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Fang S, Chen G, Wang Y, Ganti R, Chernova TA, Zhou L, Jacobs SE, Duong D, Kiyokawa H, Chernoff YO, Li M, Shcherbik N, Zhao B, Yin J. Profiling and verifying the substrates of E3 ubiquitin ligase Rsp5 in yeast cells. STAR Protoc 2023; 4:102489. [PMID: 37561636 PMCID: PMC10440593 DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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Yeast is an essential model organism for studying protein ubiquitination pathways; however, identifying the direct substrates of E3 in the cell presents a challenge. Here, we present a protocol for using the orthogonal ubiquitin transfer (OUT) cascade to profile the substrate specificity of yeast E3 Rsp5. We describe steps for OUT profiling, proteomics analysis, in vitro and in cell ubiquitination, and stability assay. The protocol can be adapted for identifying and verifying the ubiquitination targets of other E3s in yeast. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Wang et al.1.
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- Shuai Fang
- Engineering Research Center of Cell and Therapeutic Antibody, Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA; Kobilka Institute of Innovative Drug Discovery, School of Life and Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA; Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Integrated Proteomics Core, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48019, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA.
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- Engineering Research Center of Cell and Therapeutic Antibody, Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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Cunha JT, Soares PO, Baptista SL, Costa CE, Domingues L. Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae for lignocellulosic valorization: a review and perspectives on bioethanol production. Bioengineered 2020; 11:883-903. [PMID: 32799606 PMCID: PMC8291843 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2020.1801178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The biorefinery concept, consisting in using renewable biomass with economical and energy goals, appeared in response to the ongoing exhaustion of fossil reserves. Bioethanol is the most prominent biofuel and has been considered one of the top chemicals to be obtained from biomass. Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the preferred microorganism for ethanol production, has been the target of extensive genetic modifications to improve the production of this alcohol from renewable biomasses. Additionally, S. cerevisiae strains from harsh industrial environments have been exploited due to their robust traits and improved fermentative capacity. Nevertheless, there is still not an optimized strain capable of turning second generation bioprocesses economically viable. Considering this, and aiming to facilitate and guide the future development of effective S. cerevisiae strains, this work reviews genetic engineering strategies envisioning improvements in 2nd generation bioethanol production, with special focus in process-related traits, xylose consumption, and consolidated bioprocessing. Altogether, the genetic toolbox described proves S. cerevisiae to be a key microorganism for the establishment of a bioeconomy, not only for the production of lignocellulosic bioethanol, but also having potential as a cell factory platform for overall valorization of renewable biomasses.
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- Joana T Cunha
- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar , Braga, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar , Braga, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar , Braga, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar , Braga, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar , Braga, Portugal
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Wawrzycka D, Sadlak J, Maciaszczyk-Dziubinska E, Wysocki R. Rsp5-dependent endocytosis and degradation of the arsenite transporter Acr3 requires its N-terminal acidic tail as an endocytic sorting signal and arrestin-related ubiquitin-ligase adaptors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2019; 1861:916-925. [PMID: 30776335 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Revised: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The yeast plasma membrane transporter Acr3 mediates efflux of toxic arsenite and antimonite. Here, we investigated the mechanisms of Acr3 turnover. We found that after arrival and residence at the plasma membrane, Acr3 is subjected to internalization followed by proteolysis in the vacuole. Endocytic degradation of Acr3 is promoted by the ubiquitin ligase Rsp5 and requires polyubiquitination of Acr3 at multiple lysine residues via lysine 63-linked ubiquitin chains. The turnover of Acr3 also depends on two arrestin-related proteins, Art3/Aly2 and Art4/Rod1, that enable recruitment of Rsp5 to its targets. Finally, we found that a short acidic patch located in the N-terminal tail of Acr3 is needed for its ubiquitination and internalization. We propose that this motif serves as an endocytic signal that facilitates binding of the arrestin-Rsp5 complexes to the Acr3 cargo.
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- Donata Wawrzycka
- Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wroclaw, 50-328 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wroclaw, 50-328 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wroclaw, 50-328 Wroclaw, Poland.
