Dr Thimo Kurz
- Honorary Senior Lecturer (School of Molecular Biosciences)
email:
Thimo.Kurz@glasgow.ac.uk
University of Glasgow, Davidson Building, Lab 241, G12 8QQ
Publications
2024
Ayuso-García, P. et al. (2024) Neddylation orchestrates the complex transcriptional and posttranscriptional program that drives Schwann cell myelination. Science Advances, 10(15), eadm7600. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adm7600) (PMID:38608019) (PMCID:PMC11014456)
2019
Keuss, M. J., Hjerpe, R., Hsia, O., Gourlay, R., Burchmore, R. , Trost, M. and Kurz, T. (2019) Unanchored tri-NEDD8 inhibits PARP-1 to protect from oxidative stress-induced cell death. EMBO Journal, 38, e100024. (doi: 10.15252/embj.2018100024) (PMID:30804002) (PMCID:PMC6418418)
2018
Thomas, Y., Scott, D. C., Kristariyanto, Y. A., Rinehart, J., Clark, K., Cohen, P. and Kurz, T. (2018) The NEDD8 E3 ligase DCNL5 is phosphorylated by IKK alpha during Toll-like receptor activation. PLoS ONE, 13(6), e0199197. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199197) (PMID:29958295) (PMCID:PMC6025869)
2017
Murthy, M., Kurz, T. and O'Shaughnessy, K. M. (2017) WNK signalling pathways in blood pressure regulation. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 74(7), pp. 1261-1280. (doi: 10.1007/s00018-016-2402-z) (PMID:27815594) (PMCID:PMC5346417)
2016
Schumacher, F.-R., Schubert, S., Hannus, M., Sönnichsen, B., Ittrich, C., Kreideweiss, S., Kurz, T. and Rippmann, J. F. (2016) RNAi screen for NRF2 inducers identifies targets that rescue primary lung epithelial cells from cigarette smoke induced radical stress. PLoS ONE, 11(11), e0166352. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166352) (PMID:27832175) (PMCID:PMC5104413)
Hjerpe, R. et al. (2016) UBQLN2 mediates autophagy-independent protein aggregate clearance by the proteasome. Cell, 166(4), pp. 935-949. (doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.07.001) (PMID:27477512) (PMCID:PMC5003816)
Murthy, M., Kurz, T. and O'Shaughnessy, K. M. (2016) ROMK expression remains unaltered in a mouse model of familial hyperkalemic hypertension caused by the CUL3Δ403‐459mutation. Physiological Reports, 4(13), e12850. (doi: 10.14814/phy2.12850) (PMID:27378813) (PMCID:PMC4945836)
Keuss, M. J., Thomas, Y., Mcarthur, R., Wood, N. T., Knebel, A. and Kurz, T. (2016) Characterisation of the mammalian family of DCN-type NEDD8 E3 ligases. Journal of Cell Science, 129(7), pp. 1441-1454. (doi: 10.1242/jcs.181784) (PMID:26906416)
2015
Schumacher, F.-R. et al. (2015) Characterisation of the Cullin-3 mutation that causes a severe form of familial hypertension and hyperkalaemia. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 7(10), pp. 1285-1306. (doi: 10.15252/emmm.201505444) (PMID:26286618) (PMCID:PMC4604684)
Meir, M. et al. (2015) The COP9 signalosome is vital for timely repair of DNA double-strand breaks. Nucleic Acids Research, 43(9), pp. 4517-4530. (doi: 10.1093/nar/gkv270) (PMID:25855810) (PMCID:PMC4482063)
Bett, J.S. et al. (2015) Ubiquitin-C-terminal hydrolases cleave isopeptide and peptide-linked ubiquitin from structured proteins but do not edit ubiquitin homopolymers. Biochemical Journal, 466(3), pp. 489-498. (doi: 10.1042/BJ20141349) (PMID:25489924) (PMCID:PMC4353193)
2014
Schumacher, F.-R., Sorrell, F. J., Alessi, D. R., Bullock, A. N. and Kurz, T. (2014) Structural and biochemical characterization of the KLHL3–WNK kinase interaction important in blood pressure regulation. Biochemical Journal, 460(2), pp. 237-246. (doi: 10.1042/BJ20140153) (PMID:24641320) (PMCID:PMC4019986)
