

Molecular biology of KSHV lytic reactivation

P Purushothaman, T Uppal, SC Verma - Viruses, 2015 - mdpi.com
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) primarily persists as a latent episome in
infected cells. During latent infection, only a limited number of viral genes are expressed that …

Kaposi Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus: mechanisms of oncogenesis

TF Schulz, E Cesarman - Current opinion in virology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•KSHV/HHV8 causes three human diseases: Kaposi Sarcoma, Primary Effusion
Lymphoma and the plasma cell variant of Multicentric Castleman Disease.•These occur …