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Gao T, Roisin-Bouffay C, Hatton RD, Tang L, Brock DA, DeShazo T, Olson L, Hong WP, Jang W, Canseco E, Bakthavatsalam D, Gomer RH. A cell number-counting factor regulates levels of a novel protein, SslA, as part of a group size regulation mechanism in Dictyostelium. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2007; 6:1538-51. [PMID: 17660362 PMCID: PMC2043358 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00169-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Developing Dictyostelium cells form aggregation streams that break into groups of approximately 2 x 10(4) cells. The breakup and subsequent group size are regulated by a secreted multisubunit counting factor (CF). To elucidate how CF regulates group size, we isolated second-site suppressors of smlA(-), a transformant that forms small groups due to oversecretion of CF. smlA(-) sslA1(CR11) cells form roughly wild-type-size groups due to an insertion in the beginning of the coding region of sslA1, one of two highly similar genes encoding a novel protein. The insertion increases levels of SslA. In wild-type cells, the sslA1(CR11) mutation forms abnormally large groups. Reducing SslA levels by antisense causes the formation of smaller groups. The sslA(CR11) mutation does not affect the extracellular accumulation of CF activity or the CF components countin and CF50, suggesting that SslA does not regulate CF secretion. However, CF represses levels of SslA. Wild-type cells starved in the presence of smlA(-) cells, recombinant countin, or recombinant CF50 form smaller groups, whereas sslA1(CR11) cells appear to be insensitive to the presence of smlA(-) cells, countin, or CF50, suggesting that the sslA1(CR11) insertion affects CF signal transduction. We previously found that CF reduces intracellular glucose levels. sslA(CR11) does not significantly affect glucose levels, while glucose increases SslA levels. Together, the data suggest that SslA is a novel protein involved in part of a signal transduction pathway regulating group size.
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- Tong Gao
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, MS-140, Rice University, 6100 S. Main Street, Houston, TX 77005-1892, USA
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Klauck SM, Felder B, Kolb-Kokocinski A, Schuster C, Chiocchetti A, Schupp I, Wellenreuther R, Schmötzer G, Poustka F, Breitenbach-Koller L, Poustka A. Mutations in the ribosomal protein gene RPL10 suggest a novel modulating disease mechanism for autism. Mol Psychiatry 2006; 11:1073-84. [PMID: 16940977 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Autism has a strong genetic background with a higher frequency of affected males suggesting involvement of X-linked genes and possibly also other factors causing the unbalanced sex ratio in the etiology of the disorder. We have identified two missense mutations in the ribosomal protein gene RPL10 located in Xq28 in two independent families with autism. We have obtained evidence that the amino-acid substitutions L206M and H213Q at the C-terminal end of RPL10 confer hypomorphism with respect to the regulation of the translation process while keeping the basic translation functions intact. This suggests the contribution of a novel, possibly modulating aberrant cellular function operative in autism. Previously, we detected high expression of RPL10 by RNA in situ hybridization in mouse hippocampus, a constituent of the brain limbic system known to be afflicted in autism. Based on these findings, we present a model for autistic disorder where a change in translational function is suggested to impact on those cognitive functions that are mediated through the limbic system.
