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Han Zhou

Han Zhou

Georgia State University, USA

Title: Linkage-specific di-Ubiquitin probes to illustrate Ubqiuitin Chain assembly

Biography

Biography: Han Zhou

Abstract

The length and linkage types (K11, K48, K63, etc) of ubiquitin (UB) chains regulate the biological activities of proteins they modify. Synthesizing ubiquitin chains with defined linkage is challenging but vitally important for elucidating the signals encoded in protein ubiquitination. Here, we generated linkage-specific diUB probes with a thiol functionality at the linkage to enable its conjugation with E2, E3, and deubiquitinating enzymes (DUB) in the UB transfer pathways. We took advantage of unnatural amino acid (UAA) incorporation to substitute specific Lys residues in UB with N6-(thiazolidine-4-carbonyl) lysine (ThzK). We then converted ThzK to Cys-conjugated Lys (CysK) to enable the assembly of diUB probes by native chemical ligation. Our development of the diUB probe provides a new method to decode UB-mediated cell signaling.