2013
Ohta, A., Schumacher, F.-R., Mehellou, Y., Johnson, C., Knebel, A., Macartney, T. J., Wood, N. T., Alessi, D. R. and Kurz, T. (2013) The CUL3–KLHL3 E3 ligase complex mutated in Gordon's hypertension syndrome interacts with and ubiquitylates WNK isoforms: disease-causing mutations in KLHL3 and WNK4 disrupt interaction. Biochemical Journal, 451(1), pp. 111-122. (doi: 10.1042/BJ20121903) (PMID:23387299) (PMCID:PMC3632089)
Zemla, A., Thomas, Y., Kedziora, S., Knebel, A., Wood, N. T., Rabut, G. and Kurz, T. (2013) CSN- and CAND1-dependent remodelling of the budding yeast SCF complex. Nature Communications, 4, 1641. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms2628) (PMID:23535662)
2012
Lee, D. W., Peggie, M., Deak, M., Toth, R., Gage, Z. O., Wood, N., Schilde, C., Kurz, T. and Knebel, A. (2012) The Dac-tag, an affinity tag based on penicillin-binding protein 5. Analytical Biochemistry, 428(1), pp. 64-72. (doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2012.06.007) (PMID:22705378)
Hjerpe, R., Thomas, Y. and Kurz, T. (2012) NEDD8 overexpression results in neddylation of ubiquitin substrates by the ubiquitin pathway. Journal of Molecular Biology, 421(1), pp. 27-29. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.05.013) (PMID:22608973)
Hjerpe, R., Thomas, Y., Chen, J., Zemla, A., Curran, S., Shpiro, N., Dick, L. R. and Kurz, T. (2012) Changes in the ratio of free NEDD8 to ubiquitin triggers NEDDylation by ubiquitin enzymes. Biochemical Journal, 441(3), pp. 927-939. (doi: 10.1042/BJ20111671) (PMID:22004789) (PMCID:PMC3280039)
2011
Rabut, G., Le Dez, G., Verma, R., Makhnevych, T., Knebel, A., Kurz, T. , Boone, C., Deshaies, R. J. and Peter, M. (2011) The TFIIH subunit Tfb3 regulates cullin neddylation. Molecular Cell, 43(3), pp. 488-495. (doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.05.032) (PMID:21816351) (PMCID:PMC3186349)
2010
Scott, D. C., Monda, J. K., Grace, C. R.R., Duda, D. M., Kriwacki, R. W., Kurz, T. and Schulman, B. A. (2010) A Dual E3 mechanism for Rub1 ligation to Cdc53. Molecular Cell, 39(5), pp. 784-796. (doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.08.030) (PMID:20832729) (PMCID:PMC3001161)
2009
Siergiejuk, E., Scott, D. C., Schulman, B. A., Hofmann, K., Kurz, T. and Peter, M. (2009) Cullin neddylation and substrate-adaptors counteract SCF inhibition by the CAND1-like protein Lag2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. EMBO Journal, 28(24), pp. 3845-3856. (doi: 10.1038/emboj.2009.354) (PMID:19942853) (PMCID:PMC2797064)
Meyer-Schaller, N., Chou, Y.-C., Sumara, I., Martin, D. D.O., Kurz, T. , Katheder, N., Hofmann, K., Berthiaume, L. G., Sicheri, F. and Peter, M. (2009) The human Dcn1-like protein DCNL3 promotes Cul3 neddylation at membranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(30), pp. 12365-12370. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.0812528106) (PMID:19617556) (PMCID:PMC2718329)
2008
Kurz, T. , Chou, Y.-C., Willems, A. R., Meyer-Schaller, N., Hecht, M.-L., Tyers, M., Peter, M. and Sicheri, F. (2008) Dcn1 functions as a scaffold-type E3 ligase for cullin neddylation. Molecular Cell, 29(1), pp. 23-35. (doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.12.012) (PMID:18206966)
2006
