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Aichem A, Groettrup M. The ubiquitin-like modifier FAT10 - much more than a proteasome-targeting signal. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:133/14/jcs246041. [PMID: 32719056 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.246041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-F adjacent transcript 10 (FAT10) also called ubiquitin D (UBD) is a member of the ubiquitin-like modifier (ULM) family. The FAT10 gene is localized in the MHC class I locus and FAT10 protein expression is mainly restricted to cells and organs of the immune system. In all other cell types and tissues, FAT10 expression is highly inducible by the pro-inflammatory cytokines interferon (IFN)-γ and tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Besides ubiquitin, FAT10 is the only ULM which directly targets its substrates for degradation by the 26S proteasome. This poses the question as to why two ULMs sharing the proteasome-targeting function have evolved and how they differ from each other. This Review summarizes the current knowledge of the special structure of FAT10 and highlights its differences from ubiquitin. We discuss how these differences might result in differential outcomes concerning proteasomal degradation mechanisms and non-covalent target interactions. Moreover, recent insights about the structural and functional impact of FAT10 interacting with specific non-covalent interaction partners are reviewed.
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- Annette Aichem
- Biotechnology Institute Thurgau at the University of Konstanz, CH-8280 Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.,Division of Immunology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Biotechnology Institute Thurgau at the University of Konstanz, CH-8280 Kreuzlingen, Switzerland .,Division of Immunology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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Ronchi VP, Kim ED, Summa CM, Klein JM, Haas AL. In silico modeling of the cryptic E2∼ubiquitin-binding site of E6-associated protein (E6AP)/UBE3A reveals the mechanism of polyubiquitin chain assembly. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:18006-18023. [PMID: 28924046 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.813477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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To understand the mechanism for assembly of Lys48-linked polyubiquitin degradation signals, we previously demonstrated that the E6AP/UBE3A ligase harbors two functionally distinct E2∼ubiquitin-binding sites: a high-affinity Site 1 required for E6AP Cys820∼ubiquitin thioester formation and a canonical Site 2 responsible for subsequent chain elongation. Ordered binding to Sites 1 and 2 is here revealed by observation of UbcH7∼ubiquitin-dependent substrate inhibition of chain formation at micromolar concentrations. To understand substrate inhibition, we exploited the PatchDock algorithm to model in silico UbcH7∼ubiquitin bound to Site 1, validated by chain assembly kinetics of selected point mutants. The predicted structure buries an extensive solvent-excluded surface bringing the UbcH7∼ubiquitin thioester bond within 6 Å of the Cys820 nucleophile. Modeling onto the active E6AP trimer suggests that substrate inhibition arises from steric hindrance between Sites 1 and 2 of adjacent subunits. Confirmation that Sites 1 and 2 function in trans was demonstrated by examining the effect of E6APC820A on wild-type activity and single-turnover pulse-chase kinetics. A cyclic proximal indexation model proposes that Sites 1 and 2 function in tandem to assemble thioester-linked polyubiquitin chains from the proximal end attached to Cys820 before stochastic en bloc transfer to the target protein. Non-reducing SDS-PAGE confirms assembly of the predicted Cys820-linked 125I-polyubiquitin thioester intermediate. Other studies suggest that Glu550 serves as a general base to generate the Cys820 thiolate within the low dielectric binding interface and Arg506 functions to orient Glu550 and to stabilize the incipient anionic transition state during thioester exchange.
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and
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- the Department of Computer Science, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and .,the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 and
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Dou H, Buetow L, Sibbet GJ, Cameron K, Huang DT. BIRC7-E2 ubiquitin conjugate structure reveals the mechanism of ubiquitin transfer by a RING dimer. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2012; 19:876-83. [PMID: 22902369 PMCID: PMC3880866 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2012] [Accepted: 08/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Certain RING ubiquitin ligases (E3s) dimerize to facilitate ubiquitin (Ub) transfer from ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2) to substrate, but structural evidence on how this process promotes Ub transfer is lacking. Here we report the structure of the human dimeric RING domain from BIRC7 in complex with the E2 UbcH5B covalently linked to Ub (UbcH5B∼Ub). The structure reveals extensive noncovalent donor Ub interactions with UbcH5B and both subunits of the RING domain dimer that stabilize the globular body and C-terminal tail of Ub. Mutations that disrupt these noncovalent interactions or RING dimerization reduce UbcH5B∼Ub binding affinity and ubiquitination activity. Moreover, NMR analyses demonstrate that BIRC7 binding to UbcH5B∼Ub induces peak-shift perturbations in the donor Ub consistent with the crystallographically-observed Ub interactions. Our results provide structural insights into how dimeric RING E3s recruit E2∼Ub and optimize the donor Ub configuration for transfer.
