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Ryu HY, Jeong DW, Kim SY, Jeoung SW, Zhao D, Knight J, Lam T, Jin JH, Lee HS, Hochstrasser M. Auto-sumoylation of the Ubc9 E2 SUMO-conjugating Enzyme Extends Cellular Lifespan. RESEARCH SQUARE 2024:rs.3.rs-4016606. [PMID: 38562857 PMCID: PMC10984013 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4016606/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
Abstract
Calorie restriction (CR) provides anti-aging benefits through diverse processes, such as reduced metabolism and growth and increased mitochondrial activity. Although controversy still exists regarding CR-mediated lifespan effects, many researchers are seeking interventions that mimic the effects of CR. Yeast has proven to be a useful model system for aging studies, including CR effects. We report here that yeast adapted through in vitro evolution to the severe cellular stress caused by loss of the Ulp2 SUMO-specific protease exhibit both enhanced growth rates and replicative lifespan, and they have altered gene expression profiles similar to those observed in CR. Notably, in certain evolved ulp2Δ lines, a dramatic increase in the auto-sumoylation of Ubc9 E2 SUMO-conjugating enzyme results in altered regulation of multiple targets involved in energy metabolism and translation at both transcriptional and post-translational levels. This increase is essential for the survival of aged cells and CR-mediated lifespan extension. Thus, we suggest that high Ubc9 auto-sumoylation exerts potent anti-aging effects by promoting efficient energy metabolism-driven improvements in cell replication abilities. This potential could be therapeutically explored for the development of novel CR-mimetic strategies.
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- Keck MS & Proteomics Resource, Yale School of Medicine
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Rizzo M, Soisangwan N, Vega-Estevez S, Price RJ, Uyl C, Iracane E, Shaw M, Soetaert J, Selmecki A, Buscaino A. Stress combined with loss of the Candida albicans SUMO protease Ulp2 triggers selection of aneuploidy via a two-step process. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1010576. [PMID: 36574460 PMCID: PMC9829183 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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A delicate balance between genome stability and instability ensures genome integrity while generating genetic diversity, a critical step for evolution. Indeed, while excessive genome instability is harmful, moderated genome instability can drive adaptation to novel environments by maximising genetic variation. Candida albicans, a human fungal pathogen that colonises different parts of the human body, adapts rapidly and frequently to different hostile host microenvironments. In this organism, the ability to generate large-scale genomic variation is a key adaptative mechanism triggering dangerous infections even in the presence of antifungal drugs. Understanding how fitter novel karyotypes are selected is key to determining how C. albicans and other microbial pathogens establish infections. Here, we identified the SUMO protease Ulp2 as a regulator of C. albicans genome integrity through genetic screening. Deletion of ULP2 leads to increased genome instability, enhanced genome variation and reduced fitness in the absence of additional stress. The combined stress caused by the lack of ULP2 and antifungal drug treatment leads to the selection of adaptive segmental aneuploidies that partially rescue the fitness defects of ulp2Δ/Δ cells. Short and long-read genomic sequencing demonstrates that these novel genotypes are selected via a two-step process leading to the formation of novel chromosomal fragments with breakpoints at microhomology regions and DNA repeats.
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- Marzia Rizzo
- University of Kent, School of Biosciences, Kent Fungal Group, Canterbury Kent, United Kingdom
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- University of Kent, School of Biosciences, Kent Fungal Group, Canterbury Kent, United Kingdom
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- University of Kent, School of Biosciences, Kent Fungal Group, Canterbury Kent, United Kingdom
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- University of Kent, School of Biosciences, Kent Fungal Group, Canterbury Kent, United Kingdom
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- University of Kent, School of Biosciences, Kent Fungal Group, Canterbury Kent, United Kingdom
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- Blizard Advanced Light Microscopy (BALM), Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- University of Kent, School of Biosciences, Kent Fungal Group, Canterbury Kent, United Kingdom
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Ryu HY. SUMO pathway is required for ribosome biogenesis. BMB Rep 2022; 55:535-540. [PMID: 36195568 PMCID: PMC9712707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Ribosomes, acting as the cellular factories for protein production, are essential for all living organisms. Ribosomes are composed of both proteins and RNAs and are established through the coordination of several steps, including transcription, maturation of ribosomal RNA (rRNA), and assembly of ribosomal proteins. In particular, diverse factors required for ribosome biogenesis, such as transcription factors, small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA)-associated proteins, and assembly factors, are tightly regulated by various post-translational modifications. Among these modifications, small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) targets lots of proteins required for gene expression of ribosomal proteins, rRNA, and snoRNAs, rRNA processing, and ribosome assembly. The tight control of SUMOylation affects functions and locations of substrates. This review summarizes current studies and recent progress of SUMOylation-mediated regulation of ribosome biogenesis. [BMB Reports 2022; 55(11): 535-540].
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- Hong-Yeoul Ryu
- BK21 FOUR KNU Creative BioResearch Group, School of Life Sciences, College of National Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea,Brain Science and Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea,Corresponding author. Tel: +82-53-950-6352; Fax: +82-53-955-5522; E-mail:
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Ryu HY. SUMO pathway is required for ribosome biogenesis. BMB Rep 2022; 55:535-540. [PMID: 36195568 PMCID: PMC9712707 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2022.55.11.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Ribosomes, acting as the cellular factories for protein production, are essential for all living organisms. Ribosomes are composed of both proteins and RNAs and are established through the coordination of several steps, including transcription, maturation of ribosomal RNA (rRNA), and assembly of ribosomal proteins. In particular, diverse factors required for ribosome biogenesis, such as transcription factors, small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA)-associated proteins, and assembly factors, are tightly regulated by various post-translational modifications. Among these modifications, small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) targets lots of proteins required for gene expression of ribosomal proteins, rRNA, and snoRNAs, rRNA processing, and ribosome assembly. The tight control of SUMOylation affects functions and locations of substrates. This review summarizes current studies and recent progress of SUMOylation-mediated regulation of ribosome biogenesis. [BMB Reports 2022; 55(11): 535-540].
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- Hong-Yeoul Ryu
- BK21 FOUR KNU Creative BioResearch Group, School of Life Sciences, College of National Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
- Brain Science and Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
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Hegde S, Sreejan A, Gadgil CJ, Ratnaparkhi GS. SUMOylation of Dorsal attenuates Toll/NF-κB signaling. Genetics 2022; 221:iyac081. [PMID: 35567478 PMCID: PMC9252280 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyac081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In Drosophila, Toll/NF-κB signaling plays key roles in both animal development and in host defense. The activation, intensity, and kinetics of Toll signaling are regulated by posttranslational modifications such as phosphorylation, SUMOylation, or ubiquitination that target multiple proteins in the Toll/NF-κB cascade. Here, we have generated a CRISPR-Cas9 edited Dorsal (DL) variant that is SUMO conjugation resistant. Intriguingly, embryos laid by dlSCR mothers overcome dl haploinsufficiency and complete the developmental program. This ability appears to be a result of higher transcriptional activation by DLSCR. In contrast, SUMOylation dampens DL transcriptional activation, ultimately conferring robustness to the dorso-ventral program. In the larval immune response, dlSCR animals show an increase in crystal cell numbers, stronger activation of humoral defense genes, and high cactus levels. A mathematical model that evaluates the contribution of the small fraction of SUMOylated DL (1-5%) suggests that it acts to block transcriptional activation, which is driven primarily by DL that is not SUMO conjugated. Our findings define SUMO conjugation as an important regulator of the Toll signaling cascade, in both development and host defense. Our results broadly suggest that SUMO attenuates DL at the level of transcriptional activation. Furthermore, we hypothesize that SUMO conjugation of DL may be part of a Ubc9-dependent mechanism that restrains Toll/NF-κB signaling.
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- Sushmitha Hegde
- Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune 411008, India
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- Chemical Engineering and Process Development Division, CSIR—National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India
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- Chemical Engineering and Process Development Division, CSIR—National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India
- CSIR—Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi 110020, India
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Ptak C, Saik NO, Premashankar A, Lapetina DL, Aitchison JD, Montpetit B, Wozniak RW. Phosphorylation-dependent mitotic SUMOylation drives nuclear envelope-chromatin interactions. J Cell Biol 2021; 220:212843. [PMID: 34787675 PMCID: PMC8641411 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202103036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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In eukaryotes, chromatin binding to the inner nuclear membrane (INM) and nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) contributes to spatial organization of the genome and epigenetic programs important for gene expression. In mitosis, chromatin–nuclear envelope (NE) interactions are lost and then formed again as sister chromosomes segregate to postmitotic nuclei. Investigating these processes in S. cerevisiae, we identified temporally and spatially controlled phosphorylation-dependent SUMOylation events that positively regulate postmetaphase chromatin association with the NE. Our work establishes a phosphorylation-mediated targeting mechanism of the SUMO ligase Siz2 to the INM during mitosis, where Siz2 binds to and SUMOylates the VAP protein Scs2. The recruitment of Siz2 through Scs2 is further responsible for a wave of SUMOylation along the INM that supports the assembly and anchorage of subtelomeric chromatin at the INM and localization of an active gene (INO1) to NPCs during the later stages of mitosis and into G1-phase.
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- Christopher Ptak
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Baig MS, Dou Y, Bergey BG, Bahar R, Burgener JM, Moallem M, McNeil JB, Akhter A, Burke GL, Sri Theivakadadcham VS, Richard P, D’Amours D, Rosonina E. Dynamic sumoylation of promoter-bound general transcription factors facilitates transcription by RNA polymerase II. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009828. [PMID: 34587155 PMCID: PMC8505008 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Transcription-related proteins are frequently identified as targets of sumoylation, including multiple subunits of the RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) general transcription factors (GTFs). However, it is not known how sumoylation affects GTFs or whether they are sumoylated when they assemble at promoters to facilitate RNAPII recruitment and transcription initiation. To explore how sumoylation can regulate transcription genome-wide, we performed SUMO ChIP-seq in yeast and found, in agreement with others, that most chromatin-associated sumoylated proteins are detected at genes encoding tRNAs and ribosomal proteins (RPGs). However, we also detected 147 robust SUMO peaks at promoters of non-ribosomal protein-coding genes (non-RPGs), indicating that sumoylation also regulates this gene class. Importantly, SUMO peaks at non-RPGs align specifically with binding sites of GTFs, but not other promoter-associated proteins, indicating that it is GTFs specifically that are sumoylated there. Predominantly, non-RPGs with SUMO peaks are among the most highly transcribed, have high levels of TFIIF, and show reduced RNAPII levels when cellular sumoylation is impaired, linking sumoylation with elevated transcription. However, detection of promoter-associated SUMO by ChIP might be limited to sites with high levels of substrate GTFs, and promoter-associated sumoylation at non-RPGs may actually be far more widespread than we detected. Among GTFs, we found that TFIIF is a major target of sumoylation, specifically at lysines 60/61 of its Tfg1 subunit, and elevating Tfg1 sumoylation resulted in decreased interaction of TFIIF with RNAPII. Interestingly, both reducing promoter-associated sumoylation, in a sumoylation-deficient Tfg1-K60/61R mutant strain, and elevating promoter-associated SUMO levels, by constitutively tethering SUMO to Tfg1, resulted in reduced RNAPII occupancy at non-RPGs. This implies that dynamic GTF sumoylation at non-RPG promoters, not simply the presence or absence of SUMO, is important for maintaining elevated transcription. Together, our findings reveal a novel mechanism of regulating the basal transcription machinery through sumoylation of promoter-bound GTFs. Six general transcription factors (GTFs) assemble at promoters of protein-coding genes to enable recruitment of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) and facilitate transcription initiation, but little is known about how they are regulated once promoter-bound. Here, we demonstrate that, in budding yeast, some components of GTFs are post-translationally modified by the SUMO peptide specifically when they are assembled at promoters. We determined that the large subunit of TFIIF, Tgf1, is the major target of sumoylation among GTFs and that increasing Tfg1 sumoylation reduces the interaction of TFIIF with RNAPII. Consistent with this, we found that increasing levels of SUMO at promoters of some protein-coding genes, by permanently attaching SUMO to Tfg1, resulted in reduced RNAPII levels associated with those genes. On the other hand, reducing promoter-associated sumoylation, by mutating SUMO-modified residues on Tfg1, also reduced RNAPII occupancy levels. Explaining these apparently contradictory findings, we propose that dynamic sumoylation of promoter-bound GTFs, not merely the presence or absence of SUMO, is important for facilitating rearrangements of promoter-bound GTF components that enhance transcription. Together, our data reveal a novel level of regulating the basal transcription machinery through SUMO modification at promoters of protein-coding genes.
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- Mohammad S. Baig
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Stellate Therapeutics, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ryu HY, Zhao D, Li J, Su D, Hochstrasser M. Histone sumoylation promotes Set3 histone-deacetylase complex-mediated transcriptional regulation. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:12151-12168. [PMID: 33231641 PMCID: PMC7708062 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Histones are substrates of the SUMO (small ubiquitin-like modifier) conjugation pathway. Several reports suggest histone sumoylation affects transcription negatively, but paradoxically, our genome-wide analysis shows the modification concentrated at many active genes. We find that trans-tail regulation of histone-H2B ubiquitylation and H3K4 di-methylation potentiates subsequent histone sumoylation. Consistent with the known control of the Set3 histone deacetylase complex (HDAC) by H3K4 di-methylation, histone sumoylation directly recruits the Set3 complex to both protein-coding and noncoding RNA (ncRNA) genes via a SUMO-interacting motif in the HDAC Cpr1 subunit. The altered gene expression profile caused by reducing histone sumoylation matches well to the profile in cells lacking Set3. Histone H2B sumoylation and the Set3 HDAC coordinately suppress cryptic ncRNA transcription initiation internal to mRNA genes. Our results reveal an elaborate co-transcriptional histone crosstalk pathway involving the consecutive ubiquitylation, methylation, sumoylation and deacetylation of histones, which maintains transcriptional fidelity by suppressing spurious transcription.
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- Hong-Yeoul Ryu
- Correspondence may also be addressed to Hong-Yeoul Ryu. Tel: +82 53 950 6352;
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- Yale Center for Genome Analysis, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Saik NO, Park N, Ptak C, Adames N, Aitchison JD, Wozniak RW. Recruitment of an Activated Gene to the Yeast Nuclear Pore Complex Requires Sumoylation. Front Genet 2020; 11:174. [PMID: 32211027 PMCID: PMC7067905 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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In addition to their role in regulating transport across the nuclear envelope, increasing evidence suggests nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) function in regulating gene expression. For example, the induction of certain genes (e.g., yeast INO1) is accompanied by their movement from the nuclear interior to NPCs. As sumoylation has been linked to the regulation of chromatin spatial organization and transcriptional activity, we investigated the role of sumoylation in the expression and NPC recruitment of the INO1 gene. We observed that induction of INO1 is accompanied by both increased and decreased sumoylation of proteins associated with specific regions along the INO1 locus. Furthermore, we show that the E3 ligase Siz2/Nfi1 is required for targeting the INO1 locus to the NPC where it interacts with the SUMO isopeptidase Ulp1. Our data suggest that this interaction is required for both the association of INO1 with the NPC and for its normal expression. These results imply that sumoylation is a key regulator of INO1 targeting to the NPC, and a cycle of sumoylation and NPC-associated desumoylation events contribute to the regulation of INO1 expression.
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- Natasha O Saik
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,New Culture, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Winczura A, Appanah R, Tatham MH, Hay RT, De Piccoli G. The S phase checkpoint promotes the Smc5/6 complex dependent SUMOylation of Pol2, the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase ε. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008427. [PMID: 31765407 PMCID: PMC6876773 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Replication fork stalling and accumulation of single-stranded DNA trigger the S phase checkpoint, a signalling cascade that, in budding yeast, leads to the activation of the Rad53 kinase. Rad53 is essential in maintaining cell viability, but its targets of regulation are still partially unknown. Here we show that Rad53 drives the hyper-SUMOylation of Pol2, the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase ε, principally following replication forks stalling induced by nucleotide depletion. Pol2 is the main target of SUMOylation within the replisome and its modification requires the SUMO-ligase Mms21, a subunit of the Smc5/6 complex. Moreover, the Smc5/6 complex co-purifies with Pol ε, independently of other replisome components. Finally, we map Pol2 SUMOylation to a single site within the N-terminal catalytic domain and identify a SUMO-interacting motif at the C-terminus of Pol2. These data suggest that the S phase checkpoint regulate Pol ε during replication stress through Pol2 SUMOylation and SUMO-binding ability.
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- Alicja Winczura
- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
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Ledesma L, Sandoval E, Cruz-Martínez U, Escalante AM, Mejía S, Moreno-Álvarez P, Ávila E, García E, Coello G, Torres-Quiroz F. YAAM: Yeast Amino Acid Modifications Database. DATABASE-THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL DATABASES AND CURATION 2018; 2018:4797096. [PMID: 29688347 PMCID: PMC7206644 DOI: 10.1093/database/bax099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
Proteins are dynamic molecules that regulate a myriad of cellular functions; these functions may be regulated by protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) that mediate the activity, localization and interaction partners of proteins. Thus, understanding the meaning of a single PTM or the combination of several of them is essential to unravel the mechanisms of protein regulation. Yeast Amino Acid Modification (YAAM) (http://yaam.ifc.unam.mx) is a comprehensive database that contains information from 121 921 residues of proteins, which are post-translationally modified in the yeast model Saccharomyces cerevisiae. All the PTMs contained in YAAM have been confirmed experimentally. YAAM database maps PTM residues in a 3D canvas for 680 proteins with a known 3D structure. The structure can be visualized and manipulated using the most common web browsers without the need for any additional plugin. The aim of our database is to retrieve and organize data about the location of modified amino acids providing information in a concise but comprehensive and user-friendly way, enabling users to find relevant information on PTMs. Given that PTMs influence almost all aspects of the biology of both healthy and diseased cells, identifying and understanding PTMs is critical in the study of molecular and cell biology. YAAM allows users to perform multiple searches, up to three modifications at the same residue, giving the possibility to explore possible regulatory mechanism for some proteins. Using YAAM search engine, we found three different PTMs of lysine residues involved in protein translation. This suggests an important regulatory mechanism for protein translation that needs to be further studied. Database URL: http://yaam.ifc.unam.mx/
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- Leonardo Ledesma
- Unidad de Cómputo, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Ciudad de México 04510, México
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- Unidad de Cómputo, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Ciudad de México 04510, México
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- División de Ciencia Básica, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Ciudad de México 04510, México
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- Unidad de Cómputo, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Ciudad de México 04510, México
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- Coordinación de Difusión y Divulgación, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Ciudad de México 04510, México
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- División de Ciencia Básica, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Ciudad de México 04510, México
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- División de Ciencia Básica, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Ciudad de México 04510, México
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- División de Ciencia Básica, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Ciudad de México 04510, México
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- Unidad de Cómputo, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Ciudad de México 04510, México
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- División de Ciencia Básica, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Ciudad de México 04510, México
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Paasch F, den Brave F, Psakhye I, Pfander B, Jentsch S. Failed mitochondrial import and impaired proteostasis trigger SUMOylation of mitochondrial proteins. J Biol Chem 2017; 293:599-609. [PMID: 29183993 PMCID: PMC5767865 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.817833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Modification by the ubiquitin-like protein SUMO affects hundreds of cellular substrate proteins and regulates a wide variety of physiological processes. While the SUMO system appears to predominantly target nuclear proteins and, to a lesser extent, cytosolic proteins, hardly anything is known about the SUMOylation of proteins targeted to membrane-enclosed organelles. Here, we identify a large set of structurally and functionally unrelated mitochondrial proteins as substrates of the SUMO pathway in yeast. We show that SUMO modification of mitochondrial proteins does not rely on mitochondrial targeting and, in fact, is strongly enhanced upon import failure, consistent with the modification occurring in the cytosol. Moreover, SUMOylated forms of mitochondrial proteins particularly accumulate in HSP70- and proteasome-deficient cells, suggesting that SUMOylation participates in cellular protein quality control. We therefore propose that SUMO serves as a mark for nonfunctional mitochondrial proteins, which only sporadically arise in unstressed cells but strongly accumulate upon defective mitochondrial import and impaired proteostasis. Overall, our findings provide support for a role of SUMO in the cytosolic response to aberrant proteins.
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- From the Department of Molecular Cell Biology and
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- the Research Group DNA Replication and Genome Integrity, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Uthe H, Vanselow JT, Schlosser A. Proteomic Analysis of the Mediator Complex Interactome in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sci Rep 2017; 7:43584. [PMID: 28240253 PMCID: PMC5327418 DOI: 10.1038/srep43584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Here we present the most comprehensive analysis of the yeast Mediator complex interactome to date. Particularly gentle cell lysis and co-immunopurification conditions allowed us to preserve even transient protein-protein interactions and to comprehensively probe the molecular environment of the Mediator complex in the cell. Metabolic 15N-labeling thereby enabled stringent discrimination between bona fide interaction partners and nonspecifically captured proteins. Our data indicates a functional role for Mediator beyond transcription initiation. We identified a large number of Mediator-interacting proteins and protein complexes, such as RNA polymerase II, general transcription factors, a large number of transcriptional activators, the SAGA complex, chromatin remodeling complexes, histone chaperones, highly acetylated histones, as well as proteins playing a role in co-transcriptional processes, such as splicing, mRNA decapping and mRNA decay. Moreover, our data provides clear evidence, that the Mediator complex interacts not only with RNA polymerase II, but also with RNA polymerases I and III, and indicates a functional role of the Mediator complex in rRNA processing and ribosome biogenesis.
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- Henriette Uthe
- Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Monribot-Villanueva J, Zurita M, Vázquez M. Developmental transcriptional regulation by SUMOylation, an evolving field. Genesis 2017; 55. [PMID: 27935206 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.23009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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SUMOylation is a reversible post-translational protein modification that affects the intracellular localization, stability, activity, and interactions of its protein targets. The SUMOylation pathway influences several nuclear and cytoplasmic processes. The expression of many genes, in particular those involved in development is finely tuned in space and time by several groups of proteins. There is growing evidence that transcriptional regulation mechanisms involve direct SUMOylation of transcriptional-related proteins such as initiation and elongation factors, and subunits of chromatin modifier and remodeling complexes originally described as members of the trithorax and Polycomb groups in Drosophila. Therefore, it is being unveiled that SUMOylation has a role in both, gene silencing and gene activation mechanisms. The goal of this review is to discuss the information on how SUMO modification in components of these multi-subunit complexes may have an effect in genome architecture and function and, therefore, in the regulation of gene expression in time and space.
