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"Proteins involved in the formation of large protein complexes were also selected, such as UAF1, which is part of the deubiquitinating enzyme heterodimeric complex USP1-UAF1 [ xref ]; The Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 7 (CDK7), a subunit of the transcription/DNA repair factor TFIIH [ xref ], is both an effector kinase which phosphorylates both RNA Polymerase II and other transcription factors and a Cdk Activating Kinase (CAK) for essential CDKs [ xref ]; VPS26A, which is a subunit of the core ‘Retromer’ complex that mediates endosomal protein sorting and trafficking [ xref ]; and Munc18a and Munc18c, which regulate SNARE-complexes that mediate vesicle fusion [ xref ]."
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"Furthermore, by genetically tagging UAF1 with a fluorescent protein, such as RFP, and using automated microscopy procedures, the assay can be readily adapted to a high throughput format in order to allow a high content screening for molecules that interfere with USP1 and UAF1 complex formation."
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"The USP1 and UAF1 complex is emerging as a novel target for cancer treatment, and inhibitors of USP1 catalytic activity have been reported to reverse the resistance to platinum based chemotherapeutic drugs in NSCLC cells [XREF_BIBR, XREF_BIBR] and to inhibit the growth of leukemic cell lines [XREF_BIBR]."
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"In this study, a high-throughput screening of nearly 10,000 bioactive small-molecules, followed by further validation and characterization of the best candidates, led to the identification of two potent and highly selective reversible inhibitors of the enzymatic activity of the USP1 and UAF1 complex, pimozide and GW7647."
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"The inhibition of the deubiquitinase complex USP1-UAF1 or the expression of constitutive fusion of ubiquitin to PCNA provides the missing clue required for DNA polymerase η recruitment and thereafter the introduction of A/T base pair (bp) mutations during the process of IgV gene diversification."
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"The USP1 and UAF1 complex is also recruited to mono-ubiquitylated PCNA via an interaction between UAF1 and the protein ELG1, a protein involved in replication complexes and in loading PCNA onto DNA for efficient replication, and independently identified as a factor required to suppress genomic instability [XREF_BIBR, XREF_BIBR]."
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"Last year, great strides were made in understanding the functional significance of ELG1 when it was discovered that the human homolog of ELG1 (which is also called ATAD5) not only interacts with PCNA and colocalizes with the sliding clamp at stalled replication forks with distinct foci structures in the nucleus, but also associates with the USP1 and UAF1 complex."
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"Given that human FANCI and FANCD2 share relatively low sequence identity with their Xenopus counterparts (~65% for FANCI and ~55% for FANCD2), it seems plausible that the requirement of DNA for efficient FANCD2 deubiquitination by human USP1-UAF1 becomes relaxed with the Xenopus protein."
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"The inhibition of the deubiquitinase complex USP1-UAF1 or the expression of constitutive fusion of ubiquitin to PCNA provides the missing clue required for DNA polymerase η recruitment and thereafter the introduction of A/T base pair (bp) mutations during the process of IgV gene diversification."
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"Interestingly, and despite the presence of FANCI, which may also recruit the DUB complex ( xref ), USP1 ΔN –UAF1 and USP1 R22E –UAF1 are not able to fully deubiquitinate hs FANCD2-Ub, suggesting that any indirect recruitment of USP1–UAF1 by FANCI does not completely compensate for the loss of the USP1 N-terminus."
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"142 Liang et al. 143 investigated the binding effects of inhibitor ML323 on the human deubiquitinase complex USP1 and UAF1 using HDX MS and showed four moderately protected and two strongly protected peptides located outside the USP1 catalytic site, supporting the idea that ML323 is an allosteric inhibitor of USP1-UAF1."
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"Yu et al reported that the USP1‐WDR48 complex stabilized TANK‐binding kinase 1 by moving its K48‐linked polyubiquitination, and this process could be attenuated using the inhibitor ML‐323. xref Intriguingly, we found that WDR48 was also overexpressed in HCC tissues compared with normal tissues and was associated with poor prognosis in patients."
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"For high-throughput screening, we used the recombinant USP1 and UAF1 complex in a 4 muL assay volume to screen several libraries of 9,525 bioactive small molecules in qHTS mode, by testing each compound as a dilution series spanning the concentration range of 0.46 muM to 114 muM (see Experimental Procedures)."
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"Additionally, the same study disrupted the NHEJ pathway, via knockout of Ku70 (also known as XRCC6 or X-Ray repair cross complementing 6), in UAF1 -/-/- cells which restored the cellular resistance to camptothecin and the PARP inhibitor suggesting that the USP1 and UAF1 complex promotes HR, at least in part by suppressing NHEJ."
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"USP1
associates with UAF1 (USP1-associated factor 1), resulting in the
heterodimeric USP1/UAF1 complex that is required for deubiquitinase
activity. xref The USP1/UAF1 complex has been
shown to regulate the tolerance of DNA damage induced by DNA cross-linking
agents through deubiquitination of PCNA (proliferating cell nuclear
antigen) xref and FANCD2 (Fanconi anemia complementation
group D2), xref which are proteins that function
in translesion synthesis and the Fanconi anemia pathway, respectively."
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"Among these ten genes, the high expression of seven genes was significantly related to poor OS (BPTF, SETD2, SMARCC1, UBXN7, SMC3, PBRM1 and SF3B1) (Figure 9C), while the other three genes showed no significance (ATRX, SIN3A and USP34) (Figure S3).3.8
Validation of the interaction between USP1 and WDR48 in HCC cell lines."