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- S M Klauck
- Division of Molecular Genome Analysis, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Ehrenman K, Yang G, Hong WP, Gao T, Jang W, Brock DA, Hatton RD, Shoemaker JD, Gomer RH. Disruption of aldehyde reductase increases group size in dictyostelium. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:837-47. [PMID: 14551196 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m310539200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Developing Dictyostelium cells form structures containing approximately 20,000 cells. The size regulation mechanism involves a secreted counting factor (CF) repressing cytosolic glucose levels. Glucose or a glucose metabolite affects cell-cell adhesion and motility; these in turn affect whether a group stays together, loses cells, or even breaks up. NADPH-coupled aldehyde reductase reduces a wide variety of aldehydes to the corresponding alcohols, including converting glucose to sorbitol. The levels of this enzyme previously appeared to be regulated by CF. We find that disrupting alrA, the gene encoding aldehyde reductase, results in the loss of alrA mRNA and AlrA protein and a decrease in the ability of cell lysates to reduce both glyceraldehyde and glucose in an NADPH-coupled reaction. Counterintuitively, alrA- cells grow normally and have decreased glucose levels compared with parental cells. The alrA- cells form long unbroken streams and huge groups. Expression of AlrA in alrA- cells causes cells to form normal fruiting bodies, indicating that AlrA affects group size. alrA- cells have normal adhesion but a reduced motility, and computer simulations suggest that this could indeed result in the formation of large groups. alrA- cells secrete low levels of countin and CF50, two components of CF, and this could partially account for why alrA- cells form large groups. alrA- cells are responsive to CF and are partially responsive to recombinant countin and CF50, suggesting that disrupting alrA inhibits but does not completely block the CF signal transduction pathway. Gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy indicates that the concentrations of several metabolites are altered in alrA- cells, suggesting that the Dictyostelium aldehyde reductase affects several metabolic pathways in addition to converting glucose to sorbitol. Together, our data suggest that disrupting alrA affects CF secretion, causes many effects on cellular metabolism, and has a major effect on group size.
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- Karen Ehrenman
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005-1892, USA
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Oender K, Loeffler M, Doppler E, Eder M, Lach S, Heinrich F, Karl T, Moesl R, Hundsberger H, Klade T, Eckl P, Dickinson JR, Breitenbach M, Koller L. Translational regulator RpL10p/Grc5p interacts physically and functionally with Sed1p, a dynamic component of the yeast cell surface. Yeast 2003; 20:281-94. [PMID: 12627396 DOI: 10.1002/yea.963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Biogenesis of an active ribosome complement and a dynamic cell surface complement are two major determinants of cellular growth. In yeast, the 60S ribosomal subunit protein RpL10p/Grc5p functions during successive stages in ribosome biogenesis, specifically rRNA processing, nucle(ol)ar preribosomal subunit assembly, nucleo-cytoplasmic transport and cytoplasmic maturation of ribosomes. Here, we report that a two-hybrid screen identified yeast genes SED1, ACS2 and PLB3 as encoding proteins physically interacting with both ribosomal RpL10p/Grc5p and its human homologue hRpL10p/QMp. SED1 encodes a differentially expressed cell wall protein which is proposed to be first transiently secreted to the plasma membrane as a GPI (glycosylated derivative of phosphoinositol)-anchored form and to be then transferred to the glucan layer of the cell wall. Ectopic expression of SED1 rescues both the aberrant growth phenotype and the translation defect of grc5-1(ts) temperature-sensitive cells. Furthermore, we report that Sed1p associates with translating ribosomes suggesting a novel, cytoplasmic role for Sed1p. ACS2 encodes one of the two yeast acetyl-CoA synthases and represents a key enzyme in one of several metabolic routes to produce acetyl-CoA, which in turn is indispensable for lipid biosynthesis. PLB3 encodes a phospholipase, which is active in the breakdown of membrane lipids. Our results support the view that Grc5p/RpL10p links ribosome function to membrane turnover and cell surface biogenesis.
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- Kamil Oender
- Department of Genetics and General Biology, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, A-5020 Salzburg
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Pukatzki S, Tordilla N, Franke J, Kessin RH. A novel component involved in ubiquitination is required for development of Dictyostelium discoideum. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:24131-8. [PMID: 9727034 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.37.24131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A novel component of the ubiquitination system, called NOSA, is essential for cellular differentiation in Dictyostelium discoideum. Disruption of nosA does not affect the growth rate but causes an arrest in development after the cells have aggregated. nosA contains seven exons and codes for a developmentally regulated 3.5-kb mRNA. The 125-kDa NOSA protein is present in the cytosol at constant levels during growth and development. The C-terminal region of NOSA has homology with ubiquitin fusion degradation protein-2 (UFD2) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and putative homologs in Caenorhabditis elegans and humans. UFD2 is involved in the ubiquitin-mediated degradation of model substrates in which ubiquitin forms part of the translation product, but ufd2 mutants have no detected phenotype. In accord with the homology to UFD2, we found differences in the ubiquitination patterns between nosA mutants and their parental cell line. While general in vivo and in vitro ubiquitination is minimally affected, ubiquitination of individual proteins is altered throughout growth and development in nosA mutants. These findings suggest that events involving ubiquitination are critical for progression through the aggregate stage of the Dictyostelium life cycle.
