Ubiquitin Signalling (2) Flashcards
What are the two types pf DUBs?
Metallo
Thiol
Name the family of metallo DUBs
JAMM
Name the families of thiol DUBs
UCH OTU USP Josephin MINDY ZUP1
What are metallo DUBs?
They have a metal ion at its catalytic site
What are thiol DUBs?
Use a cysteine based mechanism to cleave Ub chains
What are the functions of DUBs?
To process precursors to generate pre-Ub
To recycle Ub
Cleave Ub off substrates and complexes
why is Ub recycled?
It is a stable compound and therefore requires a lot of energy to degrade it so it is cleaved off by the DUBs and recycled back into the cellular pool of Ubs
What happens if the cellular pool of Ubs is too low?
It is toxic to the cell
How do cancer therapies manipulate the Ub cellular pool and why?
they inhibit the proteasome -> proteasomic stress -> stop the degradation of proteins -> deplete the cellular pool of Ub
This toxicity induces cell death
What is the subcellular location of DUBs?
Is very dynamic, they need to be with the protein which needs to be cleaved
Some sit at the mitochondria and regulate mitophagy
What do DUBs have to discriminate between?
Ub and Ub-like modifiers
What does USP21 cleave and how does it discriminate
Ub and Ub-like modifier, ISG15
It binds to the C-terminal tail and recognises the conserved arginine
Nedd8 has an alanine here so is not recognised but ISG15 has an arginine and therefore is
What are the 2 ways for DUBs to cleave and what are each of the DUBs called?
ExoDUB - cleaves the chain from one end down to the substrate
Endocleavage - It cleaves the middle of the chain
What is fasted form of cleavage?
Endocleavage
What do distal Ub bind to?
S1 or S2
What does the proximal Ub bind to?
S1’ or S2’
Where is the distal Ub located?
At the N terminus
Where is the proximal Ub located?
At the C-terminus