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- Juan Monribot-Villanueva
- Departamento de Fisiología Molecular y Genética del Desarrollo, Instituto de Biotecnología-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Departamento de Fisiología Molecular y Genética del Desarrollo, Instituto de Biotecnología-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Departamento de Fisiología Molecular y Genética del Desarrollo, Instituto de Biotecnología-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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Le NT, Martin JF, Fujiwara K, Abe JI. Sub-cellular localization specific SUMOylation in the heart. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2017; 1863:2041-2055. [PMID: 28130202 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2017.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Revised: 11/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Although the majority of SUMO substrates are localized in the nucleus, SUMOylation is not limited to nuclear proteins and can be also detected in extra-nuclear proteins. In this review, we will highlight and discuss how SUMOylation in different cellular compartments regulate biological processes. First, we will discuss the key role of SUMOylation of proteins in the extra-nuclear compartment in cardiomyocytes, which is overwhelmingly cardio-protective. On the other hand, SUMOylation of nuclear proteins is generally detrimental to the cardiac function mainly because of the trans-repressive nature of SUMOylation on many transcription factors. We will also discuss the potential role of SUMOylation in epigenetic regulation. In this review, we will propose a new concept that shuttling of SUMO proteases between the nuclear and extra-nuclear compartments without changing their enzymatic activity regulates the extent of SUMOylation in these compartments and determines the response and fate of cardiomyocytes after cardiac insults. Approaches focused specifically to inhibit this shuttling in cardiomyocytes will be necessary to understand the whole picture of SUMOylation and its pathophysiological consequences in the heart, especially after cardiac insults. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Genetic and epigenetic control of heart failure - edited by Jun Ren & Megan Yingmei Zhang.
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- Nhat-Tu Le
- Department of Cardiology - Research, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Cardiology - Research, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Cardiology - Research, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
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Mitosis is the stage of the cell cycle during which replicated chromosomes must be precisely divided to allow the formation of two daughter cells possessing equal genetic material. Much of the careful spatial and temporal organization of mitosis is maintained through post-translational modifications, such as phosphorylation and ubiquitination, of key cellular proteins. Here, we will review evidence that sumoylation, conjugation to the SUMO family of small ubiquitin-like modifiers, also serves essential regulatory roles during mitosis. We will discuss the basic biology of sumoylation, how the SUMO pathway has been implicated in particular mitotic functions, including chromosome condensation, centromere/kinetochore organization and cytokinesis, and what cellular proteins may be the targets underlying these phenomena.
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- Debaditya Mukhopadhyay
- Section on Cell Cycle Regulation, Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health, 18 Library Drive, Room 106, Building 18T, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Cell Cycle Regulation, Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health, 18 Library Drive, Room 106, Building 18T, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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Richard P, Vethantham V, Manley JL. Roles of Sumoylation in mRNA Processing and Metabolism. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 963:15-33. [PMID: 28197904 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50044-7_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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SUMO has gained prominence as a regulator in a number of cellular processes. The roles of sumoylation in RNA metabolism, however, while considerable, remain less well understood. In this chapter we have assembled data from proteomic analyses, localization studies and key functional studies to extend SUMO's role to the area of mRNA processing and metabolism. Proteomic analyses have identified multiple putative sumoylation targets in complexes functioning in almost all aspects of mRNA metabolism, including capping, splicing and polyadenylation of mRNA precursors. Possible regulatory roles for SUMO have emerged in pre-mRNA 3' processing, where SUMO influences the functions of polyadenylation factors and activity of the entire complex. SUMO is also involved in regulating RNA editing and RNA binding by hnRNP proteins, and recent reports have suggested the involvement of the SUMO pathway in mRNA export. Together, these reports suggest that SUMO is involved in regulation of many aspects of mRNA metabolism and hold the promise for exciting future studies.
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- Patricia Richard
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
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SUMO and Nucleocytoplasmic Transport. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 963:111-126. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50044-7_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Gujjula R, Veeraiah S, Kumar K, Thakur SS, Mishra K, Kaur R. Identification of Components of the SUMOylation Machinery in Candida glabrata: ROLE OF THE DESUMOYLATION PEPTIDASE CgUlp2 IN VIRULENCE. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:19573-89. [PMID: 27382059 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.706044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Regulation of protein function by reversible post-translational modification, SUMOylation, is widely conserved in the eukaryotic kingdom. SUMOylation is essential for cell growth, division, and adaptation to stress in most organisms, including fungi. As these are key factors in determination of fungal virulence, in this study, we have investigated the importance of SUMOylation in the human pathogen, Candida glabrata We identified the enzymes involved in small ubiquitin-like modifier conjugation and show that there is strong conservation between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and C. glabrata We demonstrate that SUMOylation is an essential process and that adaptation to stress involves changes in global SUMOylation in C. glabrata Importantly, loss of the deSUMOylating enzyme CgUlp2 leads to highly reduced small ubiquitin-like modifier protein levels, and impaired growth, sensitivity to multiple stress conditions, reduced adherence to epithelial cells, and poor colonization of specific tissues in mice. Our study thus demonstrates a key role for protein SUMOylation in the life cycle and pathobiology of C. glabrata.