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- Hao Dou
- The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1BD, United Kingdom
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- The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1BD, United Kingdom
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- The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1BD, United Kingdom
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- The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1BD, United Kingdom
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- The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1BD, United Kingdom
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Post-translational modification of proteins with ubiquitin regulates a variety of eukaryotic cellular processes. Ubiquitin can be conjugated to substrates either as a single moiety (monoubiquitination) or as isopeptide bond-linked chains (polyubiquitination), creating an array of ubiquitin signals. It has been established that monoubiquitination can serve important functions in many biological processes such as the regulation of gene transcription, protein trafficking, and DNA repair. Surprisingly, little is known about the mechanisms by which monoubiquitin signals are produced in the cell. Here, we discuss the potential cellular strategies for generating monoubiquitinated proteins using a few, relatively well characterized examples of monoubiquitinated proteins. These strategies include coupling ubiquitination to low affinity ubiquitin binding, using monoubiquitination-dedicated E2 conjugating enzymes, and restricting ubiquitin chain elongation. Some of these principles may be applicable to protein modifications involving ubiquitin like proteins (UBLs), which often occur in monomeric form.
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- Harish N Ramanathan
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Han X, Du H, Massiah MA. Detection and characterization of the in vitro e3 ligase activity of the human MID1 protein. J Mol Biol 2011; 407:505-20. [PMID: 21296087 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.01.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2010] [Revised: 12/24/2010] [Accepted: 01/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Human MID1 (midline-1) is a microtubule-associated protein that is postulated to target the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 2A for degradation. It binds alpha4 that then recruits the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 2A. As a member of the TRIM (tripartite motif) family, MID1 has three consecutive zinc-binding domains-RING (really interesting new gene), Bbox1, and Bbox2-that have similar ββα-folds. Here, we describe the in vitro characterization of these domains individually and in tandem. We observed that the RING domain exhibited greater ubiquitin (Ub) E3 ligase activity compared to the Bbox domains. The amount of autopolyubiquitinated products with RING-Bbox1 and RING-Bbox1-Bbox2 domains in tandem was significantly greater than those of the individual domains. However, no polyubiquitinated products were observed for the Bbox1-Bbox domains in tandem. Using mutants of Ub, we observed that these MID1 domain constructs facilitate Ub chain elongation via Lys63 of Ub. In addition, we observed that the high-molecular-weight protein products were primarily due to polyubiquitination at one site (Lys154) on the Bbox1 domain of the RING-Bbox1 and RING-Bbox1-Bbox2 constructs. We observed that MID1 E3 domains could interact with multiple E2-conjugating enzymes. Lastly, a 45-amino-acid peptide derived from the C-terminus of alpha4 that binds tightly to Bbox1 was observed to be monoubiquitinated in the assay and appears to down-regulate the amount of polyubiquitinated products formed. These studies shed light on MID1 E3 ligase activity and show how its three zinc-binding domains can contribute to MID1's overall function.
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- Xiaofeng Han
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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Henderson MJ, Singh OV, Zeitlin PL. Applications of proteomic technologies for understanding the premature proteolysis of CFTR. Expert Rev Proteomics 2010; 7:473-86. [PMID: 20653504 DOI: 10.1586/epr.10.42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, which encodes an ATP-dependent anion channel. Disease-causing mutations can affect channel biogenesis, trafficking or function, and result in reduced ion transport at the apical surface of many tissues. The most common CFTR mutation is a deletion of phenylalanine at position 508 (DeltaF508), which results in a misfolded protein that is prematurely targeted for degradation. This article focuses on how proteomic approaches have been utilized to explore the mechanisms of premature proteolysis in CF. Additionally, we emphasize the potential for proteomic-based technologies in expanding our understanding of CF pathophysiology and therapeutic approaches.
