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Active site alanine mutations convert deubiquitinases into high-affinity ubiquitin-binding proteins.


ABSTRACT: A common strategy for exploring the biological roles of deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) in different pathways is to study the effects of replacing the wild-type DUB with a catalytically inactive mutant in cells. We report here that a commonly studied DUB mutation, in which the catalytic cysteine is replaced with alanine, can dramatically increase the affinity of some DUBs for ubiquitin. Overexpression of these tight-binding mutants thus has the potential to sequester cellular pools of monoubiquitin and ubiquitin chains. As a result, cells expressing these mutants may display unpredictable dominant negative physiological effects that are not related to loss of DUB activity. The structure of the SAGA DUB module bound to free ubiquitin reveals the structural basis for the 30-fold higher affinity of Ubp8C146A for ubiquitin. We show that an alternative option, substituting the active site cysteine with arginine, can inactivate DUBs while also decreasing the affinity for ubiquitin.

SUBMITTER: Morrow ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6172466 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Active site alanine mutations convert deubiquitinases into high-affinity ubiquitin-binding proteins.

Morrow Marie E ME   Morgan Michael T MT   Clerici Marcello M   Growkova Katerina K   Yan Ming M   Komander David D   Sixma Titia K TK   Simicek Michal M   Wolberger Cynthia C  

EMBO reports 20180827 10


A common strategy for exploring the biological roles of deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) in different pathways is to study the effects of replacing the wild-type DUB with a catalytically inactive mutant in cells. We report here that a commonly studied DUB mutation, in which the catalytic cysteine is replaced with alanine, can dramatically increase the affinity of some DUBs for ubiquitin. Overexpression of these tight-binding mutants thus has the potential to sequester cellular pools of monoubiqui  ...[more]

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