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- Rahul Gujjula
- From the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Building 7, Gruhakalpa, 5-4-399/B, Nampally, Hyderabad 500001
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- the Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Science, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046
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- From the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Building 7, Gruhakalpa, 5-4-399/B, Nampally, Hyderabad 500001, the Graduate Studies Program, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka 576104, and
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- the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Habsiguda, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500007, India
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- the Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Science, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046,
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- From the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Building 7, Gruhakalpa, 5-4-399/B, Nampally, Hyderabad 500001,
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Thu YM, Van Riper SK, Higgins L, Zhang T, Becker JR, Markowski TW, Nguyen HD, Griffin TJ, Bielinsky AK. Slx5/Slx8 Promotes Replication Stress Tolerance by Facilitating Mitotic Progression. Cell Rep 2016; 15:1254-65. [PMID: 27134171 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Revised: 01/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Loss of minichromosome maintenance protein 10 (Mcm10) causes replication stress. We uncovered that S. cerevisiae mcm10-1 mutants rely on the E3 SUMO ligase Mms21 and the SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligase complex Slx5/8 for survival. Using quantitative mass spectrometry, we identified changes in the SUMO proteome of mcm10-1 mutants and revealed candidates regulated by Slx5/8. Such candidates included subunits of the chromosome passenger complex (CPC), Bir1 and Sli15, known to facilitate spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) activation. We show here that Slx5 counteracts SAC activation in mcm10-1 mutants under conditions of moderate replication stress. This coincides with the proteasomal degradation of sumoylated Bir1. Importantly, Slx5-dependent mitotic relief was triggered not only by Mcm10 deficiency but also by treatment with low doses of the alkylating drug methyl methanesulfonate. Based on these findings, we propose a model in which Slx5/8 allows for passage through mitosis when replication stress is tolerable.
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- Yee Mon Thu
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- University of Minnesota Informatics Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Oeser ML, Amen T, Nadel CM, Bradley AI, Reed BJ, Jones RD, Gopalan J, Kaganovich D, Gardner RG. Dynamic Sumoylation of a Conserved Transcription Corepressor Prevents Persistent Inclusion Formation during Hyperosmotic Stress. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1005809. [PMID: 26800527 PMCID: PMC4723248 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Cells are often exposed to physical or chemical stresses that can damage the structures of essential biomolecules. Stress-induced cellular damage can become deleterious if not managed appropriately. Rapid and adaptive responses to stresses are therefore crucial for cell survival. In eukaryotic cells, different stresses trigger post-translational modification of proteins with the small ubiquitin-like modifier SUMO. However, the specific regulatory roles of sumoylation in each stress response are not well understood. Here, we examined the sumoylation events that occur in budding yeast after exposure to hyperosmotic stress. We discovered by proteomic and biochemical analyses that hyperosmotic stress incurs the rapid and transient sumoylation of Cyc8 and Tup1, which together form a conserved transcription corepressor complex that regulates hundreds of genes. Gene expression and cell biological analyses revealed that sumoylation of each protein directs distinct outcomes. In particular, we discovered that Cyc8 sumoylation prevents the persistence of hyperosmotic stress-induced Cyc8-Tup1 inclusions, which involves a glutamine-rich prion domain in Cyc8. We propose that sumoylation protects against persistent inclusion formation during hyperosmotic stress, allowing optimal transcriptional function of the Cyc8-Tup1 complex. Cells have evolved complex stress responses to cope with environmental challenges that could otherwise inflict severe damage on the molecules essential for life. Stress responses must ameliorate the immediate damage caused by stress exposure and also adjust metabolic capacity, gene expression output, and other cellular functions to protect against further damage that could be incurred by prolonged exposure to stress. Posttranslational protein modifications are a major means by which cells respond to changing environmental conditions. These modifications can alter the function, localization, and molecular interactions of their target proteins. In addition, evidence is emerging that some posttranslational modifications may also change the physical characteristics of target proteins. In this study, we present evidence that during hyperosmotic stress, a condition known to induce protein misfolding, cells rapidly but transiently use the small ubiquitin-modifier SUMO to protect against persistent inclusion formation of a conserved transcriptional repressor complex. We propose that this rapid protective action via posttranslational modification enables optimal gene regulation during the cellular response to hyperosmotic stress.
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- Michelle L. Oeser
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Alexander Grass Center for Bioengineering, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Elrouby N. Analysis of Small Ubiquitin-Like Modifier (SUMO) Targets Reflects the Essential Nature of Protein SUMOylation and Provides Insight to Elucidate the Role of SUMO in Plant Development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 169:1006-17. [PMID: 26320229 PMCID: PMC4587472 DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Posttranslational modification of proteins by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) has received much attention, reflected by a flood of recent studies implicating SUMO in a wide range of cellular and molecular activities, many of which are conserved throughout eukaryotes. Whereas most of these studies were performed in vitro or in single cells, plants provide an excellent system to study the role of SUMO at the developmental level. Consistent with its essential roles during plant development, mutations of the basic SUMOylation machinery in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) cause embryo stage arrest or major developmental defects due to perturbation of the dynamics of target SUMOylation. Efforts to identify SUMO protein targets in Arabidopsis have been modest; however, recent success in identifying thousands of human SUMO targets using unique experimental designs can potentially help identify plant SUMO targets more efficiently. Here, known Arabidopsis SUMO targets are reevaluated, and potential approaches to dissect the roles of SUMO in plant development are discussed.