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- Mark J Henderson
- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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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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Gunjan A, Paik J, Verreault A. The emergence of regulated histone proteolysis. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2006; 16:112-8. [PMID: 16510276 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2006.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2005] [Accepted: 02/13/2006] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Proliferating cells need to synthesize large amounts of histones to rapidly package nascent DNA into nucleosomes. This is a challenging task for cells because changes in rates of DNA synthesis lead to an accumulation of excess histones, which interfere with many aspects of DNA metabolism. In addition, cells need to ensure that histone variants are incorporated at the correct chromosomal location. Recent discoveries have highlighted the importance of regulated histone proteolysis in preventing both the accumulation of excess histones and the mis-incorporation of histone variants at inappropriate loci.
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- Akash Gunjan
- Florida State University College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, 1115 West Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32309-4300, USA
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Citterio E, Papait R, Nicassio F, Vecchi M, Gomiero P, Mantovani R, Di Fiore PP, Bonapace IM. Np95 is a histone-binding protein endowed with ubiquitin ligase activity. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:2526-35. [PMID: 14993289 PMCID: PMC355858 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.6.2526-2535.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Np95 is an important determinant in cell cycle progression. Its expression is tightly regulated and becomes detectable shortly before the entry of cells into S phase. Accordingly, Np95 is absolutely required for the G1/S transition. Its continued expression throughout the S/G2/M phases further suggests additional roles. Indeed, Np95 has been implicated in DNA damage response. Here, we show that Np95 is tightly bound to chromatin in vivo and that it binds to histones in vivo and in vitro. The binding to histones is direct and shows a remarkable preference for histone H3 and its N-terminal tail. A novel protein domain, the SRA-YDG domain, contained in Np95 is indispensable both for the interaction with histones and for chromatin binding in vivo. Np95 contains a RING finger. We show that this domain confers E3 ubiquitin ligase activity on Np95, which is specific for core histones, in vitro. Finally, Np95 shows specific E3 activity for histone H3 when the endogenous core octamer, coimmunoprecipitating with Np95, is used as a substrate. Histone ubiquitination is an important determinant in the regulation of chromatin structure and gene transcription. Thus, the demonstration that Np95 is a chromatin-associated ubiquitin ligase suggests possible molecular mechanisms for its action as a cell cycle regulator.
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Xing W, Krishnamurthy H, Sairam MR. Role of follitropin receptor signaling in nuclear protein transitions and chromatin condensation during spermatogenesis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 312:697-701. [PMID: 14680821 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.10.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2003] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Follitropin receptor (FSHR) in testicular Sertoli cells mediates signaling by pituitary follitropin (FSH) promoting intercellular communication with germ cells for normal spermatogenesis. Using receptor knockout mice we examined changes in sperm nucleoproteins and chromatin architecture. The expressions of transition proteins 1/2 (TP1/2) and protamine-2 (PRM-2) were greatly diminished at 21 days, but returned to normal at 35 days and 3 months after birth. However, protein components in chromatin were quite different. Western blots detected a reduction in PRM1/2 and prolonged retention of mono-ubiquitinated histone 2A (uH2A) in the epididymal sperm from adult mutants. Two forms of mono- and poly-uH2A were present in sonication-resistant testicular spermatids in normal mice, whereas only an elevated mono-uH2A was detectable in mutants. Decrease in PRM1/2 and retention of mono-uH2A was coincident with reduction in TP1/2 in premature spermatids. Thus lack of FSHR signaling impairs expression of TP1/2 and PRM-2 at an early stage of post-natal development causing delayed spermatogenesis. In the adult, absence of FSHR signaling prolongs retention of mono-uH2A, leading to impair transition of basic nucleoproteins and chromatin remodeling during mouse spermatogenesis.
