Specifications
Phosphatase and TENsin homolog (PTEN) negatively regulates the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/AKT pathway and is one of the most frequently mutated genes in human cancer. Monoubiquitylation of PTEN at lysine 13 and lysine 289 results in increased nuclear localization of PTEN where it is implicated in phosphatase-independent functions including regulation of the activity and stability of p53. This monoubiquitylated peptide can be used for deubiquitination assays or to study ubiquitin binding domain recognition.
In contrast to traditional DUB substrates, like ubiquitin-AMC and ubiquitin-rhodamine, which measure cleavage of amide bonds, utilization of a monoubiquitinated peptide as a DUB substrate measures cleavage of an isopeptide bond and allows determination of the influence of sequence proximal to the ubiquitinated lysine on specificity. Profiling activity of a panel of DUBs against a monoubiquitinated histone H2B peptide and a monoubiquitinated PTEN peptide reveals interesting differences in specificity:
Assessment of DUB activity using monoubiquitylated peptides as a substrates. 2µM monoubiquitylated histone H2B peptide (red), 2µM monoubiquitylated PTEN peptide (blue), and 2µM ubiquitin-rhodamine were incubated with 50nM of each indicated DUB for 30 minutes at 37ºC. Isopeptidase cleavage of ubiquitin from the monoubiquitylated peptides was assessed by LC-MS and is represented as the percent substrate cleaved. Cleavage of ubiquitin-rhodamine was measured as the increase in rhodamine fluorescence at 535nm and is represented as the rate (RFU/sec) relative to USP2c.
Custom monoubiquitylated peptides can be generated from the sequence of your choosing for use as DUB substrates or in ubiquitin binding studies. Various affinity tags, fluorescent labels and mutant ubiquitins are available to facilitate different assay modalities. Please contact us for a quote or more information.
Info
Peptide | Ac-PTEN[5-21](Ub)-CONH2 |
Sequence | Ac-IKEIVSRNK(ubiquitin)RRYQEDGF-NH2 |
Purity | >95% by HPLC |
Molecular Weight | 10,726 Da by MS |
Physical State | Lyophilized powder |
Quantity | 50 µg |
Solubility | at least 1mg/ml in aqueous buffer |
Storage | Dry, -20 °C. Solution, -80 °C. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles |