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Navon A, Ciechanover A. The 26 S proteasome: from basic mechanisms to drug targeting. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:33713-8. [PMID: 19812037 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r109.018481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The regulated degradation of proteins within eukaryotes and bacterial cells is catalyzed primarily by large multimeric proteases in ATP-dependent manner. In eukaryotes, the 26 S proteasome is essential for the rapid destruction of key regulatory proteins, such as cell cycle regulators and transcription factors, whose fast and tuned elimination is necessary for the proper control of the fundamental cell processes they regulate. In addition, the 26 S proteasome is responsible for cell quality control by eliminating defective proteins from the cytosol and endoplasmic reticulum. These defective proteins can be misfolded proteins, nascent prematurely terminated polypeptides, or proteins that fail to assemble into complexes. These diverse activities and its central role in apoptosis have made the proteasome an important target for drug development, in particular to combat malignancies.
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- Ami Navon
- Department of Biological Regulation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Dikic I, Wakatsuki S, Walters KJ. Ubiquitin-binding domains - from structures to functions. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2009; 10:659-71. [PMID: 19773779 DOI: 10.1038/nrm2767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 649] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Ubiquitin-binding domains (UBDs) are modular elements that bind non-covalently to the protein modifier ubiquitin. Recent atomic-level resolution structures of ubiquitin-UBD complexes have revealed some of the mechanisms that underlie the versatile functions of ubiquitin in vivo. The preferences of UBDs for ubiquitin chains of specific length and linkage are central to these functions. These preferences originate from multimeric interactions, whereby UBDs synergistically bind multiple ubiquitin molecules, and from contacts with regions that link ubiquitin molecules into a polymer. The sequence context of UBDs and the conformational changes that follow their binding to ubiquitin also contribute to ubiquitin signalling. These new structure-based insights provide strategies for controlling cellular processes by targeting ubiquitin-UBD interfaces.
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- Ivan Dikic
- Institute of Biochemistry II and Cluster of Excellence "Macromolecular Complexes", Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.
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The ubiquitin-interacting motifs of S5a as a unique upstream inhibitor of the 26S proteasome. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 388:723-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.08.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2009] [Accepted: 08/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Zhang N, Wang Q, Ehlinger A, Randles L, Lary JW, Kang Y, Haririnia A, Storaska AJ, Cole JL, Fushman D, Walters KJ. Structure of the s5a:k48-linked diubiquitin complex and its interactions with rpn13. Mol Cell 2009; 35:280-90. [PMID: 19683493 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2009] [Revised: 04/14/2009] [Accepted: 06/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Degradation by the proteasome typically requires substrate ubiquitination. Two ubiquitin receptors exist in the proteasome, S5a/Rpn10 and Rpn13. Whereas Rpn13 has only one ubiquitin-binding surface, S5a binds ubiquitin with two independent ubiquitin-interacting motifs (UIMs). Here, we use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and analytical ultracentrifugation to define at atomic level resolution how S5a binds K48-linked diubiquitin, in which K48 of one ubiquitin subunit (the "proximal" one) is covalently bonded to G76 of the other (the "distal" subunit). We demonstrate that S5a's UIMs bind the two subunits simultaneously with a preference for UIM2 binding to the proximal subunit while UIM1 binds to the distal one. In addition, NMR experiments reveal that Rpn13 and S5a bind K48-linked diubiquitin simultaneously with subunit specificity, and a model structure of S5a and Rpn13 bound to K48-linked polyubiquitin is provided. Altogether, our data demonstrate that S5a is highly adaptive and cooperative toward binding ubiquitin chains.
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- Naixia Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455, USA
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Lipinszki Z, Kiss P, Pál M, Deák P, Szabó A, Hunyadi-Gulyas E, Klement E, Medzihradszky KF, Udvardy A. Developmental-stage-specific regulation of the polyubiquitin receptors in Drosophila melanogaster. J Cell Sci 2009; 122:3083-92. [PMID: 19654212 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.049049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Recognition of polyubiquitylated substrates by the proteasome is a highly regulated process that requires polyubiquitin receptors. We show here that the concentrations of the proteasomal and extraproteasomal polyubiquitin receptors change in a developmentally regulated fashion. The stoichiometry of the proteasomal p54/Rpn10 polyubiquitin receptor subunit, relative to that of other regulatory particle (RP) subunits falls suddenly at the end of embryogenesis, remains low throughout the larval stages, starts to increase again in the late third instar larvae and remains high in the pupae, adults and embryos. A similar developmentally regulated fluctuation was observed in the concentrations of the Rad23 and Dsk2 extraproteasomal polyubiquitin receptors. Depletion of the polyubiquitin receptors at the end of embryogenesis is due to the emergence of a developmentally regulated selective proteolytic activity. To follow the fate of subunit p54/Rpn10 in vivo, transgenic Drosophila melanogaster lines encoding the N-terminal half (NTH), the C-terminal half (CTH) or the full-length p54/Rpn10 subunit were established in the inducible Gal4-UAS system. The daughterless-Gal4-driven whole-body expression of the full-length subunit or its NTH did not produce any detectable phenotypic changes, and the transgenic products were incorporated into the 26S proteasome. The transgene-encoded CTH was not incorporated into the 26S proteasome, caused third instar larval lethality and was found to be multi-ubiquitylated. This modification, however, did not appear to be a degradation signal because the half-life of the CTH was over 48 hours. Accumulation of the CTH disturbed the developmentally regulated changes in subunit composition of the RP and the emergence of the selective proteolytic activity responsible for the depletion of the polyubiquitin receptors. Build-up of subunit p54/Rpn10 in the RP had already started in 84-hour-old larvae and reached the full complement characteristic of the non-larval developmental stages at the middle of the third instar larval stage, just before these larvae perished. Similar shifts were observed in the concentrations of the Rad23 and Dsk2 polyubiquitin receptors. The postsynthetic modification of CTH might be essential for this developmental regulation, or it might regulate an essential extraproteasomal function(s) of subunit p54/Rpn10 that is disturbed by the expression of an excess of CTH.
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- Zoltán Lipinszki
- Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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- Inbal Ziv
- Department of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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The proteasome is an intricate molecular machine, which serves to degrade proteins following their conjugation to ubiquitin. Substrates dock onto the proteasome at its 19-subunit regulatory particle via a diverse set of ubiquitin receptors and are then translocated into an internal chamber within the 28-subunit proteolytic core particle (CP), where they are hydrolyzed. Substrate is threaded into the CP through a narrow gated channel, and thus translocation requires unfolding of the substrate. Six distinct ATPases in the regulatory particle appear to form a ring complex and to drive unfolding as well as translocation. ATP-dependent, degradation-coupled deubiquitination of the substrate is required both for efficient substrate degradation and for preventing the degradation of the ubiquitin tag. However, the proteasome also contains deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) that can remove ubiquitin before substrate degradation initiates, thus allowing some substrates to dissociate from the proteasome and escape degradation. Here we examine the key elements of this molecular machine and how they cooperate in the processing of proteolytic substrates.
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- Daniel Finley
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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The 26S proteasome is a 2500 kDa protease complex that degrades polyubiquitylated proteins by a mechanism that requires ATP hydrolysis. It also degrades short non-ubiquitylated peptides and certain unstructured proteins by an energy-independent mechanism that requires bound ATP to maintain its component subcomplexes, the 20S proteasome and PA700, in a functionally assembled state. Proteolysis of both types of substrate requires PA700-induced opening of reversible gates at substrate-access pores of the 20S proteasome. In the present study we demonstrate that the rate of peptide substrate hydrolysis, a functional monitor of gate opening, is regulated variably by multiple effectors. ATPgammaS (adenosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate) and other non-hydrolysable ATP analogues increased peptide substrate hydrolysis by intact 26S proteasomes. Thus nucleotides that maintained 26S proteasome structure, but did not support ATP hydrolysis or the degradation of polyubiquitylated proteins, promoted enhanced rates of peptide hydrolysis. Polyubiquitin and a peptoid that binds selectively to a single ATPase subunit of PA700 also increased rates of peptide hydrolysis but had disparate effects on rates of ATP hydrolysis. The effect of polyubiquitin was specific for ubiquitin-ubiquitin linkages that supported proteolysis of protein substrates. These results indicate that gating of the 26S proteasome is not a simple two-state process but can be variably modulated. Our results suggest that modulated gating of the proteasome may be an important element of the mechanism of proteolysis of polyubiquitylated proteins.
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Molecular mechanism of BST2/tetherin downregulation by K5/MIR2 of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. J Virol 2009; 83:9672-81. [PMID: 19605472 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00597-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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K3/MIR1 and K5/MIR2 of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) are viral members of the membrane-associated RING-CH (MARCH) ubiquitin ligase family and contribute to viral immune evasion by directing the conjugation of ubiquitin to immunostimulatory transmembrane proteins. In a quantitative proteomic screen for novel host cell proteins downregulated by viral immunomodulators, we previously observed that K5, as well as the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) immunomodulator VPU, reduced steady-state levels of bone marrow stromal cell antigen 2 (BST2; also called CD317 or tetherin), suggesting that BST2 might be a novel substrate of K5 and VPU. Recent work revealed that in the absence of VPU, HIV-1 virions are tethered to the plasma membrane in BST2-expressing HeLa cells. By targeting BST2, K5 might thus similarly overcome an innate antiviral host defense mechanism. Here we establish that despite its type II transmembrane topology and carboxy-terminal glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor, BST2 represents a bona fide target of K5 that is downregulated during primary infection by and reactivation of KSHV. Upon exit of the protein from the endoplasmic reticulum, lysines in the short amino-terminal domain of BST2 are ubiquitinated by K5, resulting in rapid degradation of BST2. Ubiquitination of BST2 is required for degradation, since BST2 lacking cytosolic lysines was K5 resistant and ubiquitin depletion by proteasome inhibitors restored BST2 surface expression. Thus, BST2 represents the first type II transmembrane protein targeted by K5 and the first example of a protein that is both ubiquitinated and GPI linked. We further demonstrate that KSHV release is decreased in the absence of K5 in a BST2-dependent manner, suggesting that K5 contributes to the evasion of intracellular antiviral defense programs.
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Thompson D, Hakala K, DeMartino GN. Subcomplexes of PA700, the 19 S regulator of the 26 S proteasome, reveal relative roles of AAA subunits in 26 S proteasome assembly and activation and ATPase activity. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:24891-903. [PMID: 19589775 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.023218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have identified, purified, and characterized three subcomplexes of PA700, the 19 S regulatory complex of the 26 S proteasome. These subcomplexes (denoted PS-1, PS-2, and PS-3) collectively account for all subunits present in purified PA700 but contain no overlapping components or significant levels of non-PA700 proteins. Each subcomplex contained two of the six AAA subunits (Rpt1-6) that form the binding interface of PA700 with the 20 S proteasome, the protease component of the 26 S proteasome. Unlike intact PA700, no individual PA700 subcomplex displayed ATPase activity or proteasome activating activity. However, both activities were manifested by ATP-dependent in vitro reconstitution of PA700 from the subcomplexes. We exploited functional reconstitution to define and distinguish roles of different PA700 subunits in PA700 function by selective alteration of subunits within individual subcomplexes prior to reconstitution. Carboxypeptidase treatment of either PS-2 or PS-3, subcomplexes containing specific Rpt subunits previously shown to have important roles in 26 S proteasome assembly and activation, inhibited these processes but did not affect PA700 reconstitution or ATPase activity. Thus, the intact C termini of both subunits are required for 26 S proteasome assembly and activation but not for PA700 reconstitution. Surprisingly, carboxypeptidase treatment of PS-1 also inhibited 26 S proteasome assembly and activation upon reconstitution with untreated PS-2 and PS-3. These results suggest a previously unidentified role for other PA700 subunits in 26 S proteasome assembly and activation. Our results reveal relative structural and functional relationships among the AAA subunits of PA700 and new insights about mechanisms of 26 S proteasome assembly and activation.
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- David Thompson
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9040, USA
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Marques AJ, Palanimurugan R, Matias AC, Ramos PC, Dohmen RJ. Catalytic mechanism and assembly of the proteasome. Chem Rev 2009; 109:1509-36. [PMID: 19265443 DOI: 10.1021/cr8004857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- António J Marques
- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Zulpicher Strasse 47, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
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Ubiquitin-like and ubiquitin-associated domain proteins: significance in proteasomal degradation. Cell Mol Life Sci 2009; 66:2819-33. [PMID: 19468686 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0048-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2009] [Revised: 04/14/2009] [Accepted: 04/29/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway of protein degradation is one of the major mechanisms that are involved in the maintenance of the proper levels of cellular proteins. The regulation of proteasomal degradation thus ensures proper cell functions. The family of proteins containing ubiquitin-like (UbL) and ubiquitin-associated (UBA) domains has been implicated in proteasomal degradation. UbL-UBA domain containing proteins associate with substrates destined for degradation as well as with subunits of the proteasome, thus regulating the proper turnover of proteins.
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Eukaryotic proteins can be modified through attachment to various small molecules and proteins. One such modification is conjugation to ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins (UBLs), which controls an enormous range of physiological processes. Bound UBLs mainly regulate the interactions of proteins with other macromolecules, for example binding to the proteasome or recruitment to chromatin. The various UBL systems use related enzymes to attach specific UBLs to proteins (or other molecules), and most of these attachments are transient. There is increasing evidence suggesting that such UBL-protein modification evolved from prokaryotic sulphurtransferase systems or related enzymes. Moreover, proteins similar to UBL-conjugating enzymes and UBL-deconjugating enzymes seem to have already been widespread at the time of the last common ancestor of eukaryotes, suggesting that UBL-protein conjugation did not first evolve in eukaryotes.