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- Nabil Elrouby
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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Simpson-Lavy KJ, Bronstein A, Kupiec M, Johnston M. Cross-Talk between Carbon Metabolism and the DNA Damage Response in S. cerevisiae. Cell Rep 2015; 12:1865-75. [PMID: 26344768 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Revised: 07/29/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Yeast cells with DNA damage avoid respiration, presumably because products of oxidative metabolism can be harmful to DNA. We show that DNA damage inhibits the activity of the Snf1 (AMP-activated) protein kinase (AMPK), which activates expression of genes required for respiration. Glucose and DNA damage upregulate SUMOylation of Snf1, catalyzed by the SUMO E3 ligase Mms21, which inhibits SNF1 activity. The DNA damage checkpoint kinases Mec1/ATR and Tel1/ATM, as well as the nutrient-sensing protein kinase A (PKA), regulate Mms21 activity toward Snf1. Mec1 and Tel1 are required for two SNF1-regulated processes-glucose sensing and ADH2 gene expression-even without exogenous genotoxic stress. Our results imply that inhibition of Snf1 by SUMOylation is a mechanism by which cells lower their respiration in response to DNA damage. This raises the possibility that activation of DNA damage checkpoint mechanisms could contribute to aerobic fermentation (Warburg effect), a hallmark of cancer cells.
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- Kobi J Simpson-Lavy
- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, 12801 E 17(th) Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Tel Aviv University, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Haim Levanon Street, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
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- Tel Aviv University, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Haim Levanon Street, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Haim Levanon Street, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, 12801 E 17(th) Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Hannan A, Abraham NM, Goyal S, Jamir I, Priyakumar UD, Mishra K. Sumoylation of Sir2 differentially regulates transcriptional silencing in yeast. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:10213-26. [PMID: 26319015 PMCID: PMC4666389 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Silent information regulator 2 (Sir2), the founding member of the conserved sirtuin family of NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase, regulates several physiological processes including genome stability, gene silencing, metabolism and life span in yeast. Within the nucleus, Sir2 is associated with telomere clusters in the nuclear periphery and rDNA in the nucleolus and regulates gene silencing at these genomic sites. How distribution of Sir2 between telomere and rDNA is regulated is not known. Here we show that Sir2 is sumoylated and this modification modulates the intra-nuclear distribution of Sir2. We identify Siz2 as the key SUMO ligase and show that multiple lysines in Sir2 are subject to this sumoylation activity. Mutating K215 alone counteracts the inhibitory effect of Siz2 on telomeric silencing. SUMO modification of Sir2 impairs interaction with Sir4 but not Net1 and, furthermore, SUMO modified Sir2 shows predominant nucleolar localization. Our findings demonstrate that sumoylation of Sir2 modulates distribution between telomeres and rDNA and this is likely to have implications for Sir2 function in other loci as well.
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- Abdul Hannan
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Center for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad 500032, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Center for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad 500032, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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Alonso A, Greenlee M, Matts J, Kline J, Davis KJ, Miller RK. Emerging roles of sumoylation in the regulation of actin, microtubules, intermediate filaments, and septins. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2015; 72:305-39. [PMID: 26033929 PMCID: PMC5049490 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 05/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Sumoylation is a powerful regulatory system that controls many of the critical processes in the cell, including DNA repair, transcriptional regulation, nuclear transport, and DNA replication. Recently, new functions for SUMO have begun to emerge. SUMO is covalently attached to components of each of the four major cytoskeletal networks, including microtubule-associated proteins, septins, and intermediate filaments, in addition to nuclear actin and actin-regulatory proteins. However, knowledge of the mechanisms by which this signal transduction system controls the cytoskeleton is still in its infancy. One story that is beginning to unfold is that SUMO may regulate the microtubule motor protein dynein by modification of its adaptor Lis1. In other instances, cytoskeletal elements can both bind to SUMO non-covalently and also be conjugated by it. The molecular mechanisms for many of these new functions are not yet clear, but are under active investigation. One emerging model links the function of MAP sumoylation to protein degradation through SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligases, also known as STUbL enzymes. Other possible functions for cytoskeletal sumoylation are also discussed.
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- Annabel Alonso
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyOklahoma State UniversityStillwaterOklahoma
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyOklahoma State UniversityStillwaterOklahoma
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyOklahoma State UniversityStillwaterOklahoma
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyOklahoma State UniversityStillwaterOklahoma
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyOklahoma State UniversityStillwaterOklahoma
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyOklahoma State UniversityStillwaterOklahoma
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Eckhoff J, Dohmen RJ. In Vitro Studies Reveal a Sequential Mode of Chain Processing by the Yeast SUMO (Small Ubiquitin-related Modifier)-specific Protease Ulp2. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:12268-81. [PMID: 25833950 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.622217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Sumoylation is a post-translational modification essential in most eukaryotes that regulates stability, localization, activity, or interaction of a multitude of proteins. It is a reversible process wherein counteracting ligases and proteases, respectively, mediate the conjugation and deconjugation of SUMO molecules to/from target proteins. Apart from attachment of single SUMO moieties to targets, formation of poly-SUMO chains occurs by the attachment of additional SUMO molecules to lysine residues in the N-terminal extensions of SUMO. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae there are apparently only two SUMO(Smt3)-specific proteases: Ulp1 and Ulp2. Ulp2 has been shown to be important for the control of poly-SUMO conjugates in cells and to dismantle SUMO chains in vitro, but the mechanism by which it acts remains to be elucidated. Applying an in vitro approach, we found that Ulp2 acts sequentially rather than stochastically, processing substrate-linked poly-SUMO chains from their distal ends down to two linked SUMO moieties. Furthermore, three linked SUMO units turned out to be the minimum length of a substrate-linked chain required for efficient binding to and processing by Ulp2. Our data suggest that Ulp2 disassembles SUMO chains by removing one SUMO moiety at a time from their ends (exo mechanism). Apparently, Ulp2 recognizes surfaces at or near the N terminus of the distal SUMO moiety, as attachments to this end significantly reduce cleavage efficiency. Our studies suggest that Ulp2 controls the dynamic range of SUMO chain lengths by trimming them from the distal ends.
