"American scientists have found that the OTUD6 protein [1] can change the production of proteins in cells, which affects life expectancy, but also the development of cancer cells. Now they are investigating how this discovery can be used for therapeutic purposes.
Will the OTUD6 protein help extend life
The researchers unexpectedly discovered that the OTUD6 mutant flies were resistant to stress.
1. "OTUD6B is a functional deubiquitinating enzyme, a class of protease that specifically cleaves ubiquitin linkages, negating the action of ubiquitin ligases."
Quite often, ubiquitin ligases mark a protein for degradation. If what is described here is confirmed that also exists the promotion of protein synthesis by OTUD6B, it would appear that OTUD6B can increase protein levels in cells by two ways.