Luke, B., Versini, G., Jaquenoud, M., Zaidi, I. W., Kurz, T. , Pintard, L., Pasero, P. and Peter, M. (2006) The cullin Rtt101p promotes replication fork progression through damaged DNA and natural pause sites. Current Biology, 16(8), pp. 786-792. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.071) (PMID:16631586)
Bowerman, B. and Kurz, T. (2006) Degrade to create: developmental requirements for ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis during early C. elegans embryogenesis. Development, 133(5), pp. 773-784. (doi: 10.1242/dev.02276) (PMID:16469970)
2005
Kurz, T. , Özlü, N., Rudolf, F., O'Rourke, S. M., Luke, B., Hofmann, K., Hyman, A. A., Bowerman, B. and Peter, M. (2005) The conserved protein DCN-1/Dcn1p is required for cullin neddylation in C. elegans and S. cerevisiae. Nature, 435(7046), pp. 1257-1261. (doi: 10.1038/nature03662) (PMID:15988528)
2003
Pintard, L. et al. (2003) The BTB protein MEL-26 is a substrate-specific adaptor of the CUL-3 ubiquitin-ligase. Nature, 425(6955), pp. 311-316. (doi: 10.1038/nature01959) (PMID:13679921)
Pintard, L., Kurz, T. , Glaser, S., Willis, J. H., Peter, M. and Bowerman, B. (2003) Neddylation and deneddylation of CUL-3 is required to target MEI-1/Katanin for degradation at the meiosis-to-mitosis transition in C. elegans. Current Biology, 13(11), pp. 911-921. (doi: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00336-1) (PMID:12781129)
2002
Kurz, T. , Pintard, L., Willis, J. H., Hamill, D. R., Gönczy, P., Peter, M. and Bowerman, B. (2002) Cytoskeletal regulation by the Nedd8 ubiquitin-like protein modification pathway. Science, 295(5558), pp. 1294-1298. (doi: 10.1126/science.1067765) (PMID:11847342)
Articles
Ayuso-García, P. et al. (2024) Neddylation orchestrates the complex transcriptional and posttranscriptional program that drives Schwann cell myelination. Science Advances, 10(15), eadm7600. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adm7600) (PMID:38608019) (PMCID:PMC11014456)
Keuss, M. J., Hjerpe, R., Hsia, O., Gourlay, R., Burchmore, R. , Trost, M. and Kurz, T. (2019) Unanchored tri-NEDD8 inhibits PARP-1 to protect from oxidative stress-induced cell death. EMBO Journal, 38, e100024. (doi: 10.15252/embj.2018100024) (PMID:30804002) (PMCID:PMC6418418)
Thomas, Y., Scott, D. C., Kristariyanto, Y. A., Rinehart, J., Clark, K., Cohen, P. and Kurz, T. (2018) The NEDD8 E3 ligase DCNL5 is phosphorylated by IKK alpha during Toll-like receptor activation. PLoS ONE, 13(6), e0199197. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199197) (PMID:29958295) (PMCID:PMC6025869)
Murthy, M., Kurz, T. and O'Shaughnessy, K. M. (2017) WNK signalling pathways in blood pressure regulation. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 74(7), pp. 1261-1280. (doi: 10.1007/s00018-016-2402-z) (PMID:27815594) (PMCID:PMC5346417)
Schumacher, F.-R., Schubert, S., Hannus, M., Sönnichsen, B., Ittrich, C., Kreideweiss, S., Kurz, T. and Rippmann, J. F. (2016) RNAi screen for NRF2 inducers identifies targets that rescue primary lung epithelial cells from cigarette smoke induced radical stress. PLoS ONE, 11(11), e0166352. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166352) (PMID:27832175) (PMCID:PMC5104413)
Hjerpe, R. et al. (2016) UBQLN2 mediates autophagy-independent protein aggregate clearance by the proteasome. Cell, 166(4), pp. 935-949. (doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.07.001) (PMID:27477512) (PMCID:PMC5003816)