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- Weirong Xing
- Molecular Reproduction Research Laboratory, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal 110 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Que., Canada H2W 1R7
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Gunjan A, Verreault A. A Rad53 kinase-dependent surveillance mechanism that regulates histone protein levels in S. cerevisiae. Cell 2004; 115:537-49. [PMID: 14651846 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(03)00896-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Rad53 and Mec1 are protein kinases required for DNA replication and recovery from DNA damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here, we show that rad53, but not mec1 mutants, are extremely sensitive to histone overexpression, as Rad53 is required for degradation of excess histones. Consequently, excess histones accumulate in rad53 mutants, resulting in slow growth, DNA damage sensitivity, and chromosome loss phenotypes that are significantly suppressed by a reduction in histone gene dosage. Rad53 monitors excess histones by associating with them in a dynamic complex that is modulated by its kinase activity. Our results argue that Rad53 contributes to genome stability independently of Mec1 by preventing the damaging effects of excess histones both during normal cell cycle progression and in response to DNA damage.
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- Akash Gunjan
- Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Clare Hall Laboratories, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Hertfordshire EN6 3LD, United Kingdom
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Reverte CG, Ahearn MD, Hake LE. CPEB degradation during Xenopus oocyte maturation requires a PEST domain and the 26S proteasome. Dev Biol 2001; 231:447-58. [PMID: 11237472 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cytoplasmic poly(A) elongation is widely utilized during the early development of many organisms as a mechanism for translational activation. Targeting of mRNAs for this mechanism requires the presence of a U-rich element, the cytoplasmic polyadenylation element (CPE), and its binding protein, CPEB. Blocking cytoplasmic polyadenylation by interfering with the CPE or CPEB prevents the translational activation of mRNAs that are crucial for oocyte maturation. The CPE sequence and CPEB are also important for translational repression of mRNAs stored in the Xenopus oocyte during oogenesis. To understand the contribution of protein metabolism to these two roles for CPEB, we have examined the mechanisms influencing the expression of CPEB during oogenesis and oocyte maturation. Through a comparison of CPEB mRNA levels, protein synthesis, and accumulation, we find that CPEB is synthesized during oogenesis and stockpiled in the oocyte. Minimal synthesis of CPEB, <3.6%, occurs during oocyte maturation. In late oocyte maturation, 75% of CPEB is degraded coincident with germinal vesicle breakdown. Using proteasome and ubiquitination inhibitors, we demonstrate that CPEB degradation occurs via the proteasome pathway, most likely through ubiquitin-conjugated intermediates. In addition, we demonstrate that degradation requires a 14 amino acid PEST domain.
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- C G Reverte
- Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
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Chen HY, Sun JM, Zhang Y, Davie JR, Meistrich ML. Ubiquitination of histone H3 in elongating spermatids of rat testes. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:13165-9. [PMID: 9582357 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.21.13165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Because of the potential role of histone ubiquitination in altering chromatin structure, we characterized the levels of ubiquitination of specific histones in meiotic and postmeiotic germ cells in rat testes by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. The levels of the major ubiquitinated histone forms, mono- and poly-ubiquitinated H2A, were highest in the pachytene spermatocyte stage, declined thereafter through the round spermatid stage, and reached their lowest levels in elongating spermatids. Three additional ubiquitinated histone species, besides H2A, were detected using anti-ubiquitin antibodies specifically in the fraction enriched in elongating spermatids. Based on their electrophoretic mobilities, they corresponded to uH3, uTH3, and uH2B. Polyubiquitinated forms of these proteins were also observed. The identity of these proteins was confirmed by immunoblotting with anti-H3 antisera and by differential extraction of the proteins from the nucleus with increasing salt concentrations. This is the first report of ubiquitination of H3 in vivo. We speculate that its ubiquitination could loosen the nucleosome structure in preparation for histone removal, be a consequence of nucleosome relaxation or disruption caused by other means, or target H3 for degradation.