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Watcharawipas A, Watanabe D, Takagi H. Enhanced sodium acetate tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the Thr255Ala mutation of the ubiquitin ligase Rsp5. FEMS Yeast Res 2017; 17:4587736. [DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fox083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Domanska A, Kaminska J. Role of Rsp5 ubiquitin ligase in biogenesis of rRNA, mRNA and tRNA in yeast. RNA Biol 2016; 12:1265-74. [PMID: 26403176 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2015.1094604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Rsp5 ubiquitin ligase is required for ubiquitination of a wide variety of proteins involved in essential processes. Rsp5 was shown to be involved in regulation of lipid biosynthesis, intracellular trafficking of proteins, response to various stresses, and many other processes. In this article, we provide a comprehensive review of the nuclear and cytoplasmic functions of Rsp5 with a focus on biogenesis of different RNAs. We also briefly describe the participation of Rsp5 in the regulation of the RNA polymerase II complex, and its potential role in the regulation of other RNA polymerases. Moreover, we emphasize the function of Rsp5 in the coordination of the different steps of rRNA, mRNA and tRNA metabolism in the context of protein biosynthesis. Finally, we highlight the involvement of Rsp5 in controlling diverse cellular mechanisms at multiple levels and in adaptation of the cell to changing growth conditions.
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- Anna Domanska
- a Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences ; Warsaw , Poland
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- a Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences ; Warsaw , Poland
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Ethanol Production from Sweet Sorghum Juice at High Temperatures Using a Newly Isolated Thermotolerant Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae DBKKU Y-53. ENERGIES 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/en9040253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Fang NN, Chan GT, Zhu M, Comyn SA, Persaud A, Deshaies RJ, Rotin D, Gsponer J, Mayor T. Rsp5/Nedd4 is the main ubiquitin ligase that targets cytosolic misfolded proteins following heat stress. Nat Cell Biol 2014; 16:1227-37. [PMID: 25344756 PMCID: PMC5224936 DOI: 10.1038/ncb3054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The heat-shock response is a complex cellular program that induces major changes in protein translation, folding and degradation to alleviate toxicity caused by protein misfolding. Although heat shock has been widely used to study proteostasis, it remained unclear how misfolded proteins are targeted for proteolysis in these conditions. We found that Rsp5 and its mammalian homologue Nedd4 are important E3 ligases responsible for the increased ubiquitylation induced by heat stress. We determined that Rsp5 ubiquitylates mainly cytosolic misfolded proteins upon heat shock for proteasome degradation. We found that ubiquitylation of heat-induced substrates requires the Hsp40 co-chaperone Ydj1 that is further associated with Rsp5 upon heat shock. In addition, ubiquitylation is also promoted by PY Rsp5-binding motifs found primarily in the structured regions of stress-induced substrates, which can act as heat-induced degrons. Our results support a bipartite recognition mechanism combining direct and chaperone-dependent ubiquitylation of misfolded cytosolic proteins by Rsp5.
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- Nancy N Fang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, 2125 East Mall Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, 2125 East Mall Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, 2125 East Mall Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, 2125 East Mall Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada
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- Program in Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, and Biochemistry Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, 114-96 Caltech, 1200 E. California Boulevard Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Program in Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, and Biochemistry Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, 2125 East Mall Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, 2125 East Mall Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada
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Kimura Y, Kawawaki J, Kakiyama Y, Shimoda A, Tanaka K. The ESCRT-III adaptor protein Bro1 controls functions of regulator for free ubiquitin chains 1 (Rfu1) in ubiquitin homeostasis. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:21760-9. [PMID: 24962567 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.550871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Yeast Rfu1 (regulator for free ubiquitin chain 1) localizes to endosomes and plays a role in ubiquitin homeostasis by inhibiting the activity of Doa4. We show that Bro1, a member of the class E vacuolar protein sorting proteins that recruits Doa4 to endosomes and stimulates Doa4 deubiquitinating activity, also recruits Rfu1 to endosomes for involvement in ubiquitin homeostasis. This recruitment was mediated by the direct interaction between a region containing the YPEL motif in Rfu1 and the V domain in Bro1, which could be analogous to the interaction between the mammalian Alix V domain and YPXnL motifs of viral and cellular proteins. Furthermore, overexpression of Bro1, particularly the V domain, prevented Rfu1 degradation in response to heat shock. Thus, Bro1, a Doa4 positive regulator, regulated Rfu1, a negative regulator of Doa4. Rfu1 degradation partly involved the proteasome and a ubiquitin ligase Rsp5, suggesting that Rfu1 stability was regulated by ubiquitin-proteasome pathways.