Murthy, M., Kurz, T. and O'Shaughnessy, K. M. (2016) ROMK expression remains unaltered in a mouse model of familial hyperkalemic hypertension caused by the CUL3Δ403‐459mutation. Physiological Reports, 4(13), e12850. (doi: 10.14814/phy2.12850) (PMID:27378813) (PMCID:PMC4945836)
Keuss, M. J., Thomas, Y., Mcarthur, R., Wood, N. T., Knebel, A. and Kurz, T. (2016) Characterisation of the mammalian family of DCN-type NEDD8 E3 ligases. Journal of Cell Science, 129(7), pp. 1441-1454. (doi: 10.1242/jcs.181784) (PMID:26906416)
Schumacher, F.-R. et al. (2015) Characterisation of the Cullin-3 mutation that causes a severe form of familial hypertension and hyperkalaemia. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 7(10), pp. 1285-1306. (doi: 10.15252/emmm.201505444) (PMID:26286618) (PMCID:PMC4604684)
Meir, M. et al. (2015) The COP9 signalosome is vital for timely repair of DNA double-strand breaks. Nucleic Acids Research, 43(9), pp. 4517-4530. (doi: 10.1093/nar/gkv270) (PMID:25855810) (PMCID:PMC4482063)
Bett, J.S. et al. (2015) Ubiquitin-C-terminal hydrolases cleave isopeptide and peptide-linked ubiquitin from structured proteins but do not edit ubiquitin homopolymers. Biochemical Journal, 466(3), pp. 489-498. (doi: 10.1042/BJ20141349) (PMID:25489924) (PMCID:PMC4353193)
Schumacher, F.-R., Sorrell, F. J., Alessi, D. R., Bullock, A. N. and Kurz, T. (2014) Structural and biochemical characterization of the KLHL3–WNK kinase interaction important in blood pressure regulation. Biochemical Journal, 460(2), pp. 237-246. (doi: 10.1042/BJ20140153) (PMID:24641320) (PMCID:PMC4019986)
Ohta, A., Schumacher, F.-R., Mehellou, Y., Johnson, C., Knebel, A., Macartney, T. J., Wood, N. T., Alessi, D. R. and Kurz, T. (2013) The CUL3–KLHL3 E3 ligase complex mutated in Gordon's hypertension syndrome interacts with and ubiquitylates WNK isoforms: disease-causing mutations in KLHL3 and WNK4 disrupt interaction. Biochemical Journal, 451(1), pp. 111-122. (doi: 10.1042/BJ20121903) (PMID:23387299) (PMCID:PMC3632089)
Zemla, A., Thomas, Y., Kedziora, S., Knebel, A., Wood, N. T., Rabut, G. and Kurz, T. (2013) CSN- and CAND1-dependent remodelling of the budding yeast SCF complex. Nature Communications, 4, 1641. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms2628) (PMID:23535662)
Lee, D. W., Peggie, M., Deak, M., Toth, R., Gage, Z. O., Wood, N., Schilde, C., Kurz, T. and Knebel, A. (2012) The Dac-tag, an affinity tag based on penicillin-binding protein 5. Analytical Biochemistry, 428(1), pp. 64-72. (doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2012.06.007) (PMID:22705378)
Hjerpe, R., Thomas, Y. and Kurz, T. (2012) NEDD8 overexpression results in neddylation of ubiquitin substrates by the ubiquitin pathway. Journal of Molecular Biology, 421(1), pp. 27-29. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.05.013) (PMID:22608973)
Hjerpe, R., Thomas, Y., Chen, J., Zemla, A., Curran, S., Shpiro, N., Dick, L. R. and Kurz, T. (2012) Changes in the ratio of free NEDD8 to ubiquitin triggers NEDDylation by ubiquitin enzymes. Biochemical Journal, 441(3), pp. 927-939. (doi: 10.1042/BJ20111671) (PMID:22004789) (PMCID:PMC3280039)
Rabut, G., Le Dez, G., Verma, R., Makhnevych, T., Knebel, A., Kurz, T. , Boone, C., Deshaies, R. J. and Peter, M. (2011) The TFIIH subunit Tfb3 regulates cullin neddylation. Molecular Cell, 43(3), pp. 488-495. (doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.05.032) (PMID:21816351) (PMCID:PMC3186349)