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- H Y Chen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0W3 Canada
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Lam YA, DeMartino GN, Pickart CM, Cohen RE. Specificity of the ubiquitin isopeptidase in the PA700 regulatory complex of 26 S proteasomes. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:28438-46. [PMID: 9353303 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.45.28438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The specificity of the ubiquitin (Ub) isopeptidase in the PA700 regulatory complex of the bovine 26 S proteasome was investigated. Disassembly of poly-Ub by this enzyme is restricted to the distal-end Ub of the substrate, i.e. the Ub farthest from the site of protein attachment in poly-Ub-protein conjugates. The determinants recognized by the isopeptidase were probed by the use of mutant ubiquitins incorporated into Lys48-linked poly-Ub substrates. PA700 could not disassemble poly-Ub chains that contained a distal Ub(L8A,I44A). This suggested either that the enzyme interacts directly with Leu8 or Ile44 or that it recognizes a higher order structure that caps the distal end of a poly-Ub substrate and is destabilized by Ub(L8A,I44A). The previously determined di-Ub crystal structure (Cook, W. J., Jeffrey, L. C., Carson, M., Chen, Z., and Pickart, C. M. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 16467-16471) offered a candidate for such a "cap." In solution, however, this structure was not observed by 1H NMR spectroscopy. This and the finding that di-Ub with a single proximal Ub(L8A,I44A) is cleaved efficiently suggest that Leu8 and Ile44 in the distal-end Ub contact the isopeptidase directly. In addition to Lys48-linked chains, PA700 also could disassemble Lys6- and Lys-11-linked poly-Ub, but, surprisingly, not alpha-linked di-Ub. Results with these and other substrates suggest that specificity determinants for the PA700 isopeptidase include Leu8, Ile44, and Lys48 on the distal Ub and, for poly-Ub, some features of the Ub-Ub linkage itself.
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- Y A Lam
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Contrary to widespread belief, the regulation and mechanism of degradation for the mass of intracellular proteins (i.e. differential, selective protein turnover) in vertebrate tissues is still a major biological enigma. There is no evidence for the conclusion that ubiquitin plays any role in these processes. The primary function of the ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation pathway appears to lie in the removal of abnormal, misfolded, denatured or foreign proteins in some eukaryotic cells. ATP/ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis probably also plays a role in the degradation of some so-called 'short-lived' proteins. Evidence obtained from the covalent modification of such natural substrates as calmodulin, histones (H2A, H2B) and some cell membrane receptors with ubiquitin indicates that the reversible interconversion of proteins with ubiquitin followed by concomitant functional changes may be of prime importance.
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- H P Jennissen
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Universität-GHS-Essen, Germany
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Parag HA, Dimitrovsky D, Raboy B, Kulka RG. Selective ubiquitination of calmodulin by UBC4 and a putative ubiquitin protein ligase (E3) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Lett 1993; 325:242-6. [PMID: 8391479 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81081-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A putative ubiquitin protein ligase (E3-CaM) which cooperates with UBC4 in selectively ubiquitinating calmodulin has been partially purified from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Ca2+ was required for this activity and monoubiquitinated calmodulin was the main product of the reaction. The apparent Km of E3-CaM for calmodulin was approximately 1 microM which is of the same order of magnitude as the concentration of calmodulin in yeast cells. Proteins which are good substrates for other E3s (E3 alpha or E3-R) were not ubiquitinated by E3-CaM. Lower but significant activities of E3-CaM were observed when UBC1 replaced UBC4.