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- Yoko Kimura
- From the Laboratory of Protein Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 113-8613 and the Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- From the Laboratory of Protein Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 113-8613 and
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- From the Laboratory of Protein Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 113-8613 and
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- From the Laboratory of Protein Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 113-8613 and
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- From the Laboratory of Protein Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 113-8613 and
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Doğan A, Demirci S, Aytekin AÖ, Şahin F. Improvements of tolerance to stress conditions by genetic engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during ethanol production. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2014; 174:28-42. [PMID: 24908051 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-014-1006-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae, industrial yeast isolate, has been of great interest in recent years for fuel ethanol production. The ethanol yield and productivity depend on many inhibitory factors during the fermentation process such as temperature, ethanol, compounds released as the result of pretreatment procedures, and osmotic stress. An ideal strain should be able to grow under different stress conditions occurred at different fermentation steps. Development of tolerant yeast strains can be achieved by reprogramming pathways supporting the ethanol metabolism by regulating the energy balance and detoxicification processes. Complex gene interactions should be solved for an in-depth comprehension of the yeast stress tolerance mechanism. Genetic engineering as a powerful biotechnological tool is required to design new strategies for increasing the ethanol fermentation performance. Upregulation of stress tolerance genes by recombinant DNA technology can be a useful approach to overcome inhibitory situations. This review presents the application of several genetic engineering strategies to increase ethanol yield under different stress conditions including inhibitor tolerance, ethanol tolerance, thermotolerance, and osmotolerance.
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- Ayşegül Doğan
- Department of Genetics and BioEngineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Yeditepe University, 26 Ağustos Campus, Kayisdagi cad., Kayisdagi, TR-34755, Istanbul, Turkey,
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Jarmoszewicz K, Łukasiak K, Riezman H, Kaminska J. Rsp5 ubiquitin ligase is required for protein trafficking in Saccharomyces cerevisiae COPI mutants. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39582. [PMID: 22761830 PMCID: PMC3383674 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2011] [Accepted: 05/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Retrograde trafficking from the Golgi to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) depends on the formation of vesicles coated with the multiprotein complex COPI. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae ubiquitinated derivatives of several COPI subunits have been identified. The importance of this modification of COPI proteins is unknown. With the exception of the Sec27 protein (β'COP) neither the ubiquitin ligase responsible for ubiquitination of COPI subunits nor the importance of this modification are known. Here we find that the ubiquitin ligase mutation, rsp5-1, has a negative effect that is additive with ret1-1 and sec28Δ mutations, in genes encoding α- and ε-COP, respectively. The double ret1-1 rsp5-1 mutant is also more severely defective in the Golgi-to-ER trafficking compared to the single ret1-1, secreting more of the ER chaperone Kar2p, localizing Rer1p mostly to the vacuole, and increasing sensitivity to neomycin. Overexpression of ubiquitin in ret1-1 rsp5-1 mutant suppresses vacuolar accumulation of Rer1p. We found that the effect of rsp5 mutation on the Golgi-to-ER trafficking is similar to that of sla1Δ mutation in a gene encoding actin cytoskeleton proteins, an Rsp5p substrate. Additionally, Rsp5 and Sla1 proteins were found by co-immunoprecipitation in a complex containing COPI subunits. Together, our results show that Rsp5 ligase plays a role in regulating retrograde Golgi-to-ER trafficking.