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- Mark Hochstrasser
- Yale University, Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, 266 Whitney Avenue, PO Box 208114, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
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Huber N, Sakai N, Eismann T, Shin T, Kuboki S, Blanchard J, Schuster R, Edwards MJ, Wong HR, Lentsch AB. Age-related decrease in proteasome expression contributes to defective nuclear factor-kappaB activation during hepatic ischemia/reperfusion. Hepatology 2009; 49:1718-28. [PMID: 19206148 PMCID: PMC2695826 DOI: 10.1002/hep.22840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Hepatic ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) leads to liver injury and dysfunction through the initiation of a biphasic inflammatory response that is regulated by the transcription factor nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB). We have previously shown that there is an age-dependent difference in the injury response to hepatic I/R in mice that correlates with divergent activation of NF-kappaB such that young mice have greater NF-kappaB activation, but less injury than old mice. In this study, we investigated the mechanism by which age alters the activation of NF-kappaB in the liver during I/R. Young (4-5 weeks) and old (12-14 months) mice underwent partial hepatic I/R. Livers were obtained for RNA microarray analysis and protein expression assays. Using microarray analysis, we identified age-dependent differences in the expression of genes related to protein ubiquitinylation and the proteasome. In old mice, genes that are involved in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway were significantly down-regulated during I/R. Consistent with these findings, expression of a critical proteasome subunit, non-adenosine triphosphatase 4 (PSMD4), was reduced in old mice. Expression of the NF-kappaB inhibitory protein, IkappaB alpha, was increased in old mice and was greatly phosphorylated and ubiquitinylated. The data provide strong evidence that the age-related defect in hepatic NF-kappaB signaling during I/R is a result of decreased expression of PSMD4, a proteasome subunit responsible for recognition and recruitment of ubiquitinylated substrates to the proteasome. It appears that decreased PSMD4 expression prevents recruitment of phosphorylated and ubiquitinylated IkappaB alpha to the proteasome, resulting in a defect in NF-kappaB activation.
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- Nadine Huber
- The Laboratory of Trauma, Sepsis & Inflammation Research, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- The Laboratory of Trauma, Sepsis & Inflammation Research, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- The Laboratory of Trauma, Sepsis & Inflammation Research, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- The Laboratory of Trauma, Sepsis & Inflammation Research, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- The Laboratory of Trauma, Sepsis & Inflammation Research, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- The Laboratory of Trauma, Sepsis & Inflammation Research, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- The Laboratory of Trauma, Sepsis & Inflammation Research, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- The Laboratory of Trauma, Sepsis & Inflammation Research, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- The Laboratory of Trauma, Sepsis & Inflammation Research, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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Karpov DS, Preobrazhenskaya OV, Karpov VL. Expression regulation of the proteasomal genes in eukaryotes. Mol Biol 2009. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893309020058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Kim HT, Kim KP, Uchiki T, Gygi SP, Goldberg AL. S5a promotes protein degradation by blocking synthesis of nondegradable forked ubiquitin chains. EMBO J 2009; 28:1867-77. [PMID: 19387488 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2008] [Accepted: 03/26/2009] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Ubiquitin (Ub)-protein conjugates formed by purified ring-finger or U-box E3s with the E2, UbcH5, resist degradation and disassembly by 26S proteasomes. These chains contain multiple types of Ub forks in which two Ub's are linked to adjacent lysines on the proximal Ub. We tested whether cells contain factors that prevent formation of nondegradable conjugates and whether the forked chains prevent proteasomal degradation. S5a is a ubiquitin interacting motif (UIM) protein present in the cytosol and in the 26S proteasome. Addition of S5a or a GST-fusion of S5a's UIM domains to a ubiquitination reaction containing 26S proteasomes, UbcH5, an E3 (MuRF1 or CHIP), and a protein substrate, dramatically stimulated its degradation, provided S5a was present during ubiquitination. Mass spectrometry showed that S5a and GST-UIM prevented the formation of Ub forks without affecting synthesis of standard isopeptide linkages. The forked Ub chains bind poorly to 26S proteasomes unlike those synthesized with S5a present or linked to Lys63 or Lys48 chains. Thus, S5a (and presumably certain other UIM proteins) function with certain E3/E2 pairs to ensure synthesis of efficiently degraded non-forked Ub conjugates.
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- Hyoung Tae Kim
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Li X, Baillie GS, Houslay MD. Mdm2 directs the ubiquitination of beta-arrestin-sequestered cAMP phosphodiesterase-4D5. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:16170-16182. [PMID: 19372219 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.008078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Beta-arrestin plays a key role in regulating beta2-adrenoreceptor signaling by interdicting activation of adenylyl cyclase and selectively sequestering cAMP phosphodiesterase-4D5 (PDE4D5) for delivery of an active cAMP degrading system to the site of cAMP synthesis. Here we show that the beta-agonist, isoprenaline, triggers the rapid and transient ubiquitination of PDE4D5 in primary cardiomyocytes, mouse embryo fibroblasts, and HEK293B2 cells constitutively expressing beta2-adrenoceptors. Reconstitution analyses in beta-arrestin1/2 double knockout cells plus small interference RNA knockdown studies indicate that a beta-arrestin-scaffolded pool of the E3-ubiquitin ligase, Mdm2, mediates PDE4D5 ubiquitination. Critical for this is the ubiquitin-interacting motif located in the extreme C terminus of PDE4D5, which is specific to the PDE4D sub-family. In vitro ubiquitination [corrected] of a PDE4D5 spot-immobilized peptide array, followed by a mutagenesis strategy, showed that PDE4D5 ubiquitination occurs at Lys-48, Lys-53, and Lys-78, which are located within its isoform-specific N-terminal region, as well as at Lys-140 located within its regulatory UCR1 module. We suggest that mono-ubiquitination at Lys-140 primes PDE4D5 for a subsequent cascade of polyubiquitination occurring within its isoform-specific N-terminal region at Lys-48, Lys-53, and Lys-78. PDE4D5 interacts with a non-ubiquitinated beta-arrestin sub-population that is likely to be protected from Mdm2-mediated ubiquitination due to steric hindrance caused by sequestered PDE4D5. Ubiquitination of PDE4D5 elicits an increase in the fraction of PDE4D5 sequestered by beta-arrestin in cells, thereby contributing to the fidelity of PDE4D5-beta-arrestin interaction, as well as decreasing the fraction of PDE4D5 sequestered by the scaffolding protein, RACK1.
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- Xiang Li
- From Neuroscience and Molecular Pharmacology, Wolfson and Davidson Buildings, Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- From Neuroscience and Molecular Pharmacology, Wolfson and Davidson Buildings, Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- From Neuroscience and Molecular Pharmacology, Wolfson and Davidson Buildings, Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Kravtsova-Ivantsiv Y, Cohen S, Ciechanover A. Modification by single ubiquitin moieties rather than polyubiquitination is sufficient for proteasomal processing of the p105 NF-kappaB precursor. Mol Cell 2009; 33:496-504. [PMID: 19250910 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2008] [Revised: 12/25/2008] [Accepted: 01/08/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Activation of NF-kappaB is regulated via numerous ubiquitin- and proteasome-mediated steps; an important one is processing of the precursor p105 to the p50 active subunit. The mechanisms involved are largely unknown, because this is an exceptional case where the ubiquitin system does not destroy its substrate completely. Here, we demonstrate that proteasomal processing of p105 requires ubiquitin but not generation of polyubiquitin chains. In vitro, ubiquitin species that cannot polymerize mediate processing. In yeasts that express nonpolymerizable ubiquitins, processing proceeds normally, whereas degradation of substrates that are dependent on polyubiquitination is inhibited. Similar results were obtained in mammalian cells. Interestingly, processing requires multiple monoubiquitinations, because progressive elimination of lysines in p105 is accompanied by gradual inhibition of p50 generation. Finally, the proteasome recognizes the multiply monoubiquitinated p105. These findings suggest that a proteolytic signal can be composed of a cluster of single ubiquitins, not necessarily a chain.