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"Setting up and exploring an Arg and N-end rule based in vitro ubiquitylation and degradation system, with the Usp1 and Uaf1 complex as its autocleaved substrate, is likely to be a particularly informative approach to mechanistic questions in this arena, and to some physiological questions as well."
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"The experimental systems that we and others xref , xref have developed will be useful for answering mechanistic questions regarding the intracellular functions of the USP1-UAF1 and for establishing the biological impact of cancer-associated mutations in the USP1-UAF1-RAD51AP1 complex."
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"The USP1/UAF1 complex is also recruited to mono-ubiquitylated PCNA via an interaction between UAF1 and the protein ELG1, a protein involved in replication complexes and in loading PCNA onto DNA for efficient replication, and independently identified as a factor required to suppress genomic instability [68, 69]."
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"Since USP1‐UAF1 is a specific deubiquitinase (DUB) for FANCD2 xref , xref , we wanted to assess whether alternative DUBs, that lack FANCD2 specificity (i.e. target structurally diverse substrates), are also able to access the ubiquitin on FANCD2 when this is in complex with I or I Ub ."
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"In cells, unloading of FANCD2 Ub –FANCI Ub may be instigated by DVC1-p97 [ xref ] but removal of DNA from the FANCD2 Ub –FANCI Ub complex in vitro is sufficient to again permit the activity of USP1:UAF1 on the complex [ xref , xref ] highlighting the critical role that DNA plays in stabilizing the structure of the heterodimer."
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"Furthermore, BRCA1-deficient cells expressing a truncated variant of USP1 deficient in DNA binding fail to deliver USP1-UAF1 to replication forks to act on the ubiquitinated form of the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and are, consequently, impaired for the ability to stabilize stressed DNA replication forks xref ."
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"Given the structural similarity between these USP14 inhibitors and the USP1 inhibitor ML323 (12), it is tempting to speculate that this equally drug-like lead may bind into a similar region of the USP1/UAF1 complex.In June 2015, Genentech and Almac Discovery announced a collaboration on an undisclosed USP target, whereby Almac Discovery's small-molecule leads would provide the starting point for a two-year joint research programme."
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"A recent report has showed that the di-monoubiquitinated frog ID2 complex (both FANCD2 and FANCI monoubiquitinated), generated in the presence of plasmid DNA, remains resistant to deubiquitination by a GST-tagged USP1–UAF1 complex and only the removal of DNA permits efficient DUB activity ( xref )."
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"A recent report has showed that the di-monoubiquitinated frog ID2 complex (both FANCD2 and FANCI monoubiquitinated), generated in the presence of plasmid DNA, remains resistant to deubiquitination by a GST-tagged USP1–UAF1 complex and only the removal of DNA permits efficient DUB activity (32)."
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"Interestingly, whereas, as expected xref , xref , xref , UAF1 deficient cells showed an elevated level of monoubiquitinated FANCD2, but cells expressing either the UAF1 3A or UAF1 11A mutant harbored mostly deubiquitinated FANCD2 (Fig. xref ), indicating that the UAF1 mutations have little or no impact on the FANCD2-specific DUB activity of the USP1-UAF1 complex in cells."
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"Several findings have emerged, namely: (1) occurrence of USP1-UAF1 mediated-deubiquitination of FANCD2 on DNA; (2) identification of UAF1 amino acid residues important for DNA binding activity; (3) demonstration that UAF1 DNA binding as being required for FANCD2 deubiquitination within the context of the USP1-UAF1 complex; (4) documentation that DNA binding by RAD51AP1 can substitute for that of UAF1 in FANCD2 deubiquitination within the context of the trimeric USP1-UAF1-RAD51AP1 complex; and (5) revelation that UAF1 and RAD51AP1 provide redundant functions for FANCD2 deubiquitination in cells, thus uncovering a role of RAD51AP1 in the FA DNA damage response in addition to its well-documented DNA repair function."
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"In the past years, several agents aimed at USP1 have been reported, such as pimozide and ML‐323. xref , xref These agents inhibit the activity of USP1‐WDR48 complex in a non‐competitive manner. xref In the present study, we demonstrated that siRNA‐USP1 transfection or ML‐323 treatment decreased the proliferation of HCC cells."
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"In cluster 1, one of the highly ranked complexes searched against CORUM is the USP1 and UAF1 complex which was reported as a schizophrenic candidate complex, and its inhibitor, Pimozide, is one of the antipsychotics with the neuroleptic property of treating schizophrenic patients [XREF_BIBR]."
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"The effect of FANCI's ubiquitination may be on rendering the doubly ubiquitinated ID2 complex unamenable to USP1‐UAF1 modulation, for example by stabilizing an ID2 conformational change induced by FANCD2 ubiquitination or inducing further minor conformational changes that stabilize the complex."
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"In addition, we confirmed the interaction between USP1 and WDR48 in HCC cell lines using co‐immunoprecipitation, and the results showed that USP1 interacted with WDR48 in MHCC97H and SK‐Hep‐1 cells (Figure 10H).3.9
SiRNA-USP1 transfection or ML-323 treatment decreased the proliferation of HCC cells."
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"10 The USP1 and UAF1 complex has been shown to regulate the tolerance of DNA damage induced by DNA cross linking agents through deubiquitination of PCNA (proliferating cell nuclear antigen) 11 and FANCD2 (Fanconi anemia complementation group D2), 12 which are proteins that function in translesion synthesis and the Fanconi anemia pathway, respectively."