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- Katarzyna Jarmoszewicz
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Shahsavarani H, Sugiyama M, Kaneko Y, Chuenchit B, Harashima S. Superior thermotolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for efficient bioethanol fermentation can be achieved by overexpression of RSP5 ubiquitin ligase. Biotechnol Adv 2011; 30:1289-300. [PMID: 21930195 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2011] [Revised: 08/20/2011] [Accepted: 09/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process requires thermo-tolerant yeast to facilitate the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose. In this paper, we describe a Htg+ strain that exhibits confluent growth at high temperature (41 °C) and resistance to heat shock, ethanol, osmotic, oxidative and DNA damage stresses. HTG6, one of the six genes responsible for the thermotolerant phenotype was identified to be the gene RSP5 encoding a ubiquitin ligase. The RSP5 allele of the Htg+ strain, designated RSP5-C, possessed five, one and two base changes in the promoter, open reading frame and terminator region, respectively. The base changes in the promoter region of the RSP5-C allele were found to be responsible for the thermotolerant phenotype by strongly increasing transcription of the RSP5 gene and consequently causing a rise in the ubiquitination of cell proteins. Overexpression of the RSP5-BY allele present in the htg6 host strain (Htg-) conferred thermotolerance at 41°C, to this strain as in the case of RSP5-C allele. We also discovered that an Htg+ strain overexpressing the RSP5-C allele exhibits a more robust Htg+ phenotype against higher temperature (43 °C). The data presented here also suggest that overexpression of RSP5 could be applied to raise the upper limit of thermotolerance in S. cerevisiae strain used for industrial bioethanol production.
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- Hosein Shahsavarani
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Shcherbik N, Pestov DG. The ubiquitin ligase Rsp5 is required for ribosome stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2011; 17:1422-8. [PMID: 21665996 PMCID: PMC3153967 DOI: 10.1261/rna.2615311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Rsp5p is a conserved HECT-domain ubiquitin ligase with diverse roles in cellular physiology. Here we report a previously unknown role of Rsp5p in facilitating the stability of the cytoplasmic ribosome pool in budding yeast. Yeast strains carrying temperature-sensitive mutations in RSP5 showed a progressive decline in levels of 18S and 25S rRNAs and accumulation of rRNA decay fragments when cells grown in rich medium were shifted to restrictive temperature. This was accompanied by a decreased number of translating ribosomes and the appearance of ribosomal subunits with an abnormally low sedimentation rate in polysome analysis. Abrogating Rsp5p function affected stability of other tested noncoding RNA species (tRNA and snoRNA), but to a lower extent than that of rRNA, and also inhibited processing of rRNA and tRNA precursors, in agreement with previous studies. The breakdown of cellular ribosomes was not affected by deletion of key genes involved in autophagy, previously implicated in ribosome turnover upon starvation. Our results suggest that functional Rsp5p is required to maintain the integrity of cytoplasmic ribosomes under rich nutrient conditions.
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- Natalia Shcherbik
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford, New Jersey 08084, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford, New Jersey 08084, USA
- Corresponding author.E-mail .
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Kimura Y, Tanaka K. Regulatory mechanisms involved in the control of ubiquitin homeostasis. J Biochem 2010; 147:793-8. [PMID: 20418328 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvq044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Ubiquitin (Ub) modification plays an essential role in the regulation of various cellular processes. Ub performs a remarkable array of cellular tasks through the production of a large number of ubiquitinated proteins; such tasks require many Ubs. Ubs are expressed abundantly from several Ub encoding genes, though not in excess. Rather, Ub expression is tightly regulated through various control mechanisms. Recent studies have shown that the cellular Ub level is regulated by balanced activities of deubiquitinating enzymes and their regulators. Here, we review the current understandings of the regulatory mechanisms that control Ub expression and its metabolism and maintain Ub homeostasis.
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- Yoko Kimura
- Laboratory of Protein Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan.
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French ME, Kretzmann BR, Hicke L. Regulation of the RSP5 ubiquitin ligase by an intrinsic ubiquitin-binding site. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:12071-9. [PMID: 19252184 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m901106200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Rsp5 is a homologous to E6AP C terminus (HECT) ubiquitin ligase (E3) that controls many different cellular processes in budding yeast. Although Rsp5 targets a number of different substrates for ubiquitination, the mechanisms that regulate Rsp5 activity remain poorly understood. Here we demonstrate that Rsp5 carries a noncovalent ubiquitin-binding site in its catalytic HECT domain. The N-terminal lobe of the HECT domain mediates binding to ubiquitin, and point mutations that disrupt interactions with ubiquitin alter the ability of the Rsp5 HECT domain to assemble polyubiquitin chains in vitro. Point mutations that disrupt ubiquitin binding also result in temperature-sensitive growth defects in yeast, indicating that the Rsp5 ubiquitin-binding site is important for Rsp5 function in vivo. The Nedd4 HECT domain N-lobe also contains ubiquitin-binding activity, suggesting that interactions between the N-lobe and ubiquitin are conserved within the Nedd4 family of ubiquitin ligases. We propose that a subset of HECT E3s are regulated by a conserved ubiquitin-binding site that functions to restrict the length of polyubiquitin chains synthesized by the HECT domain.
