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Recent studies have identified Derlin-1, a protein that associates with the AAA-ATPase p97 and is implicated in late steps in ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD). Derlin-1 has two Saccharomyces cerevisiae homologues, Der1p and Dfm1p. While Der1p has been studied extensively, little is known about Dfm1p. Accordingly, we investigated the role of Dfm1p in ERAD, ER homeostasis and interactions with the yeast p97 homologue Cdc48p. Dfm1p was not involved in the degradation of a number of Der1-dependent or -independent ERAD substrates, neither was it redundant with either Der1p or Sec61p in ERAD. However, Dfm1p had a role in ER homeostasis, since Dfm1p loss or overexpression could stimulate the unfolded protein response (UPR). Furthermore, Dfm1p interacted both genetically and physically with Cdc48p, the yeast p97 homologue, and this interaction required an eight amino acid sequence found in the C-terminus of Dfm1p that we have termed the SHP box. Our genetic studies are consistent with the lack of a role for Dfm1p in ERAD, but indicate it participates in ER-related Cdc48p actions distinct from retrotranslocation. Finally, sequence analysis indicated that the UPR-related and Cdc48p interaction functions of Dfm1p could be separated, implying this protein probably has numerous actions in the cell. Thus, the interaction between Derlins and p97 is conserved between yeast and mammals, although its function in ERAD is not. Furthermore, Dfm1p interacts with Cdc48p through its SHP boxes, and so defines a new motif for interaction with this widely-employed AAA-ATPase.
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- Brian K Sato
- UCSD Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Ubiquitin-binding domains (UBDs) are a collection of modular protein domains that non-covalently bind to ubiquitin. These recently discovered motifs interpret and transmit information conferred by protein ubiquitylation to control various cellular events. Detailed molecular structures are known for a number of UBDs, but to understand their mechanism of action, we also need to know how binding specificity is determined, how ubiquitin binding is regulated, and the function of UBDs in the context of full-length proteins. Such knowledge will be key to our understanding of how ubiquitin regulates cellular proteins and processes.
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- Linda Hicke
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3500, USA.
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Raasi S, Varadan R, Fushman D, Pickart CM. Diverse polyubiquitin interaction properties of ubiquitin-associated domains. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2005; 12:708-14. [PMID: 16007098 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2005] [Accepted: 06/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The ubiquitin-associated (UBA) domain occurs frequently in proteins involved in ubiquitin-dependent signaling pathways. Although polyubiquitin chain binding is considered to be a defining feature of the UBA domain family, the generality of this property has not been established. Here we have surveyed the polyubiquitin interaction properties of 30 UBA domains, including 16 of 17 occurrences in budding yeast. The UBA domains sort into four classes that include linkage-selective polyubiquitin binders and domains that bind different chains (and monoubiquitin) in a nondiscriminatory manner; one notable class ( approximately 30%) did not bind any ubiquitin ligand surveyed. The properties of a given UBA domain are conserved from yeast to mammals. Their functional relevance is further suggested by the ability of an ectopic UBA domain to alter the specificity of a deubiquitylating enzyme in a predictable manner. Conversely, non-UBA sequences can modulate the interaction properties of a UBA domain.
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- Shahri Raasi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Park S, Isaacson R, Kim HT, Silver PA, Wagner G. Ufd1 Exhibits the AAA-ATPase Fold with Two Distinct Ubiquitin Interaction Sites. Structure 2005; 13:995-1005. [PMID: 16004872 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2005.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2005] [Revised: 04/14/2005] [Accepted: 04/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ufd1 mediates ubiquitin fusion degradation by association with Npl4 and Cdc48/p97. The Ufd1-ubiquitin interaction is essential for transfer of substrates to the proteasome. However, the mechanism and specificity of ubiquitin recognition by Ufd1 are poorly understood due to the lack of detailed structural information. Here, we present the solution structure of yeast Ufd1 N domain and show that it has two distinct binding sites for mono- and polyubiquitin. The structure exhibits striking similarities to the Cdc48/p97 N domain. It contains the double-psi beta barrel motif, which is thus identified as a ubiquitin binding domain. Significantly, Ufd1 shows higher affinity toward polyubiquitin than monoubiquitin, attributable to the utilization of separate binding sites with different affinities. Further studies revealed that the Ufd1-ubiquitin interaction involves hydrophobic contacts similar to those in well-characterized ubiquitin binding proteins. Our results provide a structural basis for a previously proposed synergistic binding of polyubiquitin by Cdc48/p97 and Ufd1.
