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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2026

Synthesis of Ub-ACA, a Fluorogenic DUB Substrate via ACPL Method.

Saibal Chanda, Wenshe Ray Liu

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Saibal ChandaDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 580 Ross St., College Station, TX, USA.
Wenshe Ray LiuDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 580 Ross St., College Station, TX, USA. wliu@chem.tamu.edu.

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Use of the Noncanonical Amino Acid Mutagenesis Technique in Combination with Other Approaches to Study Functions of Posttranslational Lysine Modifications in ProteinsR35GM145351 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · PI Wenshe Ray Liu · 2022 to 2026
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Abstract

This chapter details the step-by-step synthesis of ubiquitin-7-amino-4-coumarinyl-acetic acid (Ub-ACA) using the activated cysteine-directed protein ligation (ACPL) technique. Ub-ACA is a fluorogenic substrate for deubiquitinases (DUBs). It can be readily synthesized via ACPL to a high quantity by exchanging a C-terminal cysteine residue in a recombinantly expressed Ub-G76C mutant with Gly-ACA, a process mediated simply by 2-nitro-5-thiocyanatobenzoic acid (NTCB). This chapter provides protocols for protein expression, thiol activation, fluorophore conjugation, and product purification, yielding Ub-ACA with high purity suitable for enzymatic assays.

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CoumarinsDeubiquitinating EnzymesFluorescent DyesUbiquitinCysteineSubstrate SpecificityCoumarinsCysteineDeubiquitinating EnzymesFluorescent DyesUbiquitin7-amino-4-coumarinyl-acetic acidACPLActivated cysteine-directed protein ligationDeubiquitinaseDUBFluorogenic substrateUb-ACAUbiquitin

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PMID42542480
PMCPMC13592016

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