Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17597129›Full record

ArticleProteins2007

High incidence of ubiquitin-like domains in human ubiquitin-specific proteases.

Xiao Zhu, Robert Ménard, Traian Sulea

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Article in Proteins, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. USP7: Novel Drug Target in Cancer Therapy.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiao ZhuBiotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec H4P 2R2, Canada.
Robert Ménard
Traian Sulea
Université de Montréal · CABiotechnology Research Institute · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ubiquitin-specific proteases (USPs) emerge as key regulators of numerous cellular processes and account for the bulk of human deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs). Their modular structure, mostly annotated by sequence homology, is believed to determine substrate recognition and subcellular localization. Currently, a large proportion of known human USP sequences are not annotated either structurally or functionally, including regions both within and flanking their catalytic cores. To extend the current understanding of human USPs, we applied consensus fold recognition to the unannotated content of the human USP family. The most interesting discovery was the marked presence of reliably predicted ubiquitin-like (UBL) domains in this family of enzymes. The UBL domain thus appears to be the most frequently occurring domain in the human USP family, after the characteristic catalytic domain. The presence of multiple UBL domains per USP protein, as well as of UBL domains embedded in the USP catalytic core, add to the structural complexity currently recognized for many DUBs. Possible functional roles of the newly uncovered UBL domains of human USPs, including proteasome binding, and substrate and protein target specificities, are discussed.

Indexed as

Sequence Homology, Amino AcidAmino Acid MotifsAmino Acid SequenceBinding SitesComputational BiologyComputer-Aided DesignEndopeptidasesHumansModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataProtein ConformationProtein Structure, TertiaryUbiquitinsUbiquitin-Specific ProteasesEndopeptidasesUbiquitinsUbiquitin-Specific Proteases

Identifiers

PMID17597129
PMCPMC7167984
OpenAlexW2166105683

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