Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42302908›Full record

ArticleMolecular & cellular proteomics : MCP2026

Proteome-wide Ubiquitinome Profiling Reveals Substrate-specific Dynamics Within the USP7 Network.

Joyce Wolf van der Meer, Jan A van der Knaap, Ayestha Sijm, Karel Bezstarosti, Dick H W Dekkers, Wouter A S Doff, Jeroen A A Demmers, C Peter Verrijzer

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

8 authors.

Joyce Wolf van der MeerDepartment of Developmental Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Jan A van der KnaapDepartment of Developmental Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Ayestha SijmDepartment of Developmental Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Karel BezstarostiProteomics Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Dick H W DekkersProteomics Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Wouter A S DoffProteomics Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Jeroen A A DemmersProteomics Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: j.a.a.demmers@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl.
C Peter VerrijzerDepartment of Developmental Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: c.verrijzer@erasmusmc.nl.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

USP7 is a pleiotropic deubiquitylating enzyme that is involved in tumor suppression, (neuro) development, chromatin regulation and the DNA damage response. How USP7 regulates these diverse pathways is still unclear. Here, we report data-independent acquisition and label free quantitation mass spectrometry to profile the proteome-wide impact of USP7 on substrate de-ubiquitylation and overall protein abundance. First, we identified proteins associated with endogenous USP7 by immunopurification followed by data-independent acquisition and label free quantitation mass spectrometry. Integration of our new results with earlier interactomes of epitope-tagged USP7 yielded a consensus set of high-confidence protein targets. Domain mapping analysis revealed that, in addition to the TRAF domain, the ubiquitin-like domains of USP7 play a key role in substrate selection. Using specific enrichment of tryptic K-ε-GG peptides, we mapped proteome-wide changes in ubiquitinome dynamics following inhibition of USP7. Combining unbiased proteome-wide and targeted quantitative mass spectrometry revealed that deubiquitylation by USP7 can have different effects on the stability of distinct substrates, and suggests that USP7's activity profile is substrate-dependent rather than an intrinsic enzymatic property. Thus, in addition to providing a proteome-wide map of USP7 target sites, our multi-angle proteomics approach reveals that the effects of USP7-mediated deubiquitylation on its targets are remarkably variable and substrate-specific. Finally, based on these detailed molecular insights we show how USP7 connects various neurodevelopmental syndromes and tumor suppression pathways.

Indexed as

ProteomeProteomicsUbiquitinUbiquitin-Specific Peptidase 7HEK293 CellsHumansMass SpectrometrySubstrate SpecificityUbiquitinationProteomeUbiquitinUbiquitin-Specific Peptidase 7USP7 protein, humandeubiquitylasesHao-Fountain syndromeproteomicsubiquitylationUSP7

Identifiers

PMID42302908
PMCPMC13380719

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.