A) Coomassie stained 18% SDS-PAGE gel of DUB activity towards QKUbE and QKUb(aux)E. Lane 1 = UCH-L3 + QKUbE; lane 2 = UCH-L3(C95A) + QKUbE; lane 3 = UCH-L3 + QKUb(aux)E; lane 4 = UCH-L3(C95A) + QKUb(aux)E; lane 5 = UCH-L3 + QKUb(aux)E + 50 mM DTT, 95 °C, 5 min. An asterisk indicates the Ub(1-76)-UCH-L3 acyl enzyme intermediate. B) ESI-MS of the observed UCH-L3-QKUb(aux)E adduct. Calculated m/z [M+H]+ 35,247.5 Da, observed 35,252.5 ± 5.6 Da.