Scott, D. C., Monda, J. K., Grace, C. R.R., Duda, D. M., Kriwacki, R. W., Kurz, T. and Schulman, B. A. (2010) A Dual E3 mechanism for Rub1 ligation to Cdc53. Molecular Cell, 39(5), pp. 784-796. (doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.08.030) (PMID:20832729) (PMCID:PMC3001161)
Siergiejuk, E., Scott, D. C., Schulman, B. A., Hofmann, K., Kurz, T. and Peter, M. (2009) Cullin neddylation and substrate-adaptors counteract SCF inhibition by the CAND1-like protein Lag2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. EMBO Journal, 28(24), pp. 3845-3856. (doi: 10.1038/emboj.2009.354) (PMID:19942853) (PMCID:PMC2797064)
Meyer-Schaller, N., Chou, Y.-C., Sumara, I., Martin, D. D.O., Kurz, T. , Katheder, N., Hofmann, K., Berthiaume, L. G., Sicheri, F. and Peter, M. (2009) The human Dcn1-like protein DCNL3 promotes Cul3 neddylation at membranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(30), pp. 12365-12370. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.0812528106) (PMID:19617556) (PMCID:PMC2718329)
Kurz, T. , Chou, Y.-C., Willems, A. R., Meyer-Schaller, N., Hecht, M.-L., Tyers, M., Peter, M. and Sicheri, F. (2008) Dcn1 functions as a scaffold-type E3 ligase for cullin neddylation. Molecular Cell, 29(1), pp. 23-35. (doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.12.012) (PMID:18206966)
Luke, B., Versini, G., Jaquenoud, M., Zaidi, I. W., Kurz, T. , Pintard, L., Pasero, P. and Peter, M. (2006) The cullin Rtt101p promotes replication fork progression through damaged DNA and natural pause sites. Current Biology, 16(8), pp. 786-792. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.071) (PMID:16631586)
Bowerman, B. and Kurz, T. (2006) Degrade to create: developmental requirements for ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis during early C. elegans embryogenesis. Development, 133(5), pp. 773-784. (doi: 10.1242/dev.02276) (PMID:16469970)
Kurz, T. , Özlü, N., Rudolf, F., O'Rourke, S. M., Luke, B., Hofmann, K., Hyman, A. A., Bowerman, B. and Peter, M. (2005) The conserved protein DCN-1/Dcn1p is required for cullin neddylation in C. elegans and S. cerevisiae. Nature, 435(7046), pp. 1257-1261. (doi: 10.1038/nature03662) (PMID:15988528)
Pintard, L. et al. (2003) The BTB protein MEL-26 is a substrate-specific adaptor of the CUL-3 ubiquitin-ligase. Nature, 425(6955), pp. 311-316. (doi: 10.1038/nature01959) (PMID:13679921)
Pintard, L., Kurz, T. , Glaser, S., Willis, J. H., Peter, M. and Bowerman, B. (2003) Neddylation and deneddylation of CUL-3 is required to target MEI-1/Katanin for degradation at the meiosis-to-mitosis transition in C. elegans. Current Biology, 13(11), pp. 911-921. (doi: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00336-1) (PMID:12781129)
Kurz, T. , Pintard, L., Willis, J. H., Hamill, D. R., Gönczy, P., Peter, M. and Bowerman, B. (2002) Cytoskeletal regulation by the Nedd8 ubiquitin-like protein modification pathway. Science, 295(5558), pp. 1294-1298. (doi: 10.1126/science.1067765) (PMID:11847342)
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Identifying NEDP1 inhibitors as treatment for neurological diseases
Wellcome Trust
2022 - 2022
- Manipulating the ubiquitin system to stave off Alzheimer's Disease
British Council
2018 - 2021
- Defining the molecular functions of the ALS/MND gene Ubiquilin-2 (UBQLN)
MND Scotland
2017 - 2020
Supervision
- Donnelly, Michael
PDE4 PROTACS as novel therapeutics - Kyurkchieva, Elka
Investigating Bifunctional Protein Degraders to Silence PDE4 Activity in Disease