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- H A Parag
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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The bacterially expressed yeast CDC34 gene product can undergo autoubiquitination to form a multiubiquitin chain-linked protein. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53371-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Ligand-induced ubiquitination of the platelet-derived growth factor beta-receptor plays a negative regulatory role in its mitogenic signaling. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54190-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Iodination of tyrosine 59 of ubiquitin selectively blocks ubiquitin's acceptor activity in diubiquitin synthesis catalyzed by E2(25K). J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)49728-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Li JJ, Dewey WC. Relationship between thermal tolerance and protein degradation in temperature-sensitive mouse cells. J Cell Physiol 1992; 151:310-7. [PMID: 1572905 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041510212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The induction of thermotolerance was studied in a temperature sensitive mouse cell line, ts85, and results were compared with those for the wild-type FM3A cells. At the nonpermissive temperature of 39 degrees C, ts85 cells are defective in the degradation of short-lived abnormal proteins, apparently because of loss of activity of a ubiquitin-activating enzyme. The failure of the ts85 cells to develop thermotolerance to 41-43 degrees C after incubation at the nonpermissive temperature of 39 degrees C correlated with the failure of the cells to degrade short-lived abnormal proteins at 39 degrees C. However, the failure of the ts85 cells to develop thermotolerance to 43 degrees C during incubation at 33 degrees C after either arsenite treatment or heating at 45.5 degrees C for 6 or 10 min did not correlate with protein degradation rates. Although the rate of degrading abnormal protein was reduced after heating at 45.5 degrees C for 10 min, the rates were normal after arsenite treatment or heating at 45.5 degrees C for 6 min. In addition, when protein synthesis was inhibited with cycloheximide both during incubation at 33 degrees C or 39 degrees C and during heating at 41-43 degrees C, resistance to heating was observed, but protein degradation rates at 39 degrees C or 43 degrees C were not altered by the cycloheximide treatment. Therefore, there is apparently no consistent relationship between rates of degrading abnormal proteins and the ability of cells to develop thermotolerance and resistance to heating in the presence of cycloheximide.
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- J J Li
- Radiation Oncology Research Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0806
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Wing S, Dumas F, Banville D. A rabbit reticulocyte ubiquitin carrier protein that supports ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis (E214k) is homologous to the yeast DNA repair gene RAD6. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)50455-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Mori S, Heldin C, Claesson-Welsh L. Ligand-induced polyubiquitination of the platelet-derived growth factor beta-receptor. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)42714-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Pickart CM, Summers RG, Shim H, Kasperek EM. Dynamics of Ubiquitin Pools in Developing Sea Urchin Embryos. (ubiquitin/embryogenesis/proteolysis). Dev Growth Differ 1991. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.1991.00587.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Isolation of a cDNA encoding a mammalian multiubiquitinating enzyme (E225K) and overexpression of the functional enzyme in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)98465-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Qin S, Nakajima B, Nomura M, Arfin S. Cloning and characterization of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene encoding a new member of the ubiquitin-conjugating protein family. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)98652-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Mayer RJ, Arnold J, László L, Landon M, Lowe J. Ubiquitin in health and disease. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1991; 1089:141-57. [PMID: 1647208 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(91)90002-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Studies in recent years have shown that ubiquitin has increasingly important functions in eukaryotic cells; roles which were previously not suspected in healthy and diseased cells. The interplay between molecular pathological and molecular cell biological findings has indicated that ubiquitin may be pivotal in the cell stress response in chronic degenerative and viral diseases. Furthermore, the studies have led to the notion that ubiquitination may not only serve as a signal for nonlysosomal protein degradation but may be a unifying covalent protein modification for the major intracellular protein catabolic systems; these can act to identify proteins for cytosolic proteinases or direct intact and fragmented proteins into the lysosome system for breakdown to amino acids. This unifying role could explain why ubiquitin is restricted to eukaryotic cells, which possess extensive endomembrane systems in addition to a nuclear envelope. Protein ubiquitination is a feature of most filamentous inclusions and certain other intracellular conglomerates that are found in some degenerative and viral diseases. The detection of ubiquitin-protein conjugates is not of great diagnostic importance in these diseases. Protein ubiquitination is not only essential for the normal physiological turnover of proteins but appears to have been adapted as part of an intracellular surveillance system that can be activated by altered, damaged, or foreign proteins and organelles. The purpose of this system is to isolate and eliminate these noxious structures from the cell: as a cytoprotective mechanism this appears to have evolved in the cell akin perhaps to an 'intracellular immune system'. Other heat shock proteins such as hsp 70 may be involved in this process. It is apparent that ubiquitin has a role in embryonic development. Protein ubiquitination is presumably involved in the reorganisation of cytoplasm that accompanies cell differentiation. Ubiquitin is also necessary for the gross intracellular degradative processes which are consequent upon programmed cell death. Cell elimination is of key importance for a number of developmental morphogenetic changes. An understanding of the molecular details of these processes will no doubt provide further insights into the wide ranging roles of ubiquitin in the life process. As it says in the book 'Ubiquitin'; there is no doubt that ubiquitin is a 'lucky' protein. It is lucky in many ways: lucky for scientific progress, lucky for biomedical scientists and lucky for life! If you have not already done so, why don't you get lucky and look for a role for ubiquitin in your experimental system. As Avram Hershko has said "there is plenty to go round"!