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- S Pukatzki
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Nika J, Erickson FL, Hannig EM. Ribosomal protein L9 is the product of GRC5, a homolog of the putative tumor suppressor QM in S. cerevisiae. Yeast 1997; 13:1155-66. [PMID: 9301022 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(19970930)13:12<1155::aid-yea166>3.0.co;2-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Genes encoding members of the highly conserved QM family have been identified in eukaryotic organisms from yeast to man. Results of previous studies have suggested roles for QM in control of cell growth and proliferation, perhaps as a tumor suppressor, and in energy metabolism. We identified recessive lethal alleles of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae QM homolog GRC5 that increased GCN4 expression when present in multiple copies. These alleles encode truncated forms of the yeast QM protein Grc5p. Using a functional epitope-tagged GRC5 allele, we localized Grc5p to a 60S fraction that contained the large ribosomal subunit. Two-dimensional gel analysis of highly purified yeast ribosomes indicated that Grc5p corresponds to 60S ribosomal protein L9. This identification is consistent with the predicted physical characteristics of eukaryotic QM proteins, the highly biased codon usage of GRC5, and the presence of putative Rap1p-binding sites in the 5' sequences of the yeast GRC5 gene.
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- J Nika
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson 75083-0688, USA
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Ferreira C. Expression of ubiquitin, actin, and actin-like genes in African swine fever virus infected cells. Virus Res 1996; 44:11-21. [PMID: 8873409 DOI: 10.1016/0168-1702(96)01334-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Northern blot hybridisation was used to study the accumulation of specific cellular mRNAs (ubiquitin and actin) in Vero cells infected with African swine fever virus (ASFV). ASFV modulates the cytoplasmic levels of ubiquitin and actin mRNAs throughout infection. Before viral DNA replication, degradation of ubiquitin mRNAs is dependent on de novo protein synthesis, since treatment with cycloheximide (CH) allowed the accumulation of ubiquitin mRNAs, while treatment with cytosine arabinoside (araC) induced a reduction in ubiquitin transcripts. Nevertheless, viral DNA replication is essential to the final increase observed in ubiquitin mRNA degradation. Furthermore, ubiquitin transcription seems to be tightly related to viral gene transcription, since before viral DNA replication ubiquitin and viral transcripts accumulate at opposite rates. Concerning actin transcription, the first step in actin mRNA degradation does not depend on de novo protein synthesis, since treatment with CH induced a reduction in actin mRNA. The second step in actin mRNA degradation, similarly to ubiquitin, depends on viral DNA replication. Finally, in the present study it has also been shown that ASFV codifies for actin-like genes. This is the first report of a virus encoding an actin-like gene.
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- C Ferreira
- Gulbenkian Institute of Science, Oeiras, Portugal.
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Liu L, Maillet DS, Frappier JR, d'Ailly K, Walden DB, Atkinson BG. Characterization, chromosomal mapping, and expression of different ubiquitin fusion protein genes in tissues from control and heat-shocked maize seedlings. Biochem Cell Biol 1996; 74:9-19. [PMID: 9035694 DOI: 10.1139/o96-002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Organisms possess at least two multigene families of ubiquitins: the polyubiquitins, with few to several repeat units, which encode a ubiquitin monomer, and the ubiquitin fusion (or extension) protein genes, which encode a single ubiquitin monomer and a specific protein. This report provides details about two ubiquitin fusion protein genes in maize referred to as MubG7 (uwo 1) and MubG10 (uwo 2). Each has one nearly identical ubiquitin coding unit fused without an intervening nucleotide to an unrelated, 237-nucleotide sequence that encodes for a 79 amino acid protein. The derived amino acid sequences of the two fusion proteins show that they differ by five amino acids (substitution by either a serine or threonine). MubG7 maps to chromosome 8L162 and MubG10 maps to chromosome 1L131. Analyses of the role(s) of these genes in response to heat shock (1 h at 42.5 degrees C) reveal that the level of these fusion protein mRNAs in the radicles or plumules from 2-day-old seedlings does not change; however, heat shock does cause a marked reduction in the accumulation of these same gene-specific mRNAs in the radicles and plumules of 5-day-old seedlings. These data confirm the suggestion from our earlier work that there is precise modulation, in a gene-specific manner, of the response to developmental as well as environmental signals.
