title: A novel cysteine protease HeLa DUB-1 responsible for cleaving the ubiquitin in human ovarian cancer cells.
abstract: The regulation of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation is becoming important for a number of cellular processes. Human HeLa DUB-1 cDNA, encoding a novel deubiquitinating enzyme, was isolated from ovarian cancer cells. It has 1,647 bp nucleotides and encodes a 548 amino acid polypeptide with the molecular weight of approximately 61 kDa. It contains the highly conserved Cys, Asp (I), His, and Asn/Asp (II) domains characteristic of the ubiquitin-specific processing proteases. Biochemical assay revealed that HeLa DUB-1 has deubiquitinating enzyme activity in vivo and in vitro. Northern blot analysis for HeLa DUB-1 showed the strong expression in human skeletal muscle and pancreas and to some extent in heart, placenta, lung, liver, and kidney. Interestingly, the expression was hardly seen in the brain. Localization study indicates that HeLa DUB-1 proteins are present in both the cytoplasm and nucleus.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Pochon CHA University, CHA General Hospital, Seoul 135-081, Korea.
authors.forename: Myung-Sun
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyong-Jai
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Incheol
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hyung Min
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Kwang-Hyun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Baek
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution / Q000235:genetics; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000378:metabolism*; D043222:Ubiquitin Thiolesterase; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C501066:USP36 protein, human; D025801:Ubiquitin; D043222:Ubiquitin Thiolesterase; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases