中国药理学与毒理学杂志2026，Vol.40Issue(5)：321-330,10.DOI:10.3867/j.issn.1000-3002.2026.08854
π-USEA:一种同步推断泛素连接酶与去泛素化酶活性的新工具
π-USEA:a novel tool for synchronous inference of ubiquitin ligase and deubiquitinase activities
摘要
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To develop a computational tool designed for the synchronous and high-sensitivity inference of ubiquitin ligase(E3)and deubiquitinase(DUB)activities.METHODS Large-scale enzyme-substrate interaction reference sets were constructed by integrating experimentally vali-dated and computationally predicted data.A dynamic threshold optimization strategy was adopted to filter high-confidence interactions.Furthermore,a directional weighted Z-score model was designed to assign weights based on interaction confidence,which enabled unified modeling of the opposing regu-latory roles of E3s and DUBs within a single statistical framework.The accuracy of E3 activity inference was validated using the speckle-type pox virus and zinc finger protein(SPOP)-encoding gene-mutant prostate cancer dataset,while the DUB inference and biological interpretability were determined using the lipopolysaccharide(LPS)-stimulated macrophage time-series dataset(0.25,2,and 4 h).RESULTS The integrated prediction set of π-USEA covered 781 human E3s,and for the first time incorporated the DUB interaction network.In the SPOP dataset,π-USEA accurately recapitulated the patterns of wild-type(WT)activation and mutant dominant-negative inhibition of various SPOP mutants(MTs)(WT vs Control:Z=6.31,P=2.76×10-10;MTs vs WT:Z<-7,P≤1×10-12),achieving a 5-9 orders of magnitude improvement in statistical significance(P value)over UbE3-APA.In the LPS time-series analysis,π-USEA correctly captured the rapid transient activation of tumor necrosis factor α-induced protein 3(TNFAIP3)and sustained downregulation of ubiquitin specific peptidase 7(USP7),and substrate enrichment analysis revealed a temporal shift in regulatory focus from early metabolic repro-gramming to late translational regulation.CONCLUSION By integrating bidirectional interaction data with a dynamic weighting strategy,π-USEA significantly enhances the accuracy and statistical sensitivity of E3 and DUB activity predictions.关键词
泛素化/泛素连接酶/去泛素化酶/酶活性/加权富集分析/生物信息学工具Key words
ubiquitination/ubiquitin ligase/deubiquitinase/enzyme activity/weighted enrichment analysis/bioinformatics tool分类
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刘宁,方皓舒,常乘..π-USEA:一种同步推断泛素连接酶与去泛素化酶活性的新工具[J].中国药理学与毒理学杂志,2026,40(5):321-330,10.基金项目
国家重点研发计划(2025YFA1309300) National Key Research and Development Program of China(2025YFA1309300) （2025YFA1309300）
