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The ubiquitin ligase CHIP catalyzes covalent attachment of ubiquitin to unfolded proteins chaperoned by the heat shock proteins Hsp70/Hsc70 and Hsp90. CHIP interacts with Hsp70/Hsc70 and Hsp90 by binding of a C-terminal IEEVD motif found in Hsp70/Hsc70 and Hsp90 to the tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain of CHIP. Although recruitment of heat shock proteins to CHIP via interaction with the CHIP-TPR domain is well established, alterations in structure and dynamics of CHIP upon binding are not well understood. In particular, the absence of a structure for CHIP-TPR in the free form presents a significant limitation upon studies seeking to rationally design inhibitors that may disrupt interactions between CHIP and heat shock proteins. Here we report the H, C, and N backbone and side chain chemical shift assignments for CHIP-TPR in the free form, and backbone chemical shift assignments for CHIP-TPR in the IEEVD-bound form. The NMR resonance assignments will enable further studies examining the roles of dynamics and structure in regulating interactions between CHIP and the heat shock proteins Hsp70/Hsc70 and Hsp90. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Deubiquitinases (DUBs) reversibly remove ubiquitin tags from polypeptides and play crucial regulatory roles in multiple cellular processes. Ubiquitin-specific protease 28 (Usp28), a member of the DUB family, exerts its deubiquitination function on key protein molecules in a couple of cancer-associated pathways, likely acting as an oncogenic factor in vivo. The N-terminal ubiquitin-binding domains (UBDs) of Usp28 are potentially required for the full catalytic capacity of Usp28 toward ubiquitin chains. Here we report the expression, purification and H, C and N backbone and side-chain resonance assignments of the N-terminal UBDs of Usp28. The BMRB accession number is 19077. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]