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ArticleMolecular cell2015

Mechanism of UCH-L5 activation and inhibition by DEUBAD domains in RPN13 and INO80G.

Danny D Sahtoe, Willem J van Dijk, Farid El Oualid, Reggy Ekkebus, Huib Ovaa, Titia K Sixma

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Article in Molecular cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Danny D SahtoeDivision of Biochemistry and Cancer Genomics Center, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Willem J van DijkDivision of Biochemistry and Cancer Genomics Center, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Farid El OualidDivision of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands; UbiQ, Science Park 408, 1098XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Reggy EkkebusDivision of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Huib OvaaDivision of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Titia K SixmaDivision of Biochemistry and Cancer Genomics Center, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: t.sixma@nki.nl.
The Netherlands Cancer Institute · NLCancer Genomics Centre · NLOncode Institute · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) control vital processes in eukaryotes by hydrolyzing ubiquitin adducts. Their activities are tightly regulated, but the mechanisms remain elusive. In particular, the DUB UCH-L5 can be either activated or inhibited by conserved regulatory proteins RPN13 and INO80G, respectively. Here we show how the DEUBAD domain in RPN13 activates UCH-L5 by positioning its C-terminal ULD domain and crossover loop to promote substrate binding and catalysis. The related DEUBAD domain in INO80G inhibits UCH-L5 by exploiting similar structural elements in UCH-L5 to promote a radically different conformation, and employs molecular mimicry to block ubiquitin docking. In this process, large conformational changes create small but highly specific interfaces that mediate activity modulation of UCH-L5 by altering the affinity for substrates. Our results establish how related domains can exploit enzyme conformational plasticity to allosterically regulate DUB activity. These allosteric sites may present novel insights for pharmaceutical intervention in DUB activity.

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Protein Structure, TertiaryAmino Acid SequenceCrystallography, X-RayDNA-Binding ProteinsEnzyme ActivationHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane GlycoproteinsModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutationProtein BindingProtein Structure, SecondarySequence Homology, Amino AcidSubstrate SpecificityUbiquitinADRM1 protein, humanDNA-Binding ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane GlycoproteinsNFRKB protein, humanUbiquitinUbiquitin ThiolesteraseUCHL5 protein, human

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PMID25702870
PMCPMC4352763
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