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Highlights d Phosphoribosyl serine ubiquitination can be reverted by DupA and DupB d DUP specifically binds to and cleaves PR-ubiquitin from serine on substrates d Catalytically inactive DupA mutants can capture PRubiquitinated proteins d PR ubiquitination on multiple ER structural proteins causes ER fragmentation

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