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- Michael E French
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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Strochlic TI, Schmiedekamp BC, Lee J, Katzmann DJ, Burd CG. Opposing activities of the Snx3-retromer complex and ESCRT proteins mediate regulated cargo sorting at a common endosome. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:4694-706. [PMID: 18768754 PMCID: PMC2575174 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-03-0296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2008] [Revised: 08/13/2008] [Accepted: 08/27/2008] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Endocytosed proteins are either delivered to the lysosome to be degraded or are exported from the endosomal system and delivered to other organelles. Sorting of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae reductive iron transporter, composed of the Fet3 and Ftr1 proteins, in the endosomal system is regulated by available iron; in iron-starved cells, Fet3-Ftr1 is sorted by Snx3/Grd19 and retromer into a recycling pathway that delivers it back to the plasma membrane, but when starved cells are exposed to iron, Fet3-Ftr1 is targeted to the lysosome-like vacuole and is degraded. We report that iron-induced endocytosis of Fet3-Ftr1 is independent of Fet3-Ftr1 ubiquitylation, and after endocytosis, degradation of Fet3-Ftr1 is mediated by the multivesicular body (MVB) sorting pathway. In mutant cells lacking any component of the ESCRT protein-dependent MVB sorting machinery, the Rsp5 ubiquitin ligase, or in wild-type cells expressing Fet3-Ftr1 lacking cytosolic lysyl ubiquitin acceptor sites, Fet3-Ftr1 is constitutively sorted into the recycling pathway independent of iron status. In the presence and absence of iron, Fet3-Ftr1 transits an endosomal compartment where a subunit of the MVB sorting receptor (Vps27), Snx3/Grd19, and retromer proteins colocalize. We propose that this endosome is where Rsp5 ubiquitylates Fet3-Ftr1 and where the recycling and degradative pathways diverge.
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- Todd I. Strochlic
- *Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058; and
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- *Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058; and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905
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- *Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058; and
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Stribinskis V, Ramos KS. Rpm2p, a protein subunit of mitochondrial RNase P, physically and genetically interacts with cytoplasmic processing bodies. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:1301-11. [PMID: 17267405 PMCID: PMC1851656 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The RPM2 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae codes for a protein subunit of mitochondrial RNase P and has another unknown essential function. We previously demonstrated that Rpm2p localizes to the nucleus and acts as a transcriptional activator. Rpm2p influences the level of mRNAs that encode components of the mitochondrial import apparatus and essential mitochondrial chaperones. Evidence is presented here that Rpm2p interacts with Dcp2p, a subunit of mRNA decapping enzyme in the two-hybrid assay, and is enriched in cytoplasmic P bodies, the sites of mRNA degradation and storage in yeast and mammalian cells. When overexpressed, GFP-Rpm2p does not impact the number and size of P bodies; however, it prevents their disappearance when translation elongation is inhibited by cycloheximide. Proteasome mutants, ump1-2 and pre4-2, that bypass essential Rpm2p function, also stabilize P bodies. The stabilization of P bodies by Rpm2p may occur through reduced protein degradation since GFP-Rpm2p expressing cells have lower levels of ubiquitin. Genetic analysis revealed that overexpression of Dhh1p (a DEAD box helicase localized to P bodies) suppresses temperature-sensitive growth of the rpm2-100 mutant. Overexpression of Pab1p (a poly (A)-binding protein) also suppresses rpm2-100, suggesting that Rpm2p functions in at least two aspects of mRNA metabolism. The results presented here, and the transcriptional activation function demonstrated earlier, implicate Rpm2p as a coordinator of transcription and mRNA storage/decay in P bodies.
