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. 2021 Mar 4;9:622302. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.622302

TABLE 3.

Members of the CCP family that act as deglutamylases.

Enzyme and Homologs PTM Substrate Preference Subcellular/Ciliary Distribution References
CCP1/Nan1 CCPP-1 (Caenorhabditis elegans) Deglutamylation Δ2 modification Δ3 modification Detyrosinated α-tubulin PolyE side chain Branching point E Non-Tubulin Protein(s): MLCK-1, Telokin, Klf4, 40S RPS9, TRAD1, HMGB1/2/3 Cilia Cell body (excluded from the nucleus) Dendrites §Also found in the nucleus of HeLa cells Kalinina et al., 2007; Rogowski et al., 2010; O’Hagan et al., 2011; Berezniuk et al., 2012; De La Vega Otazo et al., 2013; Tort et al., 2014; Tanco et al., 2015; Bompard et al., 2018; Ye et al., 2018
CCP2 Deglutamylation Δ2 modification §No detyrosination or deglycylation Detyrosinated α-tubulin Poly E side chain Centrioles Basal bodies Cell body (excluded from the nucleus) Kalinina et al., 2007; De La Vega Otazo et al., 2013; Tort et al., 2014
CCP3 Deglutamylation Δ2 modification Deaspartylation §No detyrosination or deglycylation Detyrosinated α-tubulin Poly E side chain Cell body (excluded from the nucleus) Kalinina et al., 2007; Tort et al., 2014
CCP4 Deglutamylation Δ2 modification Detyrosinated α-tubulin PolyE side chain Non-Tubulin Protein(s): MLCK-1, Telokin Cell body (excluded from the nucleus) Kalinina et al., 2007; Rogowski et al., 2010
CCP5/Agbl5 *CCPP-6 (Caenorhabditis elegans) Deglutamylation Branching point E Poly E side chain (short) Cilia Cell body Nucleus Mitotic spindle microtubules Midbodies §Cell cycle–dependent distribution: in the nucleus during interphase; in mitotic spindle microtubules, midbodies during mitosis Kalinina et al., 2007; Kimura et al., 2010; Rogowski et al., 2010; Ghosh-Roy et al., 2012; Berezniuk et al., 2013; De La Vega Otazo et al., 2013; Wu et al., 2017; He et al., 2018
CCP6 Deglutamylation Δ2 modification Detyrosinated α-tubulin Poly E side chain (long) Non-Tubulin Protein(s): MLCK-1, Telokin, Klf4, Mad2 Cell body (excluded from the nucleus) Basal bodies Golgi apparatus Centrioles §Cell cycle–dependent distribution: in the Golgi apparatus, centrioles during interphase; in centrioles during mitosis Kalinina et al., 2007; Rogowski et al., 2010; De La Vega Otazo et al., 2013; Ye et al., 2014, 2018

*There is no CCP5 in C. elegans, which do not possess motile cilia. CCPP-6 is functionally similar to CCP5 and is therefore taken to be the ortholog of CCP5.