Role in The Ubiquitin Pathway
DUBs play several roles in the ubiquitin pathway. First, DUBs carry out activation of the ubiquitin proproteins, probably cotranslationally. Second, DUBs recycle ubiquitin that may have been accidentally trapped by the reaction of small cellular nucleophiles with the thiol ester intermediates involved in the ubiquitination of proteins. Third, DUBs reverse the ubiquitination or ubiquitin-like modification of target proteins. Fourth, DUBs are also responsible for the regeneration of monoubiquitin from unanchored polyubiquitin, i.e., free polyubiquitin that is synthesized de novo by the conjugating machinery or that has been released from target proteins by other DUBs. Finally, the deubiquitinating enzymes UCH-L3 and YUH1 are able to hydrolyse mutant ubiquitin UBB+1 despite of the fact that the glycine at position 76 is mutated.
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