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. 2020 Jun 12;21(12):4196. doi: 10.3390/ijms21124196

Table 1.

Summary of the relevant deubiquitinases and their effects in several autophagic processes.

Deubiquitinase Autophagy Type Targets Effects References
AMSH Microautophagy and endosomal microautophagy ESCRT-0 Stabilization of ESCRT proteins, MVE formation [91,92]
CSN6 Lysosomal degradation Cathepsin-L (CTSL) Positive transcriptional regulation of CTSL [87]
Cyld Autolysosome and crinosome formation, MVE-lysosome fusion, vRed, Cvt, ALP, Vid pathways α- and β-tubulin Microtubule assembly and maintaining microtubule dynamics Data available about the regulation of microtubules [83,97,98,99,100]
Doa4 vRed and Vid pathways Ypq1, Cot1, Zrt3, Vid27? Opposite effect of Rsp5/Tul1 mediated degradation of Ypq1, Cot1, Zrt3, possible binding partner of Vid27 [15,16,95]
Otub1 Macroautophagy DEPTOR Stabilizes DEPTOR which inhibits mTOR, macroautophagy induction [73]
Ubp3 Macroribophagy 60S ribosomes Positive regulation of 60S ribosome macroautophagic degradation by its deubiquitination [81]
Usp8/Ubp5 Microautophagy and endosomal microautophagy, macromitophagy ESCRT-0, Parkin Stabilization of ESCRT proteins,
MVE formation, Parkin stabilization
Usp8 data only available
[73,88,89,90,91]
Usp10 Macroautophagy Atg6/Beclin1 Activation and stabilization of Atg6/Beclin1, positive regulation of autophagosome formation [73]
Usp13 Macroautophagy Atg6/Beclin1 Activation and stabilization of Atg6/Beclin1, positive regulation of autophagosome formation [73]
Usp14 Macroautophagy Atg6/Beclin1, MAPT, UVRAG Destabilizes Atg6/Beclin1, rescues MAPT and UVRAG from proteasomal degradation [73,82]
Usp20 Macroautophagy Atg1/Ulk1 Positive effect on macroautophagy by stabilization of Atg1/Ulk1 [73]
Usp30 Macromitophagy Mitochondrial surface proteins Opposite effect of Parkin mediated macromitophagy [78,79,80]
Usp32/Ubp12 Autolysosome and crinosome formation, MVE-lysosome fusion, vRed, Cvt, ALP, Vid pathways Rab7/Ypt7 Positive regulation of Rab7/Ypt7 recycling and recruitment to the membrane of late endosomal compartment Usp32 data about late endosomal effect only available [94]
Usp33 Macroautophagy RALB Stabilizes RALB, the Atg6/Beclin1 interacting protein, positively regulates autophagosome formation [73]
Usp36 Macroautophagy, macromitophagy direct effect on H2B, indirect effect on Atg6/Beclin1 and Atg14L Positive transcriptional regulation of Atg6/Beclin and Atg14L [76]
? Macroautophagy LC3/Atg8 LC3/Atg8 stabilization, opposite effect of Ubp6 and Birc6 [74]