pDEST-FLAG-HA-USP5 and pDEST-FLAG-HA-OTUD5 were gifts from W. Harper (Addgene plasmids #22590 and #22610) (75 (link)). pRK5-HA-Ub-K48only and pRK5-HA-Ub-K63only were gifts from T. Dawson (Addgene plasmids #17605 and #1706). OTUD5 patient mutations (G494S, L352P, 161-164del, R274W, and D256N), point mutations (C224S or C224R), truncation mutations (ΔCterm = OTUD5 1-534, Cterm = OTUD5 534-571), and wobble mutations to make constructs resistant to shOTUD5#5 were introduced in this vector using the Q5 site-directed mutagenesis kit (E0554, NEB) following the manufacturer’s instructions. OTUD5 and OTUD5C224R were further subcloned into pKmyc using Bam HI and Not I sites (pKmyc-OTUD5 WT or C224R). For expression in hESCs, OTUD5 variants were cloned into pENTR1A or pENTR233 and recombined into pINDUCER20 (76 (link)). pLKO1-Puro Mission shRNA constructs targeting OTUD5 (#2: TRCN0000122275 and #5: TRCN0000233196), ARID1A (TRCN0000059092), ARID1B (TRCN00000420576), UBR5 (TRCN0000003411), HDAC2 (TRCN00000004819), HCFC1 (TRCN00000001625), TRAF3 (TRC00000034219), and TRIM25 (TRC0000003499) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. siRNA pools were purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology and Thermo Fisher Scientific.