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ReviewCell death and differentiation2021

Deubiquitylases in developmental ubiquitin signaling and congenital diseases.

Mohammed A Basar, David B Beck, Achim Werner

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Review in Cell death and differentiation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Deubiquitination of Vangl by USP6 and USP32 Regulates Planar Cell Polarity Signaling.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohammed A BasarStem Cell Biochemistry Unit, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2725-6797
David B BeckStem Cell Biochemistry Unit, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Achim WernerStem Cell Biochemistry Unit, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. achim.werner@nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1051-8447
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Genetics, Pathophysiology, and Treatment of Recessive Autoinflammatory DiseasesZIAHG200372 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI KASTNER, DANIEL · 2011 to 2025
$27.2M
Ubiquitin-dependent cell-fate decisions during human development and diseaseZIADE000749 · NIDCR · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH · PI WERNER, ACHIM · 2018 to 2025
$14.1M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DE000749
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metazoan development from a one-cell zygote to a fully formed organism requires complex cellular differentiation and communication pathways. To coordinate these processes, embryos frequently encode signaling information with the small protein modifier ubiquitin, which is typically attached to lysine residues within substrates. During ubiquitin signaling, a three-step enzymatic cascade modifies specific substrates with topologically unique ubiquitin modifications, which mediate changes in the substrate's stability, activity, localization, or interacting proteins. Ubiquitin signaling is critically regulated by deubiquitylases (DUBs), a class of ~100 human enzymes that oppose the conjugation of ubiquitin. DUBs control many essential cellular functions and various aspects of human physiology and development. Recent genetic studies have identified mutations in several DUBs that cause developmental disorders. Here we review principles controlling DUB activity and substrate recruitment that allow these enzymes to regulate ubiquitin signaling during development. We summarize key mechanisms of how DUBs control embryonic and postnatal differentiation processes, highlight developmental disorders that are caused by mutations in particular DUB members, and describe our current understanding of how these mutations disrupt development. Finally, we discuss how emerging tools from human disease genetics will enable the identification and study of novel congenital disease-causing DUBs.

Indexed as

AnimalsCongenital AbnormalitiesDeubiquitinating EnzymesHumansProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalSignal TransductionUbiquitinUbiquitinationDeubiquitinating EnzymesUbiquitin

Identifiers

PMID33335288
PMCPMC7862630
OpenAlexW3113111308

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