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- Vilius Stribinskis
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Center for Genetics and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
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Kee Y, Muñoz W, Lyon N, Huibregtse JM. The deubiquitinating enzyme Ubp2 modulates Rsp5-dependent Lys63-linked polyubiquitin conjugates in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:36724-31. [PMID: 17028178 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608756200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The functions of Lys(63)-linked polyubiquitin chains are poorly understood, as are the enzymes that specifically generate Lys(63)-linked conjugates. Rsp5 is a HECT (homologous to E6AP C terminus) ubiquitin ligase involved in numerous processes, and an associated deubiquitinating enzyme, Ubp2, modulates its activity. A dramatic increase in Lys(63)-linked conjugates was observed in ubp2Delta cells. The formation of these was Rsp5-dependent, and ubp2Delta phenotypes could be suppressed by prevention of formation of Lys(63) conjugates. Cell wall integrity was impaired in rsp5-1 cells and in cells defective in Lys(63)-polyubiquitination, as assayed by calcofluor white sensitivity, and ubp2Delta and rup1Delta mutants suppressed the calcofluor white sensitivity of rsp5-1. A large fraction of the Lys(63) conjugates in ubp2Delta cells bound to Rsp5, and a proteomics approach was used to identify Rsp5 substrates subject to Ubp2 regulation. Two closely related proteins, Csr2 and Ecm21, were among the identified proteins. Both were efficiently Lys(63)-polyubiquitinated by Rsp5 and deubiquitinated by Ubp2. Together, these results indicate that Ubp2 modulates Lys(63)-polyubiquitination of Rsp5 substrates in vivo, including ubiquitination of two newly identified Rsp5 substrates.
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- Younghoon Kee
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Ribar B, Prakash L, Prakash S. Requirement of ELC1 for RNA polymerase II polyubiquitylation and degradation in response to DNA damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:3999-4005. [PMID: 16705154 PMCID: PMC1489084 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00293-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Treatment of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and human cells with DNA-damaging agents such as UV light or 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide induces polyubiquitylation of the largest RNA polymerase II (Pol II) subunit, Rpb1, which results in rapid Pol II degradation by the proteasome. Here we identify a novel role for the yeast Elc1 protein in mediating Pol II polyubiquitylation and degradation in DNA-damaged yeast cells and propose the involvement of a ubiquitin ligase, of which Elc1 is a component, in this process. In addition, we present genetic evidence for a possible involvement of Elc1 in Rad7-Rad16-dependent nucleotide excision repair (NER) of lesions from the nontranscribed regions of the genome and suggest a role for Elc1 in increasing the proficiency of repair of nontranscribed DNA, where as a component of the Rad7-Rad16-Elc1 ubiquitin ligase, it would promote the efficient turnover of the NER ensemble from the lesion site in a Rad23-19S proteasomal complex-dependent reaction.
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- Balazs Ribar
- Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77555-1061, USA
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Kwapisz M, Cholbinski P, Hopper AK, Rousset JP, Zoladek T. Rsp5 ubiquitin ligase modulates translation accuracy in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2005; 11:1710-8. [PMID: 16177134 PMCID: PMC1370857 DOI: 10.1261/rna.2131605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Rsp5p is an essential yeast ubiquitin protein ligase that ubiquitinates multiple proteins involved in various processes. Recent studies indicate that ubiquitination also affects translation. Here, we show that the strain with the rsp5-13 mutation exhibits altered sensitivity to antibiotics and a slower rate of translation. Using a sensitive dual-gene reporter system, we demonstrate that stop codon readthrough efficiency is decreased in the rsp5-13 mutant, while both +1 and -1 frameshifting were unaffected. The effect of the rsp5-13 mutation on readthrough could be reversed by increased expression of ubiquitin and partially suppressed by overproduction of the elongation factor eEF1A. As assessed by fluorescence in situ hybridization, the rsp5-13 mutant cells accumulate tRNA nuclear pools, perhaps depleting tRNA from the cytoplasm. Nuclear accumulation of tRNA is observed only when rsp5-13 cells are grown in media with high amino acid content. This defect, also reversed by overproduction of the elongation factor eEF1A, may be the primary reason for altered translational decoding accuracy.
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- Marta Kwapisz
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, PAS, Warsaw, Poland
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Current awareness on yeast. Yeast 2005; 22:503-10. [PMID: 15918233 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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