Structure of the Ubiquitin Hydrolase UCH-L3 Complexed with a Suicide Substrate
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Misaghi, Shahram
Galardy, Paul J.
Meester, Wim J. N.
Ovaa, Huib
Ploegh, Hidde L.
Gaudet, Rachelle
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Misaghi, Shahram, Paul J. Galardy, Wim J. N. Meester, Huib Ovaa, Hidde L. Ploegh, and Rachelle Gaudet. 2004. “Structure of the Ubiquitin Hydrolase UCH-L3 Complexed with a Suicide Substrate.” Journal of Biological Chemistry 280 (2): 1512–20. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m410770200.Abstract
Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolases (UCHs) comprise a family of small ubiquitin-specific proteases of uncertain function. Although no cellular substrates have been identified for UCHs, their highly tissue-specific expression patterns and the association of UCH-L1 mutations with human disease strongly suggest a critical role. The structure of the yeast UCH Yuh1-ubiquitin aldehyde complex identified an active site crossover loop predicted to limit the size of suitable substrates. We report the 1.45 resolution crystal structure of human UCH-L3 in complex with the inhibitor ubiquitin vinylmethylester, an inhibitor that forms a covalent adduct with the active site cysteine of ubiquitin-specific proteases. This structure confirms the predicted mechanism of the inhibitor and allows the direct comparison of a UCH family enzyme in the free and ligand-bound state. We also show the efficient hydrolysis by human UCH-L3 of a 13-residue peptide in isopeptide linkage with ubiquitin, consistent with considerable flexibility in UCH substrate size. We propose a model for the catalytic cycle of UCH family members which accounts for the hydrolysis of larger ubiquitin conjugates.Terms of Use
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