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- Yelena Kravtsova-Ivantsiv
- Cancer and Vascular Biology Center, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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Uchiki T, Kim HT, Zhai B, Gygi SP, Johnston JA, O'Bryan JP, Goldberg AL. The ubiquitin-interacting motif protein, S5a, is ubiquitinated by all types of ubiquitin ligases by a mechanism different from typical substrate recognition. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:12622-32. [PMID: 19240029 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m900556200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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S5a/Rpn10 is a ubiquitin (Ub)-binding protein that is a subunit of the 26S proteasome but also exists free in the cytosol. It binds poly-Ub chains through its two Ub-interacting motifs (UIMs). We discovered that, unlike typical substrates of Ub ligases (E3s), S5a can be ubiquitinated by all E3s tested including multimeric and monomeric Ring finger E3s (MuRF1, Siah2, Parkin, APC, and SCF(betaTRCP1)), the U-box E3, CHIP, and HECT domain E3s (E6AP and Nedd4) when assayed with UbcH5 or related Ub-conjugating enzymes. However, the E2s, UbcH1 and UbcH13/Uev1a, which function by distinct mechanisms, do not support S5a ubiquitination. Thus, S5a can be used for assay of probably all E3s with UbcH5. Ubiquitination of S5a results from its binding to Ub chains on the E3 (after self-ubiquitination) or on the substrate, as a mutant lacking the UIM domain was not ubiquitinated. Furthermore, if the S5a UIM domains were fused to GST, the protein was rapidly ubiquitinated by MuRF1 and CHIP. In addition, polyubiquitination (but not monoubiquitination) of MuRF1 allowed S5a to bind to MuRF1 and accelerated S5a ubiquitination. This tendency of S5a to associate with the growing Ub chain can explain how S5a, unlike typical substrates, which are recognized by certain E3s through specific motifs, is ubiquitinated by all E3s tested and is rapidly degraded in vivo.
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- Tomoaki Uchiki
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Russel D, Lasker K, Phillips J, Schneidman-Duhovny D, Velázquez-Muriel JA, Sali A. The structural dynamics of macromolecular processes. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2009; 21:97-108. [PMID: 19223165 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2008] [Revised: 12/20/2008] [Accepted: 01/20/2009] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Dynamic processes involving macromolecular complexes are essential to cell function. These processes take place over a wide variety of length scales from nanometers to micrometers, and over time scales from nanoseconds to minutes. As a result, information from a variety of different experimental and computational approaches is required. We review the relevant sources of information and introduce a framework for integrating the data to produce representations of dynamic processes.
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- Daniel Russel
- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California at San Francisco, 1700 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158-2330, USA
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He Y, Rothnagel JA, Epis MR, Leedman PJ, Smith R. Downstream targets of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2 mediate cell proliferation. Mol Carcinog 2009; 48:167-79. [PMID: 18680105 DOI: 10.1002/mc.20467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Over-expression of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) A2/B1 is regarded as an early marker for several cancers. This protein is associated with proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes and has itself been described as a proto-oncogene. Our earlier experiments drew a connection between hnRNP A2/B1 levels and cell proliferation and raised the possibility that this protein contributes to the uncontrolled cell division that characterizes cancer. Limited knowledge of the downstream targets of hnRNP A2/B1 has, however, precluded a clear understanding of their roles in cancer cell growth. To define the pathways in which this protein acts we have now carried out microarray experiments with total RNA from Colo16 epithelial cells transfected with an shRNA that markedly suppresses hnRNP A2/B1 expression. The microarray data identified 123 genes, among 22 283 human gene probe sets, with altered expression levels in hnRNP A2/B1-depleted cells. Ontological analysis showed that many of these downstream targets are involved in regulation of the cell cycle and cell proliferation and that this group of proteins is significantly over-represented amongst the affected proteins. The changes detected in the microarray experiments were confirmed by real-time PCR for a subset of proliferation-related genes. Immunoprecipitation-RT-PCR demonstrated that hnRNP A2/B1 formed complexes with the transcripts of many of the verified downstream genes, suggesting that hnRNP A2/B1 contributes to the regulation of these genes. These results reinforce the conclusion that hnRNP A2/B1 is associated with cellular processes that affect the cell cycle and proliferation.
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- Yaowu He
- School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Electron microscopic evidence in support of alpha-solenoid models of proteasomal subunits Rpn1 and Rpn2. J Mol Biol 2009; 386:1204-11. [PMID: 19361443 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.01.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2008] [Revised: 12/03/2008] [Accepted: 01/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Rpn1 (109 kDa) and Rpn2 (104 kDa) are components of the 19S regulatory complex of the proteasome. The central portions of both proteins are predicted to have toroidal alpha-solenoid folds composed of 9-11 proteasome/cyclosome repeats, each approximately 40 residues long and containing two alpha-helices and turns [A. V. Kajava, J. Biol. Chem. 277, 49791-49798, 2002]. To evaluate this prediction, we examined the full-length yeast proteins and truncated versions thereof consisting only of the repeat-containing regions by gel filtration, CD spectroscopy, and negative-staining electron microscopy (EM). All four proteins are monomeric in solution and highly alpha-helical, particularly the truncated ones. The EM data were analyzed by image classification and averaging techniques. The preponderant projections, in each case, show near-annular molecules 6-7 nm in diameter. Comparison of the full-length with the truncated proteins showed molecules similar in size and shape, indicating that their terminal regions are flexible and thus smeared to invisibility in the averaged images. We tested the toroidal model further by calculating resolution-limited projections and comparing them with the EM images. The results support the alpha-solenoid model, except that they indicate that the repeats are organized not as symmetrical circular toroids but in less regular horseshoe-like structures.
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Dayal S, Sparks A, Jacob J, Allende-Vega N, Lane DP, Saville MK. Suppression of the deubiquitinating enzyme USP5 causes the accumulation of unanchored polyubiquitin and the activation of p53. J Biol Chem 2008; 284:5030-41. [PMID: 19098288 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m805871200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Both p53 and its repressor Mdm2 are subject to ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. We show that knockdown of the deubiquitinating enzyme USP5 (isopeptidase T) results in an increase in the level and transcriptional activity of p53. Suppression of USP5 stabilizes p53, whereas it has little or no effect on the stability of Mdm2. This provides a mechanism for transcriptional activation of p53. USP5 knockdown interferes with the degradation of ubiquitinated p53 rather than attenuating p53 ubiquitination. In vitro studies have shown that a preferred substrate for USP5 is unanchored polyubiquitin. Consistent with this, we observed for the first time in a mammalian system that USP5 makes a major contribution to Lys-48-linked polyubiquitin disassembly and that suppression of USP5 results in the accumulation of unanchored polyubiquitin chains. Ectopic expression of a C-terminal mutant of ubiquitin (G75A/G76A), which also causes the accumulation of free polyubiquitin, recapitulates the effects of USP5 knockdown on the p53 pathway. We propose a model in which p53 is selectively stabilized because the unanchored polyubiquitin that accumulates after USP5 knockdown is able to compete with ubiquitinated p53 but not with Mdm2 for proteasomal recognition. This raises the possibility that there are significant differences in proteasomal recognition of p53 and Mdm2. These differences could be exploited therapeutically. Our study reveals a novel mechanism for regulation of p53 and identifies USP5 as a potential target for p53 activating therapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer.
