Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Proteome-wide analysis of USP14 substrates revealed its role in hepatosteatosis via stabilization of FASN

  • Bin Liu,
  • Shangwen Jiang,
  • Min Li,
  • Xuelian Xiong,
  • Mingrui Zhu,
  • Duanzhuo Li,
  • Lei Zhao,
  • Lili Qian,
  • Linhui Zhai,
  • Jing Li,
  • Han Lu,
  • Shengnan Sun,
  • Jiandie Lin,
  • Yan Lu,
  • Xiaoying Li,
  • Minjia Tan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07185-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Ubiquitin-specific protease 14 (USP14) is a proteasome-associated deubiquitinating enzyme with known roles in physiology and disease. Here the authors show that fatty acid synthase (FASN) is a substrate of USP14, and that by stabilizing FASN, it plays a role in hepatosteatosis.