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  2. Vialinin A is a ubiquitin-specific peptidase inhibitor

Vialinin A is a ubiquitin-specific peptidase inhibitor

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2013 Aug 1;23(15):4328-31. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.05.093.
Kiyoshi Okada 1 Yue Qi Ye Kayoko Taniguchi Ayaka Yoshida Tomonori Akiyama Yasukiyo Yoshioka Jun-ichi Onose Hiroyuki Koshino Shunya Takahashi Arata Yajima Naoki Abe Shunsuke Yajima
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan.
Abstract

Vialinin A, a small compound isolated from the Chinese mushroom Thelephora vialis, exhibits more effective anti-inflammatory activity than the widely used immunosuppressive drug tacrolimus (FK506). Here, we show that ubiquitin-specific peptidase 5/isopeptidase T (USP5/IsoT) is a target molecule of vialinin A, identified by using a beads-probe method. Vialinin A inhibited the peptidase activity of USP5/IsoT and also inhibited the enzymatic activities of USP4 among deubiquitinating Enzymes tested. Although USPs are a member of thiol protease family, vialinin A exhibited no inhibitions for Other thiol proteases, such as calpain and Cathepsin.

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