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- Saurabh Dayal
- CR-UK Cell Transformation Research Group, Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland
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Mearini G, Schlossarek S, Willis MS, Carrier L. The ubiquitin–proteasome system in cardiac dysfunction. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2008; 1782:749-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2008.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2008] [Revised: 06/12/2008] [Accepted: 06/18/2008] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Prakash S, Inobe T, Hatch AJ, Matouschek A. Substrate selection by the proteasome during degradation of protein complexes. Nat Chem Biol 2008; 5:29-36. [PMID: 19029916 PMCID: PMC2670781 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2008] [Accepted: 10/31/2008] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The proteasome controls the turnover of most cellular proteins. Two structural features are typically required for proteins to be degraded: covalently attached ubiquitin polypeptides that allow binding to the proteasome, and an unstructured region in the targeted protein that initiates proteolysis. Here, we have tested the degradation of model proteins to further explore how the proteasome selects its substrates. Using purified yeast proteasome and mammalian proteasome in cell lysate, we have demonstrated that the two structural features can act in trans when separated onto different proteins in a multi-subunit complex. In such complexes, the location of the unstructured initiation site and its chemical properties determine which subunit is degraded. Thus, our findings reveal the molecular basis of subunit specificity in the degradation of protein complexes. In addition, our data provide a plausible explanation for how adaptor proteins can bind to otherwise stable proteins and target them for degradation.
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- Sumit Prakash
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, 2205 Tech Drive, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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Matiuhin Y, Kirkpatrick DS, Ziv I, Kim W, Dakshinamurthy A, Kleifeld O, Gygi SP, Reis N, Glickman MH. Extraproteasomal Rpn10 restricts access of the polyubiquitin-binding protein Dsk2 to proteasome. Mol Cell 2008; 32:415-25. [PMID: 18995839 PMCID: PMC2643056 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2007] [Revised: 06/01/2008] [Accepted: 10/10/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Polyubiquitin is a diverse signal both in terms of chain length and linkage type. Lysine 48-linked ubiquitin is essential for marking targets for proteasomal degradation, but the significance and relative abundance of different linkages remain ambiguous. Here we dissect the relationship of two proteasome-associated polyubiquitin-binding proteins, Rpn10 and Dsk2, and demonstrate how Rpn10 filters Dsk2 interactions, maintaining proper function of the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Using quantitative mass spectrometry of ubiquitin, we found that in S. cerevisiae under normal growth conditions the majority of conjugated ubiquitin was linked via lysine 48 and lysine 63. In contrast, upon DSK2 induction, conjugates accumulated primarily in the form of lysine 48 linkages correlating with impaired proteolysis and cytotoxicity. By restricting Dsk2 access to the proteasome, extraproteasomal Rpn10 was essential for alleviating the cellular stress associated with Dsk2. This work highlights the importance of polyubiquitin shuttles such as Rpn10 and Dsk2 in controlling the ubiquitin landscape.
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- Yulia Matiuhin
- Department of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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Kriegenburg F, Seeger M, Saeki Y, Tanaka K, Lauridsen AMB, Hartmann-Petersen R, Hendil KB. Mammalian 26S Proteasomes Remain Intact during Protein Degradation. Cell 2008; 135:355-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2008] [Revised: 07/08/2008] [Accepted: 08/12/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bazile F, Gagné JP, Mercier G, Lo KS, Pascal A, Vasilescu J, Figeys D, Poirier GG, Kubiak JZ, Chesnel F. Differential proteomic screen to evidence proteins ubiquitinated upon mitotic exit in cell-free extract of Xenopus laevis embryos. J Proteome Res 2008; 7:4701-14. [PMID: 18823142 DOI: 10.1021/pr800250x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Post-translational modification of proteins via ubiquitination plays a crucial role in numerous vital functions of the cell. Polyubiquitination is one of the key regulatory processes involved in regulation of mitotic progression. Here we describe a differential proteomic screen dedicated to identification of novel proteins ubiquitinated upon mitotic exit in cell-free extract of Xenopus laevis embryo. Mutated recombinant His6-tagged ubiquitin (Ubi (K48R)) was added to mitotic extract from which we purified conjugated proteins, as well as associated proteins in nondenaturing conditions by cobalt affinity chromatography. Proteins eluted from Ubi (K48R) supplemented and control extracts were compared by LC-MS/MS analysis after monodimensional SDS-PAGE. A total of 144 proteins potentially ubiquitinated or associated with them were identified. Forty-one percent of these proteins were shown to be involved in ubiquitination and/or proteasomal degradation pathway confirming the specificity of the screen. Twelve proteins, among them ubiquitin itself, were shown to carry a "GG" or "LRGG" remnant tag indicating their direct ubiquitination. Interestingly, sequence analysis of ubiquitinated substrates carrying these tags indicated that in Xenopus cell-free embryo extract supplemented with Ubi (K48R) the majority of polyubiquitination occurred through lysine-11 specific ubiquitin chain polymerization. The potential interest in this atypical form of ubiquitination as well as usefulness of our method in analyzing atypical polyubiquitin species is discussed.
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- Franck Bazile
- CNRS UMR 6061, Institute of Genetics & Development, University of Rennes 1, Mitosis & Meiosis Group, IFR 140 GFAS, 35 043 Rennes Cedex, France
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Geng F, Tansey WP. Polyubiquitylation of histone H2B. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:3616-24. [PMID: 18562693 PMCID: PMC2526708 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-01-0050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2008] [Revised: 05/06/2008] [Accepted: 06/05/2008] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Covalent modification of histones by ubiquitylation is a prominent epigenetic mark that features in a variety of chromatin-based events such as histone methylation, gene silencing, and repair of DNA damage. The prototypical example of histone ubiquitylation is that of histone H2B in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this case, attachment of ubiquitin to lysine 123 (K123) of H2B is important for regulation of both active and transcriptionally silent genes and participates in trans to signal methylation of histone H3. It is generally assumed that H2B is monoubiquitylated at K123 and that it is this single ubiquitin moiety that influences H2B function. To determine whether this assumption is correct, we have re-examined the ubiquitylation status of endogenous H2B in yeast. We find that, contrary to expectations, H2B is extensively polyubiquitylated. Polyubiquitylation of H2B appears to occur within the context of chromatin and is not associated with H2B destruction. There are at least two distinct modes of H2B polyubiquitylation: one that occurs at K123 and depends on the Rad6-Bre1 ubiquitylation machinery and another that occurs on multiple lysine residues and is catalyzed by an uncharacterized ubiquitin ligase(s). Interestingly, these ubiquitylation events are under the influence of different combinations of ubiquitin-specific proteases, suggesting that they have distinct biological functions. These results raise the possibility that some of the biological effects of ubiquitylation of H2B are exerted via ubiquitin chains, rather than a single ubiquitin group.
