Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

USP32 regulates late endosomal transport and recycling through deubiquitylation of Rab7

  • Aysegul Sapmaz,
  • Ilana Berlin,
  • Erik Bos,
  • Ruud H. Wijdeven,
  • Hans Janssen,
  • Rebecca Konietzny,
  • Jimmy J. Akkermans,
  • Ayse E. Erson-Bensan,
  • Roman I. Koning,
  • Benedikt M. Kessler,
  • Jacques Neefjes,
  • Huib Ovaa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09437-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Though ubiquitin is known to broadly influence endosomal trafficking, few ubiquitin-utilizing enzymes targeting endosomal regulators are known. Here, the authors find that the deubiquitylating enzyme (DUB) USP32 influences endosomal membrane dynamics by deubiquitinating Rab7.