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- R J Mayer
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queens Medical Centre, U.K
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Haas AL, Reback PB, Chau V. Ubiquitin conjugation by the yeast RAD6 and CDC34 gene products. Comparison to their putative rabbit homologs, E2(20K) AND E2(32K). J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)67761-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Haas A, Reback PM, Pratt G, Rechsteiner M. Ubiquitin-mediated degradation of histone H3 does not require the substrate-binding ubiquitin protein ligase, E3, or attachment of polyubiquitin chains. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)45791-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Chen Z, Pickart CM. A 25-kilodalton ubiquitin carrier protein (E2) catalyzes multi-ubiquitin chain synthesis via lysine 48 of ubiquitin. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)45815-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Berleth ES, Pickart CM. Several mammalian ubiquitin carrier proteins, but not E2(20K), are related to the 20-kDa yeast E2, RAD6. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1990; 171:705-10. [PMID: 2169731 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(90)91203-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Western blot analysis was used to probe the relationships between the multiple ubiquitin carrier proteins (E2 s) of rabbit reticulocytes and the 20-kDa E2 encoded by the RAD6 gene of the yeast S. cerevisiae. Reticulocyte E2-14K, E2-17K, and E2-25K each reacted with two or more polyclonal anti-RAD6 antibody preparations; E2-20K, E2-35K, and E2-230K did not cross-react. These results suggest that some, but not all, reticulocyte E2 s are members of a RAD6-like protein family which is conserved within and across species. RAD6 and E2-20K were also shown to multi-ubiquitinate histones by different mechanisms.
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- E S Berleth
- Department of Biochemistry, SUNY, Buffalo 14214
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Chau V, Tobias JW, Bachmair A, Marriott D, Ecker DJ, Gonda DK, Varshavsky A. A multiubiquitin chain is confined to specific lysine in a targeted short-lived protein. Science 1989; 243:1576-83. [PMID: 2538923 DOI: 10.1126/science.2538923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1109] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The ubiquitin-dependent degradation of a test protein beta-galactosidase (beta gal) is preceded by ubiquitination of beta gal. The many (from 1 to more than 20) ubiquitin moieties attached to a molecule of beta gal occur as an ordered chain of branched ubiquitin-ubiquitin conjugates in which the carboxyl-terminal Gly76 of one ubiquitin is jointed to the internal Lys48 of an adjacent ubiquitin. This multiubiquitin chain is linked to one of two specific Lys residues in beta gal. These same Lys residues have been identified by molecular genetic analysis as components of the aminoterminal degradation signal in beta gal. The experiments with ubiquitin mutated at its Lys48 residue indicate that the multiubiquitin chain in a targeted protein is essential for the degradation of the protein.
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- V Chau
- Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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Our previous work has shown that the amino-terminal residue of a short-lived protein is a distinct component of the protein's degradation signal. To define the complete signal, otherwise identical dihydrofolate reductase test proteins bearing different extensions and either a "stabilizing" or a "destabilizing" amino-terminal residue were expressed in the yeast S. cerevisiae and their in vivo half-lives compared. The amino-terminal degradation signal is shown to comprise two distinct determinants. One, discovered previously, is the protein's amino-terminal residue. The second determinant, identified in the present work, is a specific lysine residue whose function in the degradation signal is not dependent on the unique amino acid sequences in the vicinity of the residue. The mechanistic significance of the second determinant is illuminated by the finding that in a targeted, short-lived protein, a chain of branched ubiquitin-ubiquitin conjugates is confined to a lysine residue that has been identified in the present work as the second determinant of the degradation signal.
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- A Bachmair
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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