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- L Liu
- Department of Zoology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Su S, Bird RC. Cell Cycle, Differentiation and Tissue-Independent Expression of Ribosomal Protein L37. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.tb20874.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zhou YH, Ragan MA. Characterization of the polyubiquitin gene in the marine red alga Gracilaria verrucosa. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1995; 1261:215-22. [PMID: 7711065 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(95)00006-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We have cloned a nuclear gene (UBI6R) and corresponding cDNAs that encode polyubiquitin in the florideophycidean red alga Gracilaria verrucosa. The gene encodes a polyubiquitin composed of six tandem ubiquitin units, followed by a single glutamine residue. The deduced amino acid sequences are identical among all six units, and identical to the ubiquitin of the florideophyte Aglaothamnion neglectum. There is high sequence similarity among the red algal ubiquitins and those of animals, green plants, fungi and several protists. Only one polyubiquitin gene was found by Southern hybridization analysis of G. verrucosa nuclear DNA. The upstream region of the gene is rich in putative cis-acting transcription-regulatory elements, including a putative heat-responsive element. Poly(A) addition to UBI6R mRNA was observed in cDNAs at four different sites, implicating the sequences AATAAA and (or) AGTAAA as poly(A) addition signals. The polyubiquitin genes of red algae show features of concerted evolution, but appear to be subject to less sequence homogenization than those of animals.
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- Y H Zhou
- Institute for Marine Biosciences, National Research Council of Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Redman KL. The smaller protein formed as a ubiquitin fusion in Drosophila is processed from ubiquitin and found on the 60S ribosomal subunit. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 24:191-201. [PMID: 8111427 DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(94)90085-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The only gene in Drosophila melanogaster for a 52 amino acid ribosomal protein (CEP52) is fused to a ubiquitin coding sequence. This study examines expression and proteolytic processing of the encoded fusion protein. Most antibody preparations made against a portion of human CEP52 readily detect the insect protein. The size of the immunoreactive polypeptide indicates that CEP52 is cleaved from ubiquitin and this apparent proteolytic processing was confirmed by amino-terminal sequence analysis of CEP52 isolated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Ribosomes from embryonic, larval and adult Drosophila melanogaster contain equivalent amounts of CEP52 and the protein is associated with the large ribosomal subunit. Stained two-dimensional gels indicate that the quantity of CEP52 associated with ribosomes is similar to that of other ribosomal proteins of corresponding size. A previous investigation had indicated the possibility of intact ubiquitin-CEP52 fusion protein in Dictyostelium discoideum, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Drosophila melanogaster. One of three antibody preparations used in this study of insect CEP52 reacts with a 40S subunit protein that is the correct size to be the uncleaved fusion protein. However, the putative fusion protein does not react with ubiquitin antibodies and has negligible positive charge at pH5, demonstrating that it is not unprocessed ubiquitin-CEP52.
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- K L Redman
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 35487
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Caday CG, Sklar RM, Berlove DJ, Kemmou A, Brown RH, Finklestein SP. Polyubiquitin gene expression following cerebral ischemia. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1993; 679:188-94. [PMID: 8390143 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb18298.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- C G Caday
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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Hoffman NE, Ko K, Milkowski D, Pichersky E. Isolation and characterization of tomato cDNA and genomic clones encoding the ubiquitin gene ubi3. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1991; 17:1189-201. [PMID: 1657246 DOI: 10.1007/bf00028735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We report here the isolation and nucleotide sequence of tomato cDNA and genomic clones encoding a ubiquitin extension protein homologous to the yeast gene ubi3. Sites similar to upstream activating sites commonly found in the promoters of yeast ribosomal genes were observed in the tomato promoter. The tomato ubi3 promoter also contained elements found in the rbcS promoter from pea. The transcription initiation site was determined to occur 66 bp upstream of the initiating Met. RFLP mapping revealed that the gene was located on chromosome 1, 23 cM from marker TG301. A ubi3 gene-specific probe hybridized to a single 800 nt transcript. Expression was reduced in heat-shocked plants and plants kept in the dark. Expression was highest in young leaves and immature green fruit and lowest in mature leaves and petals. We isolated the original cDNA clone using an antibody prepared against chloroplast polypeptides. Immunological studies did not detect ubiquitin or ubiquitin extension proteins in the chloroplast. However, higher-molecular-weight chloroplast proteins were detected with ubiquitin antisera suggesting that ubiquitin conjugates are transported into the chloroplast.