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- Fuqiang Geng
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
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Yokota S. Historical survey on chromatoid body research. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2008; 41:65-82. [PMID: 18787638 PMCID: PMC2532602 DOI: 10.1267/ahc.08010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2008] [Accepted: 05/14/2008] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The chromatoid body (CB) is a male reproductive cell-specific organelle that appears in spermatocytes and spermatids. The cytoplasmic granule corresponding to the CB was first discovered some 130 years ago by von Brunn in 1876. Thirty years later the German term "chromatoide Körper" (chromatoid body) was introduced to describe this granule and is still used today. In this review, first, the results obtained by light microscopic studies on the CB for the first 60 years are examined. Next, many findings revealed by electron microscopic studies are reviewed. Finally, recent molecular cell biological studies concerning the CB are discussed. The conclusion obtained by exploring the papers on CB published during the past 130 years is that many of the modern molecular cell biological studies are undoubtedly based on information accumulated by vast amounts of early studies.
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- Sadaki Yokota
- Section of Functional Morphology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Nagasaki International University, Sasebo, Nagasaki 859-3298, Japan.
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Wei SJ, Williams JG, Dang H, Darden TA, Betz BL, Humble MM, Chang FM, Trempus CS, Johnson K, Cannon RE, Tennant RW. Identification of a specific motif of the DSS1 protein required for proteasome interaction and p53 protein degradation. J Mol Biol 2008; 383:693-712. [PMID: 18775730 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.08.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2008] [Revised: 07/16/2008] [Accepted: 08/19/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Deleted in Split hand/Split foot 1 (DSS1) was previously identified as a novel 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-inducible gene with possible involvement in early event of mouse skin carcinogenesis. The mechanisms by which human DSS1 (HsDSS1) exerts its biological effects via regulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) are currently unknown. Here, we demonstrated that HsDSS1 regulates the human proteasome by associating with it in the cytosol and nucleus via the RPN3/S3 subunit of the 19S regulatory particle (RP). Molecular anatomy of HsDSS1 revealed an RPN3/S3-interacting motif (R3IM), located at amino acid residues 15 to 21 of the NH(2) terminus. Importantly, negative charges of the R3IM motif were demonstrated to be required for proteasome interaction and binding to poly-ubiquitinated substrates. Indeed, the R3IM motif of HsDSS1 protein alone was sufficient to replace the ability of intact HsDSS1 protein to pull down proteasome complexes and protein substrates with high-molecular mass ubiquitin conjugates. Interestingly, this interaction is highly conserved throughout evolution from humans to nematodes. Functional study, lowering the levels of the endogenous HsDSS1 using siRNA, indicates that the R3IM/proteasome complex binds and targets p53 for ubiquitin-mediated degradation via gankyrin-MDM2/HDM2 pathway. Most significantly, this work indicates that the R3IM motif of HsDSS1, in conjunction with the complexes of 19S RP and 20S core particle (CP), regulates proteasome interaction through RPN3/S3 molecule, and utilizes a specific subset of poly-ubiquitinated p53 as a substrate.
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- Sung-Jen Wei
- Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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Intracellular degradation of misfolded proteins in polyglutamine neurodegenerative diseases. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 59:245-52. [PMID: 18773920 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2008.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2008] [Revised: 08/15/2008] [Accepted: 08/17/2008] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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A number of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and polyglutamine diseases, are characterized by the age-dependent formation of intracellular protein aggregates and neurodegeneration. Although there is some debate surrounding the role of these aggregates in neurotoxicity, the formation of aggregates is known to reflect the accumulation of misfolded and toxic proteins. The degradation of misfolded proteins occurs mainly via the ubiquitin-proteasome and autophagy pathways. In neuronal cells, polyglutamine protein inclusions are present predominantly in the nucleus, which is not accessible to autophagy. It remains unclear how the ubiquitin-proteasomal and autophagy pathways remove misfolded proteins in the different subcellular regions of neurons, where disease proteins become misfolded and aggregated in an age-dependent manner. Here we discuss the key findings to date about the roles of the ubiquitin-proteasome system and autophagy in polyglutamine diseases. Understanding how these two pathways function to clear mutant polyglutamine proteins will further the development of effective treatments for polyglutamine and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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Ubiquitin docking at the proteasome through a novel pleckstrin-homology domain interaction. Nature 2008; 453:548-52. [PMID: 18497827 DOI: 10.1038/nature06924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Accepted: 03/18/2008] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Targeted protein degradation is largely performed by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, in which substrate proteins are marked by covalently attached ubiquitin chains that mediate recognition by the proteasome. It is currently unclear how the proteasome recognizes its substrates, as the only established ubiquitin receptor intrinsic to the proteasome is Rpn10/S5a (ref. 1), which is not essential for ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation in budding yeast. In the accompanying manuscript we report that Rpn13 (refs 3-7), a component of the nine-subunit proteasome base, functions as a ubiquitin receptor, complementing its known role in docking de-ubiquitinating enzyme Uch37/UCHL5 (refs 4-6) to the proteasome. Here we merge crystallography and NMR data to describe the ubiquitin-binding mechanism of Rpn13. We determine the structure of Rpn13 alone and complexed with ubiquitin. The co-complex reveals a novel ubiquitin-binding mode in which loops rather than secondary structural elements are used to capture ubiquitin. Further support for the role of Rpn13 as a proteasomal ubiquitin receptor is demonstrated by its ability to bind ubiquitin and proteasome subunit Rpn2/S1 simultaneously. Finally, we provide a model structure of Rpn13 complexed to diubiquitin, which provides insights into how Rpn13 as a ubiquitin receptor is coupled to substrate deubiquitination by Uch37.
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Tan F, Lu L, Cai Y, Wang J, Xie Y, Wang L, Gong Y, Xu BE, Wu J, Luo Y, Qiang B, Yuan J, Sun X, Peng X. Proteomic analysis of ubiquitinated proteins in normal hepatocyte cell line Chang liver cells. Proteomics 2008; 8:2885-96. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200700887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The neuronal ubiquitin-proteasome system: Murine models and their neurological phenotype. Prog Neurobiol 2008; 85:176-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2008.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2007] [Revised: 12/12/2007] [Accepted: 03/11/2008] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Husnjak K, Elsasser S, Zhang N, Chen X, Randles L, Shi Y, Hofmann K, Walters K, Finley D, Dikic I. Proteasome subunit Rpn13 is a novel ubiquitin receptor. Nature 2008; 453:481-8. [PMID: 18497817 PMCID: PMC2839886 DOI: 10.1038/nature06926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 492] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Accepted: 03/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Proteasomal receptors that recognize ubiquitin chains attached to substrates are key mediators of selective protein degradation in eukaryotes. Here we report the identification of a new ubiquitin receptor, Rpn13/ARM1, a known component of the proteasome. Rpn13 binds ubiquitin through a conserved amino-terminal region termed the pleckstrin-like receptor for ubiquitin (Pru) domain, which binds K48-linked diubiquitin with an affinity of approximately 90 nM. Like proteasomal ubiquitin receptor Rpn10/S5a, Rpn13 also binds ubiquitin-like (UBL) domains of UBL-ubiquitin-associated (UBA) proteins. In yeast, a synthetic phenotype results when specific mutations of the ubiquitin binding sites of Rpn10 and Rpn13 are combined, indicating functional linkage between these ubiquitin receptors. Because Rpn13 is also the proteasomal receptor for Uch37, a deubiquitinating enzyme, our findings suggest a coupling of chain recognition and disassembly at the proteasome.
