Emerging roles of eraser enzymes in the dynamic control of protein ADP-ribosylation.

O'Sullivan, Julia; Tedim Ferreira, Maria; Gagné, Jean-Philippe; Sharma, Ajit K; Hendzel, Michael J; Masson, Jean-Yves; Poirier, Guy G · Nat Commun · 2019

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Abstract

Protein ADP-ribosylation is essential for the regulation of several cellular pathways, enabling dynamic responses to diverse pathophysiological conditions. It is modulated through a dynamic interplay between ADP-ribose readers, writers and erasers. While ADP-ribose synthesis has been studied and reviewed extensively, ADP-ribose processing by erasing enzymes has received comparably less attention. However, major progress in the mass spectrometric identification of ADP-ribosylated residues and the biochemical characterization of ADP-ribose erasers has substantially expanded our knowledge of ADP-ribosylation dynamics. Herein, we describe recent insights into the biology of ADP-ribose erasers and discuss the intricately orchestrated cellular processes to switch off ADP-ribose-dependent mechanisms.

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