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ArticleMolecular cell2025

Deubiquitinases cleave ubiquitin-fused ribosomal proteins and physically counteract their targeting to the UFD pathway.

Stephanie Patchett, Seyed Arad Moghadasi, Ankita Shukla, Farid El Oualid, Beatrix M Ueberheide, Shaun K Olsen, Tony T Huang

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Article in Molecular cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Substrate biasing in UCHL5 proteoforms.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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7 authors.

Stephanie PatchettDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Seyed Arad MoghadasiDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Ankita ShuklaDepartment of Biochemistry & Structural Biology and Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
Farid El OualidUbiQ Bio B.V., 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Beatrix M UeberheideDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Proteomics Laboratory, Division of Advanced Research Technologies, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Shaun K OlsenDepartment of Biochemistry & Structural Biology and Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
Tony T HuangDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: tony.huang@nyumc.org.

Funding

Vaccine FacilityP30CA016087 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI ANIRBAN MAITRA · 1985 to 2026
$83.1M
Structural Biology of the Ubiquitin Conjugation SystemR01GM115568 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI OLSEN, SHAUN · 2015 to 2023
$2.7M
Understanding the mechanistic role of genome stability pathways in regulating cell homeostasisR35GM139610 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Tony Tung Huang · 2021 to 2026
$2.6M
Structure and Function of the Essential Cell Cycle Regulator Cdc34R01GM128731 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Shaun Olsen · 2019 to 2026
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016087NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115568NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM128731NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM139610
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In eukaryotes, each ribosomal subunit includes a ribosomal protein (RP) that is encoded as a fusion protein with ubiquitin (Ub). In yeast, each Ub-RP fusion requires processing by deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs) to generate ribosome assembly-competent RPs and contribute to the cellular Ub pool. However, how Ub-RP fusions are processed by DUBs in human cells remains unclear. Here, we discovered that Ub-RPs are substrates of the Ub-fusion degradation (UFD) pathway in human cells via lysine 29 and 48 (K29/K48)-specific ubiquitylation and proteasomal degradation. We identified a pool of DUBs that catalytically process Ub-RPs, as well as DUBs that physically occlude Ub-RP interaction with UFD pathway Ub E3 ligases to prevent their degradation in a non-catalytic manner. Our results suggest that DUBs both process and stabilize Ub-RPs, whereas the UFD pathway regulates levels of Ub-RPs that cannot be fully processed by DUBs to fine-tune protein homeostasis.

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Deubiquitinating EnzymesRibosomal ProteinsUbiquitinHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteolysisUbiquitinationUbiquitin-Protein LigasesDeubiquitinating EnzymesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexRibosomal ProteinsUbiquitinUbiquitin-Protein LigasesCezannedeubiquitinasesdeubiquitinating enzymesDUBsHUWE1OTUD7BRPL40RPS27aTRIP12UBA52UBA80ubiquitin fusion degradation pathwayUFD

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PMID41270756
PMCPMC12679894

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