7YV4

Crystal structure of human UCHL3 in complex with Farrerol

Summary for 7YV4

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb7yv4/pdb
• Descriptor: Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase isozyme L3, (2~{S})-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-6,8-dimethyl-5,7-bis(oxidanyl)-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one (3 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: activator, complex, ubiquitinase, hydrolase
• Biological source: Homo sapiens (human)
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 26513.88

Authors

Mao, Z.Y.,Xu, X.J.,Zhang, W.T. (deposition date: 2022-08-18, release date: 2023-04-19, Last modification date: 2023-11-29)

Primary citation

Zhang, W.,Wang, M.,Song, Z.,Fu, Q.,Chen, J.,Zhang, W.,Gao, S.,Sun, X.,Yang, G.,Zhang, Q.,Yang, J.,Tang, H.,Wang, H.,Kou, X.,Wang, H.,Mao, Z.,Xu, X.,Gao, S.,Jiang, Y.
Farrerol directly activates the deubiqutinase UCHL3 to promote DNA repair and reprogramming when mediated by somatic cell nuclear transfer.
Nat Commun, 14:1838-1838, 2023

PubMed Abstract: Farrerol, a natural flavanone, promotes homologous recombination (HR) repair to improve genome-editing efficiency, but the specific protein that farrerol directly targets to regulate HR repair and the underlying molecular mechanisms have not been determined. Here, we find that the deubiquitinase UCHL3 is the direct target of farrerol. Mechanistically, farrerol enhanced the deubiquitinase activity of UCHL3 to promote RAD51 deubiquitination, thereby improving HR repair. Importantly, we find that embryos of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) exhibited defective HR repair, increased genomic instability and aneuploidy, and that the farrerol treatment post nuclear transfer enhances HR repair, restores transcriptional and epigenetic network, and promotes SCNT embryo development. Ablating UCHL3 significantly attenuates farrerol-mediated stimulation in HR and SCNT embryo development. In summary, we identify farrerol as an activator of the deubiquitinase UCHL3, highlighted the importance of HR and epigenetic changes in SCNT reprogramming and provide a feasible method to promote SCNT efficiency.

PubMed: 37012254
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37576-9

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.58 Å)