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- N E Hoffman
- Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Stanford, CA 94305
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Pollmann L, von Kampen J, Wettern M. Ubiquitin in a lower plant. Characterization of ubiquitin-encoding DNA and RNA from Chlamydomonas reinhardii. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1991; 202:197-204. [PMID: 1657605 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16363.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A detailed characterization of Chlamydomonas reinhardii cDNAs encoding ubiquitin 52-amino-acid fusion proteins is presented in this study. While two cDNAs (designated UBI1 and UBI3) encode the complete ubiquitin extension protein, the third one (UBI2) lacks a minor part of the 5' region as well as a poly(A) tail. Differences between UBI1 and UBI3 are observed in the length of the poly(A) domain (13 versus 46 adenines) and in the lack of three nucleotides at the 3' noncoding region of UBI3. According to Northern blot experiments using UBI1 as a homologous probe, at least six members of the C. reinhardii ubiquitin gene family are transcriptionally active at regular conditions. During application of severe stress (heat shock in light and darkness, and photoinhibition), the transcription of the UBI1 mRNA substantially decreases. This effect is most drastically induced by application of heat shock to illuminated cells.
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- L Pollmann
- Botanisches Institut der Technischen Universität Braunschweig, Federal Republic of Germany
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Jentsch S, Seufert W, Hauser HP. Genetic analysis of the ubiquitin system. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1991; 1089:127-39. [PMID: 1647207 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(91)90001-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- S Jentsch
- Friedrich-Miescher-Laboratorium, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Tübingen, F.R.G
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Diverse vacuolar and nonvacuolar pathways of protein degradation have been described in yeast. In several cases, much is known about the proteases involved, but most of these studies utilized nonphysiological model substrates. On the other hand, many regulatory proteins, such as those involved in cell cycle control, cell type determination, and the regulation of metabolite fluxes through biosynthetic pathways, have been shown to be rapidly and selectively destroyed in vivo, either constitutively or in response to specific regulatory signals. Precisely what molecular features of this class of proteins target them for degradation is largely unknown; this question is an area of intense current interest. A connection has been made between a particular proteolytic mechanism and a specific naturally short-lived protein in only a handful of examples. It is in this regard that the powerful molecular and genetic techniques available in yeast will probably have their greatest impact in the near future. The promise of this type of approach is already becoming apparent with the molecular genetic analysis of the yeast ubiquitin system. Although this work began less than ten years ago, the genes encoding at least 22 proteins involved in ubiquitin-dependent processes have already been isolated, and questions of their physiological and mechanistic function are being answered at an ever quickening pace.
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- M Hochstrasser
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, IL 60637
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Monia B, Ecker D, Finley D, Crooke S. A human ubiquitin carboxyl extension protein functions in yeast. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)30666-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Callis J, Raasch JA, Vierstra RD. Ubiquitin extension proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana. Structure, localization, and expression of their promoters in transgenic tobacco. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)38372-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Jentsch S, Seufert W, Sommer T, Reins HA. Ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes: novel regulators of eukaryotic cells. Trends Biochem Sci 1990; 15:195-8. [PMID: 2193438 DOI: 10.1016/0968-0004(90)90161-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Covalent attachment of ubiquitin to cellular proteins is essential for cell viability and is catalysed by a set of distinct ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes. Individual members of this novel enzyme family mediate strikingly diverse functions, including DNA repair, cell cycle control, selective protein degradation and essential functions of the stress response.
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- S Jentsch
- Friedrich-Miescher-Laboratory, Max-Planck-Society, Tübingen, FRG
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