Table 1 The effect of aberrant protein degradation mediated by E3 ubiquitin ligases and DUBs on CRC.

From: Role of protein degradation systems in colorectal cancer

Ubiquitin enzymes

Gene name

Target protein

Relative signal pathway

Promote/Inhibit

Impact on CRC

PMID

E2

UBE2T

P53

P53

Promote cancer

Promote the proliferation, migration, and invasion of CRC cells

32736946

UBE2J1

RPS3

NFKB

Inhibit cancer

Inhibit the proliferation, migration, and invasion of CRC cells

36567344

E3

FBXL6

P53

P53

Promote cancer

Promote the proliferation of CRC cells

33568778

FBXO22

PTEN

PTEN

Promote cancer

Promote the proliferation of CRC cells

32249768

RNF6

TLE3

WNT

Promote cancer

Promote the proliferation of CRC cells

29374067

FBXL20

E-cadherin

EMT

Promote cancer

Promote migration, and invasion of CRC cells

24932313

HERC3

EIF5A2

 

Inhibit cancer

Inhibit the migration and invasion of CRC cells

35064108

TRIM65

ARHGAP35

 

Promote cancer

Promote migration and invasion of CRC cells

31332286

HERC3

RPL23A

c-Myc

Inhibit cancer

Inhibit the proliferation of CRC cells

35637966

SMURF2

ChREBP

Metabolism

Inhibit cancer

Inhibit the proliferation of CRC cells

31409643

CUL3

MAT IIα

 

Inhibit cancer

Inhibit the proliferation of CRC cells

27213918

SMURF2

SIRT1

Epigenetics

Inhibit cancer

Inhibit the proliferation of CRC cells

32361710

RBBP6

IκBα

NFKB

Promote cancer

Promote migration, and invasion of CRC cells

31685801

MAGI3

c-Myc

 

Inhibit cancer

Inhibit CRC cell growth, promote of CRC cell apoptosis, and chemical sensitivity to fluoropyrimidine chemotherapy.

35864508

CHIP

P65

 

Inhibit cancer

Promote tumor growth and decrease tumor cell migration and invasion.

24302614

FBX8

GSTP1

 

Inhibit cancer

Inhibit the proliferation, migration, and invasion of CRC cells

31024008

RNF2

IRF4

Interferon

Promote cancer

Promote the proliferation, migration, and invasion of CRC cells

34670117

TRIM21

MICALL2

 

Inhibit cancer

Inhibit migration, and invasion of CRC cells

36307841

DUB

PSMD14

ALK2

BMP6

Promote cancer

Promote the proliferation of CRC cells

31685442

USP28

c-myc

 

Promote cancer

Promote the proliferation of CRC cells

24960159

OTUB1

β-catenin

WNT

Promote cancer

Promote the proliferation ability and chemical resistance of CRC cells

35354355

USP44

Axin1

 

Inhibit cancer

Inhibit the proliferation of CRC cells and promoting their apoptosis

32285989

USP4

β-catenin

 

Promote cancer

Promote the migration, and invasion of CRC cells

26189775

UCHL1

β-catenin

 

Promote cancer

Promote the proliferation of CRC cells

22641175

OTUB2

PKM2

Metabolism

Promote cancer

Promote the proliferation of CRC cells

34671086

USP20

SOX4

EMT

Promote cancer

Promote the transfer of CRC

35405623

USP11

PPP1CA

ERK-MAPK

Inhibit cancer

Promoted the growth and transfer of CRC

31521612