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. 2006 Aug 11;126(3):529-42.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.06.039.

A role for the deubiquitinating enzyme USP28 in control of the DNA-damage response

Dong Zhang  1 , Kathrin Zaugg, Tak W Mak, Stephen J Elledge
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A role for the deubiquitinating enzyme USP28 in control of the DNA-damage response

Dong Zhang et al. Cell. .
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Abstract

The Chk2-p53-PUMA pathway is a major regulator of DNA-damage-induced apoptosis in response to double-strand breaks in vivo. Through analysis of 53BP1 complexes we have discovered a new ubiquitin protease, USP28, which regulates this pathway. Using a human cell line that faithfully recapitulated the Chk2-p53-PUMA pathway, we show that USP28 is required to stabilize Chk2 and 53BP1 in response to DNA damage. In this cell line, both USP28 and Chk2 are required for DNA-damage-induced apoptosis, and they accomplish this in part through regulation of the p53 induction of proapoptotic genes like PUMA. Our studies implicate DNA-damage-induced ubiquitination and deubiquitination as a major regulator of the DNA-damage response for Chk2, 53BP1, and a number of other proteins in the DNA-damage checkpoint pathway, including several mediators, such as Mdc1, Claspin, and TopBP1.

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