2011
Enzymatic Blockade of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway
Ernst R, Claessen JH, Mueller B, Sanyal S, Spooner E, van der Veen AG, Kirak O, Schlieker CD, Weihofen WA, Ploegh HL. Enzymatic Blockade of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway. PLOS Biology 2011, 8: e1000605. PMID: 21468303, PMCID: PMC3066133, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000605.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
A Functional Ubiquitin-Specific Protease Embedded in the Large Tegument Protein (ORF64) of Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 Is Active during the Course of Infection
Gredmark S, Schlieker C, Quesada V, Spooner E, Ploegh HL. A Functional Ubiquitin-Specific Protease Embedded in the Large Tegument Protein (ORF64) of Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 Is Active during the Course of Infection. Journal Of Virology 2007, 81: 10300-10309. PMID: 17634221, PMCID: PMC2045495, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01149-07.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLarge tegument proteinTegument proteinsMHV-68-infected cellsCysteine protease domainUbiquitin-specific proteaseAmino-terminal segmentActive site-directed probesActivity-based profilingDeubiquitinating proteaseEnzymatic functionSite-directed probesProtease domainBetaherpesvirus familyProteinORF64Murine gammaherpesvirus 68Tandem mass spectrometryProteaseGammaherpesvirus 68Course of infectionMass spectrometryHerpes simplex virus type 1Simplex virus type 1CellsUL36Structure of a Herpesvirus-Encoded Cysteine Protease Reveals a Unique Class of Deubiquitinating Enzymes
Schlieker C, Weihofen WA, Frijns E, Kattenhorn LM, Gaudet R, Ploegh HL. Structure of a Herpesvirus-Encoded Cysteine Protease Reveals a Unique Class of Deubiquitinating Enzymes. Molecular Cell 2007, 25: 677-687. PMID: 17349955, PMCID: PMC7110467, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.01.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeubiquitinating enzymePapain-like foldCysteine protease domainLarge tegument proteinActive site cysteineActive site residuesBeta-hairpin loopExtensive hydrophobic interactionsSuicide substrateProtease moduleProtease domainTegument proteinsCysteine proteasesHairpin loopEnzymeThioether linkageUbUnique classHydrophobic interactionsMurine cytomegalovirusUbiquitinDomainProteinMembersCrystal structure