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<p>BRCA1-associated protein 1 (BAP1) is a tumor suppressor whose deubiquitinase (DUB) activity is essential for transcriptional regulation and is frequently compromised in cancer by mutations clustered in its ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase (UCH) domain. The structural and dynamic bases of these oncogenic mutations remain elusive. Here, we introduce 22 cancer mutations and additional methyl mutations on the other 22 cancer mutation sites of BAP1-UCH to map their effects on the methyl chemical shifts. This analysis reveals an allosteric coupling network centered on a conserved leucine (L49) shared across human UCH paralogs. Strikingly, a single-carbon side-chain truncation in the L49V variant abolishes DUB activity, coinciding with disruption of correlated μs–ms timescale motions within a phenylalanine cluster that undergoes concerted motions within the L49 hub. These findings uncover how BAP1-UCH sustains its catalytic competence through a delicately tuned dynamic network and how minute alterations can collapse this allosteric balance, providing a mechanistic link between subtle structural perturbations and oncogenesis.</p>

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Allosteric network of dynamic coupling within BAP1-UCH revealed by methyl NMR

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    2026年5月26日

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  • Chih-Hsuan Lai,
  • Yuan-Chao Lou,
  • Chi-Fon Chang,
  • Wei-Lin Lu,
  • Manoj Kumar Sriramoju,
  • Yong-Sheng Wang,
  • Kuen-Phon Wu,
  • Carlo Camilloni,
  • Shang-Te Danny Hsu

摘要

BRCA1-associated protein 1 (BAP1) is a tumor suppressor whose deubiquitinase (DUB) activity is essential for transcriptional regulation and is frequently compromised in cancer by mutations clustered in its ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase (UCH) domain. The structural and dynamic bases of these oncogenic mutations remain elusive. Here, we introduce 22 cancer mutations and additional methyl mutations on the other 22 cancer mutation sites of BAP1-UCH to map their effects on the methyl chemical shifts. This analysis reveals an allosteric coupling network centered on a conserved leucine (L49) shared across human UCH paralogs. Strikingly, a single-carbon side-chain truncation in the L49V variant abolishes DUB activity, coinciding with disruption of correlated μs–ms timescale motions within a phenylalanine cluster that undergoes concerted motions within the L49 hub. These findings uncover how BAP1-UCH sustains its catalytic competence through a delicately tuned dynamic network and how minute alterations can collapse this allosteric balance, providing a mechanistic link between subtle structural perturbations and oncogenesis.