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ArticleCommunications biology2025

Family-wide analysis of human macrodomains reveals novel activities and identifies PARG as most efficient ADPr-RNA hydrolase.

Lisa Weixler, Roko Žaja, Nonso J Ikenga, Jonas Siefert, Ganga Mohan, Gülcan Aydin, Sven Wijngaarden, Dmitri V Filippov, Bernhard Lüscher, Karla L H Feijs-Žaja

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Article in Communications biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Lisa Weixler *Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pauwelsstraße 30, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4453-017X
Roko Žaja *Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pauwelsstraße 30, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. rzaja@ukaachen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3944-0153
Nonso J IkengaInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pauwelsstraße 30, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Jonas SiefertInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pauwelsstraße 30, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Ganga MohanInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pauwelsstraße 30, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Gülcan AydinInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pauwelsstraße 30, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Sven WijngaardenLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University Department of Bioorganic Synthesis, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Dmitri V FilippovLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University Department of Bioorganic Synthesis, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Bernhard LüscherInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pauwelsstraße 30, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Karla L H Feijs-ŽajaInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pauwelsstraße 30, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. kfeijs@ukaachen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8074-2180

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ADP-ribosylation is well-known as protein posttranslational modification and was recently also identified as RNA posttranscriptional modification. When macrodomain proteins were identified as protein ADP-ribosylhydrolases, several ADP-ribosylation substrates were not yet identified. Therefore, the majority of macrodomain-containing proteins have not been tested towards these additional substrates and were considered to be inactive. Here, we compare in vitro activities of the human macrodomains on a range of ADP-ribosylated substrates. We confirm recent findings that PARP9macro1 and PARP14macro1 can remove ADP-ribose from acidic residues and provide evidence that also PARP14macro2 and PARP15macro2 can function as ADP-ribosylhydrolases. In addition, we find that both PARP9macro1 and PARP14macro1 are active as ADPr-RNA decapping protein domains. Notwithstanding these in vitro activities, our data furthermore indicate that in HEK293 cells, PARG is the major ADPr-RNA decapping enzyme. Our findings thus expand the spectrum of known catalytic activities of human macrodomains and demonstrate their different efficiencies towards nucleic acid substrates.

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Adenosine Diphosphate RiboseGlycoside HydrolasesADP-RibosylationHEK293 CellsHumansProtein DomainsRNASubstrate SpecificityAdenosine Diphosphate RiboseGlycoside HydrolasesRNA

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PMCPMC11920425

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