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- Sunghyouk Park
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Ohno A, Jee J, Fujiwara K, Tenno T, Goda N, Tochio H, Kobayashi H, Hiroaki H, Shirakawa M. Structure of the UBA domain of Dsk2p in complex with ubiquitin molecular determinants for ubiquitin recognition. Structure 2005; 13:521-32. [PMID: 15837191 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2005.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2004] [Revised: 12/27/2004] [Accepted: 01/08/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The ubiquitin-associated (UBA) domain is one of the most frequently occurring motifs that recognize ubiquitin tags. Dsk2p, a UBA-containing protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is involved in the ubiquitin-proteasome proteolytic pathway and has been implicated in spindle pole duplication. Here we present the solution structure of the UBA domain of Dsk2p (Dsk2(UBA)) in complex with ubiquitin. The structure reveals that the UBA domain uses a mode of ubiquitin recognition that is similar to that of the CUE domain, another ubiquitin binding motif that shares low sequence homology but high structural similarity with UBA domains. These two domains, as well as the structurally unrelated ubiquitin binding motif UIM, provide a common, crucial recognition site for ubiquitin, comprising a hydrogen-bonding acceptor for the amide group of Gly-47, and a methyl group that packs against the hydrophobic pocket of ubiquitin formed by Leu-8, Ile-44, His-68, and Val-70.
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- Ayako Ohno
- Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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Meyer HH. Golgi reassembly after mitosis: the AAA family meets the ubiquitin family. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2005; 1744:108-19. [PMID: 15878210 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2005.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2004] [Revised: 03/22/2005] [Accepted: 03/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The Golgi apparatus in animal cells breaks down at the onset of mitosis and is later rebuilt in the two daughter cells. Two AAA ATPases, NSF and p97/VCP, have been implicated in regulating membrane fusion steps that lead to regrowth of Golgi cisternae from mitotic fragments. NSF dissociates complexes of SNARE proteins, thereby reactivating them to mediate membrane fusion. However, NSF has a second function in regulating SNARE pairing together with the ubiquitin-like protein GATE-16. p97/VCP, on the other hand, is involved in a cycle of ubiquitination and deubiquitination of an unknown target that governs Golgi membrane dynamics. Here, these findings are reviewed and discussed in the context of the increasingly evident role of ubiquitin in membrane traffic processes.
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- Hemmo H Meyer
- Swiss Federal School of Technology (ETH), Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Honggerberg HPM, Zurich.
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Dreveny I, Pye VE, Beuron F, Briggs LC, Isaacson RL, Matthews SJ, McKeown C, Yuan X, Zhang X, Freemont PS. p97 and close encounters of every kind: a brief review. Biochem Soc Trans 2005; 32:715-20. [PMID: 15493996 DOI: 10.1042/bst0320715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The AAA (ATPase associated with various cellular activities) ATPase, p97, is a hexameric protein of chaperone-like function, which has been reported to interact with a number of proteins of seemingly unrelated functions. For the first time, we report a classification of these proteins and aim to elucidate any common structural or functional features they may share. The interactors are grouped into those containing ubiquitin regulatory X domains, which presumably bind to p97 in the same way as the p47 adaptor, and into non-ubiquitin regulatory X domain proteins of different functional subgroups that may employ a different mode of interaction (assuming they also bind directly to p97 and are not experimental artifacts). Future studies will show whether interacting proteins direct p97 to different cellular pathways or a common one and structural elucidation of these interactions will be crucial in understanding these underlying functions.
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- I Dreveny
- Department of Biological Sciences, Centre for Structural Biology, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Soukenik M, Diehl A, Leidert M, Sievert V, Büssow K, Leitner D, Labudde D, Ball LJ, Lechner A, Nägler DK, Oschkinat H. The SEP domain of p47 acts as a reversible competitive inhibitor of cathepsin L. FEBS Lett 2004; 576:358-62. [PMID: 15498563 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.09.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2004] [Revised: 09/13/2004] [Accepted: 09/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The solution structure of the human p47 SEP domain in a construct comprising residues G1-S2-p47(171-270) was determined by NMR spectroscopy. A structure-derived hypothesis about the domains' function was formulated and pursued in binding experiments with cysteine proteases. The SEP domain was found to be a reversible competitive inhibitor of cathepsin L with a Ki of 1.5 microM. The binding of G1-S2-p47(171-270) to cathepsin L was mapped by biochemical assays and the binding interface was investigated by NMR chemical shift perturbation experiments.
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- Michael Soukenik
- Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Robert-Rössle Str. 10, D-13125 Berlin, Germany
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With the amount of genetic information available, a lot of attention has focused on systems biology, in particular biomolecular interactions. Considering the huge number of such interactions, and their often weak and transient nature, conventional experimental methods such as X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy are not sufficient to gain structural insight into these. A wealth of biochemical and/or biophysical data can, however, readily be obtained for biomolecular complexes. Combining these data with docking (the process of modeling the 3D structure of a complex from its known constituents) should provide valuable structural information and complement the classical structural methods. In this review we discuss and illustrate the various sources of data that can be used to map interactions and their combination with docking methods to generate structural models of the complexes. Finally a perspective on the future of this kind of approach is given.
