Structural highlights
Function
UBP5_HUMAN Cleaves linear and branched multiubiquitin polymers with a marked preference for branched polymers. Involved in unanchored 'Lys-48'-linked polyubiquitin disassembly. Binds linear and 'Lys-63'-linked polyubiquitin with a lower affinity. Knock-down of USP5 causes the accumulation of p53/TP53 and an increase in p53/TP53 transcriptional activity because the unanchored polyubiquitin that accumulates is able to compete with ubiquitinated p53/TP53 but not with MDM2 for proteasomal recognition.[1]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
USP5 disassembles unanchored polyubiquitin chains to recycle free monoubiquitin, and is one of the 12 ubiquitin specific proteases featuring a zinc finger ubiquitin-binding domain (ZnF-UBD). This distinct structural module has been associated with substrate positioning or allosteric modulation of catalytic activity, but its cellular function remains unclear. We screened a chemical library focused on the ZnF-UBD of USP5, crystallized hits in complex with the protein, and generated a preliminary structure-activity relationship, which enables the development of more potent and selective compounds. This work serves as a framework for the discovery of a chemical probe to delineate the function of USP5 ZnF-UBD in proteasomal degradation and other ubiquitin signaling pathways in health and disease.
Discovery of Small Molecule Antagonists of the USP5 Zinc Finger Ubiquitin-Binding Domain.,Mann MK, Franzoni I, de Freitas RF, Tempel W, Houliston S, Smith L, Vedadi M, Arrowsmith CH, Harding RJ, Schapira M J Med Chem. 2019 Nov 27;62(22):10144-10155. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00988., Epub 2019 Nov 12. PMID:31663737[2]
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References
- ↑ Dayal S, Sparks A, Jacob J, Allende-Vega N, Lane DP, Saville MK. Suppression of the deubiquitinating enzyme USP5 causes the accumulation of unanchored polyubiquitin and the activation of p53. J Biol Chem. 2009 Feb 20;284(8):5030-41. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M805871200. Epub 2008, Dec 19. PMID:19098288 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M805871200
- ↑ Mann MK, Franzoni I, de Freitas RF, Tempel W, Houliston S, Smith L, Vedadi M, Arrowsmith CH, Harding RJ, Schapira M. Discovery of Small Molecule Antagonists of the USP5 Zinc Finger Ubiquitin-Binding Domain. J Med Chem. 2019 Nov 27;62(22):10144-10155. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00988., Epub 2019 Nov 12. PMID:31663737 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00988