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- Koraljka Husnjak
- Institute of Biochemistry II and Cluster of Excellence Macromolecular Complexes, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt (Main), Germany
- Tumor Biology Program, Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences, Mestrovicevo setaliste, 21000 Split, Croatia
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Stoeckheimer Weg 1, D-50829, Koeln, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Institute of Biochemistry II and Cluster of Excellence Macromolecular Complexes, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt (Main), Germany
- Tumor Biology Program, Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences, Mestrovicevo setaliste, 21000 Split, Croatia
- Department of Immunology, Medical School University of Split, Soltanska 2, 21 000 Split, Croatia
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Tomoo K, Mukai Y, In Y, Miyagawa H, Kitamura K, Yamano A, Shindo H, Ishida T. Crystal structure and molecular dynamics simulation of ubiquitin-like domain of murine parkin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2008; 1784:1059-67. [PMID: 18485927 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2007] [Revised: 03/22/2008] [Accepted: 04/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Parkin is the gene product identified as the major cause of autosomal recessive juvenile Parkinsonism (AR-JP). Parkin, a ubiquitin ligase E3, contains a unique ubiquitin-like domain in its N-terminus designated Uld which is assumed to be a interaction domain with the Rpn 10 subunit of 26S proteasome. To elucidate the structural and functional role of Uld in parkin at the atomic level, the X-ray crystal structure of murine Uld was determined and a molecular dynamics simulation of wild Uld and its five mutants (K27N, R33Q, R42P, K48A and V56E) identified from AR-JP patients was performed. Murine Uld consists of two alpha helices [Ile23-Arg33 (alpha1) and Val56-Gln57 (alpha2)] and five beta strands [Met1-Phe7 (beta1), Tyr11-Asp18 (beta2), Leu41-Phe45 (beta3), Lys48-Pro51 (beta4) and Ser65-Arg72 (beta5)] and its overall structure is essentially the same as that of human ubiquitin with a 1.22 A rmsd for the backbone atoms of residues 1-76; however, the sequential identity and similarity between both molecules are 32% and 63%, respectively. This close resemblance is due to the core structure built by same hydrogen bond formations between and within the backbone chains of alpha1 and beta1/2/5 secondary structure elements and by nearly the same hydrophobic interactions formed between the nonpolar amino acids of their secondary structures. The side chain NetaH of Lys27 on the alpha1 helix was crucial to the stabilization of the spatial orientations of beta3 and beta4 strands, possible binding region with Rpn 10 subunit, through three hydrogen bonds. The MD simulations showed the K27N and R33Q mutations increase the structural fluctuation of these beta strands including the alpha1 helix. Reversely, the V56E mutant restricted the spatial flexibility at the periphery of the short alpha2 helix by the interactions between the polar atoms of Glu56 and Ser19 residues. However, a large fluctuation of beta4 strand with respect to beta5 strand was induced in the R42P mutant, because of the impossibility of forming paired hydrogen bonds of Pro for Arg42 in wild Uld. The X-ray structure showed that the side chains of Asp39, Gln40 and Arg42 at the N-terminal periphery of beta3 strand protrude from the molecular surface of Uld and participate in hydrogen bonds with the polar residues of neighboring Ulds. Thus, the MD simulation suggests that the mutation substitution of Pro for Arg42 not only causes the large fluctuation of beta3 strand in the Uld but also leads to the loss of the ability of Uld to trap the Rpn 10 subunit. In contrast, the MD simulation of K48A mutant showed little influence on the beta3-beta4 loop structure, but a large fluctuation of Lys48 side chain, suggesting the importance of flexibility of this side chain for the interaction with the Rpn 10 subunit. The present results would be important in elucidating the impaired proteasomal binding mechanism of parkin in AR-JP.
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- Koji Tomoo
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1094, Japan.
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Khut PY, Tucker B, Lardelli M, Wood SA. Evolutionary and expression analysis of the zebrafish deubiquitylating enzyme, usp9. Zebrafish 2008; 4:95-101. [PMID: 18041927 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2006.0502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Mouse Usp9x/Fam (fat facets in mouse) and its Drosophila ortholog faf (fat facets) encode substrate-specific deubiquitylating enzymes and are essential for early embryonic development. The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a powerful tool for studying embryonic gene expression patterns and function, and to that end, we sought to characterize the zebrafish Usp9 ortholog. Zebrafish usp9 was identified from database searches, and the predicted Usp9 protein is very highly conserved in mouse (90% identical and 94% similar) over its entire length. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that vertebrate Usp9s are highly clustered and separate from the USP9Y and Drosophila forms. We examined the developmental expression of usp9 from fertilization to 2 days postfertilization. usp9 is initially expressed ubiquitously but later restricted to the cephalic central nervous system, the developing lens, distal tips of the pectoral fin bud, and migrating endoderm. The extraordinary level of conservation between the mouse and zebrafish genes, coupled with equivalent expression patterns, makes zebrafish an appropriate complementary system for the study of usp9 in development.
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- Poon-Yu Khut
- Child Health Research Institute, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Inobe T, Matouschek A. Protein targeting to ATP-dependent proteases. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2008; 18:43-51. [PMID: 18276129 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2007] [Revised: 12/21/2007] [Accepted: 12/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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ATP-dependent proteases control diverse cellular processes by degrading specific regulatory proteins. Recent work has shown that protein substrates are specifically transferred to ATP-dependent proteases through different routes. These routes can function in parallel or independently. In all of these targeting mechanisms, it can be useful to separate two steps: substrate binding to the protease and initiation of degradation.
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- Tomonao Inobe
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, 2205 Tech Drive, Hogan 2-100 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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Accumulation of proteins is a recurring event in many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD).Evidence has suggested that protein accumulation may result from a dysfunction in the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS). Indeed, there is clear genetic and biochemical evidence of an involvement of the ubiquitin proteasome system in AD. This review summarizes the data supporting an involvement of the UPS in the pathogenesis of AD, focusing on the data showing the relationship between Aβ and tau, the two hallmark lesions of AD, and the UPS.
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- Salvatore Oddo
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4545, USA.
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Lee SH, Choi JH, Lee N, Lee HR, Kim JI, Yu NK, Choi SL, Lee SH, Kim H, Kaang BK. Synaptic protein degradation underlies destabilization of retrieved fear memory. Science 2008; 319:1253-6. [PMID: 18258863 DOI: 10.1126/science.1150541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 303] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Reactivated memory undergoes a rebuilding process that depends on de novo protein synthesis. This suggests that retrieval is dynamic and serves to incorporate new information into preexisting memories. However, little is known about whether or not protein degradation is involved in the reorganization of retrieved memory. We found that postsynaptic proteins were degraded in the hippocampus by polyubiquitination after retrieval of contextual fear memory. Moreover, the infusion of proteasome inhibitor into the CA1 region immediately after retrieval prevented anisomycin-induced memory impairment, as well as the extinction of fear memory. This suggests that ubiquitin- and proteasome-dependent protein degradation underlies destabilization processes after fear memory retrieval. It also provides strong evidence for the existence of reorganization processes whereby preexisting memory is disrupted by protein degradation, and updated memory is reconsolidated by protein synthesis.