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- Aalt D J van Dijk
- Department of NMR Spectroscopy, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, 3584CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Davies GC, Ettenberg SA, Coats AO, Mussante M, Ravichandran S, Collins J, Nau MM, Lipkowitz S. Cbl-b interacts with ubiquitinated proteins; differential functions of the UBA domains of c-Cbl and Cbl-b. Oncogene 2004; 23:7104-15. [PMID: 15273720 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cbl proteins are ubiquitin protein ligases, which ubiquitinate activated tyrosine kinases and target them for degradation. Both c-Cbl and Cbl-b have an ubiquitin associated (UBA) domain at their C-terminal end. We observed that high molecular weight ubiquitinated proteins constitutively coimmunoprecipitated with transfected and endogenous Cbl-b, but not c-Cbl. The binding site for these ubiquitinated proteins was mapped to the UBA domain of Cbl-b (UBAb). GST-fusion proteins containing the UBAb interacted with ubiquitinated proteins and polyubiquitin chains in vitro, whereas those containing the UBA domain of c-Cbl (UBAc) did not. The UBAb had a much greater affinity for polyubiquitin chains than for monoubiquitin. Analysis of the UBAb and UBAc demonstrate that the affinity for ubiquitin is determined by multiple amino-acid differences between the two domains. Overexpression of the UBAb, but not overexpression of the UBAc, inhibited a variety of ubiquitin-mediated processes such as degradation of ubiquitinated proteins (i.e. EGFR, Mdm-2, and Siah-1). This in vivo result is consistent with the differences in ubiquitin binding observed in vitro between the UBAb and UBAc. This difference in ubiquitin-binding may reflect distinct regulatory functions of c-Cbl and Cbl-b.
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- Gareth C Davies
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Albrecht M, Golatta M, Wüllner U, Lengauer T. Structural and functional analysis of ataxin-2 and ataxin-3. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 271:3155-70. [PMID: 15265035 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04245.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Spinocerebellar ataxia types 2 (SCA2) and 3 (SCA3) are autosomal-dominantly inherited, neurodegenerative diseases caused by CAG repeat expansions in the coding regions of the genes encoding ataxin-2 and ataxin-3, respectively. To provide a rationale for further functional experiments, we explored the protein architectures of ataxin-2 and ataxin-3. Using structure-based multiple sequence alignments of homologous proteins, we investigated domains, sequence motifs, and interaction partners. Our analyses focused on presumably functional amino acids and the construction of tertiary structure models of the RNA-binding Lsm domain of ataxin-2 and the deubiquitinating Josephin domain of ataxin-3. We also speculate about distant evolutionary relationships of ubiquitin-binding UIM, GAT, UBA and CUE domains and helical ANTH and UBX domain extensions.
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- Mario Albrecht
- Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany.
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Bruderer RM, Brasseur C, Meyer HH. The AAA ATPase p97/VCP interacts with its alternative co-factors, Ufd1-Npl4 and p47, through a common bipartite binding mechanism. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:49609-16. [PMID: 15371428 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m408695200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The AAA ATPase p97/VCP forms complexes with different adapters to fulfill distinct cellular functions. We analyzed the structural organization of the Ufd1-Npl4 adapter complex and its interaction with p97 and compared it with another adapter, p47. We found that the binary Ufd1-Npl4 complex forms a heterodimer that cooperatively interacts with p97 via a bipartite binding mechanism. Binding site 1 (BS1) is a short hydrophobic stretch in the C-terminal domain of Ufd1. The second binding site is located at the N terminus of Npl4 and is activated upon binding of Ufd1 to Npl4. It consists of about 80 amino acids that are predicted to form a ubiquitin fold domain (UBD). Despite the lack of overall homology between Ufd1-Npl4 and p47, both adapters use identical binding mechanisms. Like the ubiquitin fold ubiquitin regulatory X (UBX) domain in p47, the Npl4-UBD interacts with p97 via the loop between its strands 3 and 4 and a conserved arginine in strand 1. Furthermore, we identified a region in p47 homologous to Ufd1-BS1. The UBD/UBX and the BS1 of both adapters interact with p97 independently, whereas homologous binding sites in both adapters compete for binding to p97. In contrast to p47, however, Ufd1-Npl4 does not regulate the ATPase activity of p97; nor does a variant of p47 that contains both binding sites but lacks the N-terminal domains. Therefore, the binding sites alone do not regulate p97 directly but rather serve as anchor points to position adapter-specific domains at critical locations to modulate p97-mediated reactions.
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- Roland M Bruderer
- Swiss Federal School of Technology, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Honggerberg HPM, Zurich 8093, Switzerland
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