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NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 171-175Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2206
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- Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the US Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
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Addition and removal of ubiquitin or ubiquitin chains to and from proteins is a tightly regulated process that contributes to cellular signaling and protein stability. Here we show that phosphorylation of the human deubiquitinase DUBA (OTUD5) at a single residue, Ser177, is both necessary and sufficient to activate the enzyme. The crystal structure of the ubiquitin aldehyde adduct of active DUBA reveals a marked cooperation between phosphorylation and substrate binding. An intricate web of interactions involving the phosphate and the C-terminal tail of ubiquitin cause DUBA to fold around its substrate, revealing why phosphorylation is essential for deubiquitinase activity. Phosphoactivation of DUBA represents an unprecedented mode of protease regulation and a clear link between two major cellular signal transduction systems: phosphorylation and ubiquitin modification.
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