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- Sue-Hyun Lee
- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Memory, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, San 56-1 Silim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-747, Korea
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Goh AM, Walters KJ, Elsasser S, Verma R, Deshaies RJ, Finley D, Howley PM. Components of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway compete for surfaces on Rad23 family proteins. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2008; 9:4. [PMID: 18234089 PMCID: PMC2267792 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-9-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2007] [Accepted: 01/30/2008] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Background The delivery of ubiquitinated proteins to the proteasome for degradation is a key step in the regulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, yet the mechanisms underlying this step are not understood in detail. The Rad23 family of proteins is known to bind ubiquitinated proteins through its two ubiquitin-associated (UBA) domains, and may participate in the delivery of ubiquitinated proteins to the proteasome through docking via the Rad23 ubiquitin-like (UBL) domain. Results In this study, we investigate how the interaction between the UBL and UBA domains may modulate ubiquitin recognition and the delivery of ubiquitinated proteins to the proteasome by autoinhibition. We have explored a competitive binding model using specific mutations in the UBL domain. Disrupting the intramolecular UBL-UBA domain interactions in HHR23A indeed potentiates ubiquitin-binding. Additionally, the analogous surface on the Rad23 UBL domain overlaps with that required for interaction with both proteasomes and the ubiquitin ligase Ufd2. We have found that mutation of residues on this surface affects the ability of Rad23 to deliver ubiquitinated proteins to the proteasome. Conclusion We conclude that the competition of ubiquitin-proteasome pathway components for surfaces on Rad23 is important for the role of the Rad23 family proteins in proteasomal targeting.
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- Amanda M Goh
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Hoyt MA, McDonough S, Pimpl SA, Scheel H, Hofmann K, Coffino P. A genetic screen forSaccharomyces cerevisiae mutants affecting proteasome function, using a ubiquitin-independent substrate. Yeast 2008; 25:199-217. [DOI: 10.1002/yea.1579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Huzil JT, Pannu R, Ptak C, Garen G, Ellison MJ. Direct Catalysis of Lysine 48-linked Polyubiquitin Chains by the Ubiquitin-activating Enzyme. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:37454-60. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m705242200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Madsen L, Schulze A, Seeger M, Hartmann-Petersen R. Ubiquitin domain proteins in disease. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2007; 8 Suppl 1:S1. [PMID: 18047733 PMCID: PMC2106360 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-8-s1-s1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The human genome encodes several ubiquitin-like (UBL) domain proteins (UDPs). Members of this protein family are involved in a variety of cellular functions and many are connected to the ubiquitin proteasome system, an essential pathway for protein degradation in eukaryotic cells. Despite their structural similarity, the UBL domains appear to have a range of different targets, resulting in a considerable diversity with respect to UDP function. Here, we give a short summary of the biochemical and physiological roles of the UDPs, which have been linked to human diseases including neurodegeneration and cancer. Publication history: Republished from Current BioData's Targeted Proteins database (TPdb; ).
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- Louise Madsen
- Insitute of Molecular Biology and Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Haririnia A, Verma R, Purohit N, Twarog MZ, Deshaies RJ, Bolon D, Fushman D. Mutations in the hydrophobic core of ubiquitin differentially affect its recognition by receptor proteins. J Mol Biol 2007; 375:979-96. [PMID: 18054791 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2007] [Revised: 11/05/2007] [Accepted: 11/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ubiquitin (Ub) is one of the most highly conserved signaling proteins in eukaryotes. In carrying out its myriad functions, Ub conjugated to substrate proteins interacts with dozens of receptor proteins that link the Ub signal to various biological outcomes. Here we report mutations in conserved residues of Ub's hydrophobic core that have surprisingly potent and specific effects on molecular recognition. Mutant Ubs bind tightly to the Ub-associated domain of the receptor proteins Rad23 and hHR23A but fail to bind the Ub-interacting motif present in the receptors Rpn10 and S5a. Moreover, chains assembled on target substrates with mutant Ubs are unable to support substrate degradation by the proteasome in vitro or sustain viability of yeast cells. The mutations have relatively little effect on Ub's overall structure but reduce its rigidity and cause a slight displacement of the C-terminal beta-sheet, thereby compromising association with Ub-interacting motif but not with Ub-associated domains. These studies emphasize an unexpected role for Ub's core in molecular recognition and suggest that the diversity of protein-protein interactions in which Ub engages placed enormous constraints on its evolvability.
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- Aydin Haririnia
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Biomolecular Structure and Organization, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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Hunter JM, Lesort M, Johnson GVW. Ubiquitin-proteasome system alterations in a striatal cell model of Huntington's disease. J Neurosci Res 2007; 85:1774-88. [PMID: 17455294 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive, autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease caused by an abnormally expanded CAG repeat in the HD gene. Ubiquitylated aggregates containing mutant huntingtin protein in neurons are hallmarks of HD. Misfolded mutant huntingtin monomers, oligomers, or aggregates may be a result of, and cause, ubiquitin- proteasome dysfunction. To investigate the ubiquitin-proteasome system we designed a series of firefly luciferase reporters targeted selectively to different points along this pathway. These reporters were used to monitor ubiquitin-proteasome system function in a striatal cell culture model of HD. Ubiquitylation processes were not reduced in mutant huntingtin cells but recognition or degradation of ubiquitylated substrates was decreased. We also found mutant huntingtin expressing cells had slight but significant decreases in chymotrypsin-like and caspase-like activities, and an unexpected increase in trypsin-like activity of the proteasome core. General proteasome core inhibitors, as well as selective caspase-like activity inhibitors, were less effective in mutant cells. Finally, treatment with 3-nitropropionic acid, a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor, had opposite effects on the ubiquitin-proteasome system with activation in wild-type and decreased activity in mutant huntingtin expressing cells. The results of these experiments show clearly selective disruption of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in this cell culture model of HD. The high throughput tools that we have designed and optimized will also be useful in identifying compounds that alter ubiquitin-proteasome system function and to investigate other neurodegenerative diseases such Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
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- Jesse M Hunter
- Department of Cell Biology, and Department of Psychiatry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Elangovan M, Choi ES, Jang BG, Kim MS, Yoo YJ. The ubiquitin-interacting motif of 26S proteasome subunit S5a induces A549 lung cancer cell death. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 364:226-30. [PMID: 17949686 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.09.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2007] [Accepted: 09/25/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The subunit S5a is a key component for the recruitment of ubiquitinated substrates to the 26S proteasome. When the full-length S5a, the N-terminal half of S5a (S5aN) containing the von Willebrand A (vWA) domain, and the C-terminal half of S5a (S5aC) containing two ubiquitin(Ub)-interacting motifs (UIMs) were ectopically expressed in HEK293 cells, Ub-conjugates accumulated most prominently in S5aC-expressing cells. In addition, S5aC induced A549 lung cancer cell death but not non-cancer BEAS-2B cell death. Similar effects were observed using only S5a-UIMs. Our data therefore suggest that S5a-UIMs can be used as upstream inhibitors of the proteasome pathway.
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- Muthukumar Elangovan
- Department of Life Science, Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (GIST), 1 Oryong-dong Buk-ku, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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