Linkage-specific deubiquitylation by OTUD5 defines an embryonic pathway intolerant to genomic variation
David B. Beck, Mohammed A. Basar, Anthony J. Asmar, Joyce J. Thompson, Hirotsugu Oda, Daniela Tiaki Uehara, Ken Saida, Sander Pajusalu, Inga Talvik, Precilla D’Souza, Joann Bodurtha, Weiyi Mu, Kristin Barañano, Noriko Miyake, Raymond Wang, Marlies Kempers, Tomoko Tamada, Yutaka Nishimura, Satoshi Okada, Tomoki Kosho, Ryan Dale, Apratim Mitra, Ellen F. Macnamara, Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Naomichi Matsumoto, Johji Inazawa, Magdalena Walkiewicz, Katrin Õunap, Cynthia J. Tifft, Ivona Aksentijevich, Daniel L. Kastner, Pedro P. Rocha, Achim Werner
Abstract
patients. Loss of OTUD5 during differentiation leads to less accessible chromatin at neuroectodermal enhancers and aberrant gene expression. Our study describes a previously unidentified disorder we name LINKED (LINKage-specific deubiquitylation deficiency-induced Embryonic Defects) syndrome and reveals linkage-specific ubiquitin cleavage from chromatin remodelers as an essential signaling mode that coordinates chromatin remodeling during embryogenesis.