Substrate Specificity

"Substrate Specificity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A characteristic feature of enzyme activity in relation to the kind of substrate on which the enzyme or catalytic molecule reacts.

Descriptor ID	D013379
MeSH Number(s)	G02.111.835
Concept/Terms	Substrate Specificity Substrate Specificity Specificities, Substrate Specificity, Substrate Substrate Specificities

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Biological Sciences [G]
Chemical Phenomena [G02]
Biochemical Phenomena [G02.111]
Substrate Specificity [G02.111.835]

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Bar chart showing 177 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2006

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
1996	6	6
1997	3	3
1998	4	4
2000	2	2
2001	3	3
2002	5	5
2003	9	9
2004	9	9
2005	14	14
2006	18	18
2007	5	5
2008	12	12
2009	10	10
2010	10	10
2011	8	8
2012	7	7
2013	6	6
2014	5	5
2015	1	1
2016	6	6
2017	10	10
2018	4	4
2019	5	5
2020	3	3
2021	6	6
2023	3	3
2024	2	2
2025	1	1

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Borar P, Biswas T, Chaudhuri A, Rao PT, Raychaudhuri S, Huxford T, Chakrabarti S, Ghosh G, Polley S. Dual-specific autophosphorylation of kinase IKK2 enables phosphorylation of substrate I?Ba through a phosphoenzyme intermediate. Elife. 2025 Jun 30; 13.

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Choy MS, Nguyen HT, Kumar GS, Peti W, Kettenbach AN, Page R. A protein phosphatase 1 specific phosphatase targeting peptide (PhosTAP) to identify the PP1 phosphatome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Oct 29; 121(44):e2415383121.

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Chen X, Raiff A, Li S, Guo Q, Zhang J, Zhou H, Timms RT, Yao X, Elledge SJ, Koren I, Zhang K, Xu C. Mechanism of ?-Pro/C-degron recognition by the CRL2FEM1B ubiquitin ligase. Nat Commun. 2024 Apr 26; 15(1):3558.

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Hein JB, Nguyen HT, Garvanska DH, Nasa I, Kruse T, Feng Y, Lopez Mendez B, Davey N, Kettenbach AN, Fordyce PM, Nilsson J. Phosphatase specificity principles uncovered by MRBLE:Dephos and global substrate identification. Mol Syst Biol. 2023 12 06; 19(12):e11782.

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Calhoun JC, Damania B, Griffith JD, Costantini LM. Electron microscopy mapping of the DNA-binding sites of monomeric, dimeric, and multimeric KSHV RTA protein. J Virol. 2023 10 31; 97(10):e0063723.

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Toro TB, Bornes KE, Watt TJ. Lysine Deacetylase Substrate Selectivity: Distinct Interaction Surfaces Drive Positive and Negative Selection for Residues Following Acetyllysine. Biochemistry. 2023 05 02; 62(9):1464-1483.

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Hargrove TY, Wawrzak Z, Rachakonda G, Nes WD, Villalta F, Guengerich FP, Lepesheva GI. Relaxed Substrate Requirements of Sterol 14a-Demethylase from Naegleria fowleri Are Accompanied by Resistance to Inhibition. J Med Chem. 2021 12 09; 64(23):17511-17522.

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Toro TB, Swanier JS, Bezue JA, Broussard CG, Watt TJ. Lysine Deacetylase Substrate Selectivity: A Dynamic Ionic Interaction Specific to KDAC8. Biochemistry. 2021 08 24; 60(33):2524-2536.

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Luo QJ, Zhang J, Li P, Wang Q, Zhang Y, Roy-Chaudhuri B, Xu J, Kay MA, Zhang QC. RNA structure probing reveals the structural basis of Dicer binding and cleavage. Nat Commun. 2021 06 07; 12(1):3397.

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Smiley-Moreno E, Smith D, Yu JJ, Cao P, Arulanandam BP, Chambers JP. Biochemical characterization of a recombinant acid phosphatase from Acinetobacter baumannii. PLoS One. 2021; 16(6):e0252377.

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