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- Julia Eckhoff
- From the Institute for Genetics, Biocenter, University of Cologne, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
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- From the Institute for Genetics, Biocenter, University of Cologne, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
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Ng CH, Akhter A, Yurko N, Burgener JM, Rosonina E, Manley JL. Sumoylation controls the timing of Tup1-mediated transcriptional deactivation. Nat Commun 2015; 6:6610. [PMID: 25766875 PMCID: PMC4360881 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) is implicated in various cellular activities, including transcriptional regulation. We previously showed that the yeast activator Gcn4 becomes sumoylated during activation, facilitating its eventual promoter eviction and transcriptional shut off. Here we show that the corepressor Tup1 is sumoylated, at two specific lysines, under various stress conditions. Mutation of these sites has no effect on Tup1 recruitment or RNAP II promoter occupancy immediately following induction. However, Tup1 levels subsequently decrease, while RNAP II and transcription increase in Tup1 mutant cells. Consistent with this, a Tup1 mutant displaying increased sumoylation led to reduced transcription. We also show that coordinated sumoylation of Gcn4 and Tup1 enhances Gcn4 promoter eviction, and that multiple Tup1-interacting proteins become sumoylated after stress. Together, our studies provide evidence that coordinated sumoylation of Gcn4, Tup1, and likely other factors, dampens activated transcription by stabilizing Tup1 binding and stimulating Gcn4 and RNAP II removal.
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- Chong Han Ng
- 1] Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, 1212 Amsterdam Avenue, 1117 Fairchild Center, New York, New York 10027, USA [2] Faculty of Information Science &Technology, Multimedia University, Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama, 75450 Bukit Beruang, Melaka, Malaysia
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, 1212 Amsterdam Avenue, 1117 Fairchild Center, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, 1212 Amsterdam Avenue, 1117 Fairchild Center, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Sumoylation and transcription regulation at nuclear pores. Chromosoma 2014; 124:45-56. [PMID: 25171917 PMCID: PMC4339684 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-014-0481-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Revised: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Increasing evidence indicates that besides promoters, enhancers, and epigenetic modifications, nuclear organization is another parameter contributing to optimal control of gene expression. Although differences between species exist, the influence of gene positioning on expression seems to be a conserved feature from yeast to Drosophila and mammals. The nuclear periphery is one of the nuclear compartments implicated in gene regulation. It consists of the nuclear envelope (NE) and the nuclear pore complexes (NPC), which have distinct roles in the control of gene expression. The NPC has recently been shown to tether proteins involved in the sumoylation pathway. Here, we will focus on the importance of gene positioning and NPC-linked sumoylation/desumoylation in transcription regulation. We will mainly discuss observations made in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae model system and highlight potential parallels in metazoan species.
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Niikura T, Kita Y, Abe Y. SUMO3 modification accelerates the aggregation of ALS-linked SOD1 mutants. PLoS One 2014; 9:e101080. [PMID: 24971881 PMCID: PMC4074151 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Mutations in superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) are a major cause of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), whereby the mutant proteins misfold and aggregate to form intracellular inclusions. We report that both small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) 1 and SUMO2/3 modify ALS-linked SOD1 mutant proteins at lysine 75 in a motoneuronal cell line, the cell type affected in ALS. In these cells, SUMO1 modification occurred on both lysine 75 and lysine 9 of SOD1, and modification of ALS-linked SOD1 mutant proteins by SUMO3, rather than by SUMO1, significantly increased the stability of the proteins and accelerated intracellular aggregate formation. These findings suggest the contribution of sumoylation, particularly by SUMO3, to the protein aggregation process underlying the pathogenesis of ALS.
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- Takako Niikura
- Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Chepelev N, Chepelev L, Alamgir M, Golshani A. Large-Scale Protein-Protein Interaction Detection Approaches: Past, Present and Future. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2008.10817505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Texari L, Dieppois G, Vinciguerra P, Contreras MP, Groner A, Letourneau A, Stutz F. The nuclear pore regulates GAL1 gene transcription by controlling the localization of the SUMO protease Ulp1. Mol Cell 2013; 51:807-18. [PMID: 24074957 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.08.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2012] [Revised: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Transcription activation of some yeast genes correlates with their repositioning to the nuclear pore complex (NPC). The NPC-bound Mlp1 and Mlp2 proteins have been shown to associate with the GAL1 gene promoter and to maintain Ulp1, a key SUMO protease, at the NPC. Here, we show that the release of Ulp1 from the NPC increases the kinetics of GAL1 derepression, whereas artificial NPC anchoring of Ulp1 in the Δmlp1/2 strain restores normal GAL1 regulation. Moreover, artificial tethering of the Ulp1 catalytic domain to the GAL1 locus enhances the derepression kinetics. Our results also indicate that Ulp1 modulates the sumoylation state of Tup1 and Ssn6, two regulators of glucose-repressed genes, and that a loss of Ssn6 sumoylation correlates with an increase in GAL1 derepression kinetics. Altogether, our data highlight a role for the NPC-associated SUMO protease Ulp1 in regulating the sumoylation of gene-bound transcription regulators, positively affecting transcription kinetics in the context of the NPC.
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- Lorane Texari
- Department of Cell Biology, NCCR Frontiers in Genetics, iGE3, University of Geneva, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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Ngo B, Hu CM, Guo XE, Ngo B, Wei R, Zhu J, Lee WH. Complementary interhelical interactions between three buried Glu-Lys pairs within three heptad repeats are essential for Hec1-Nuf2 heterodimerization and mitotic progression. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:34403-13. [PMID: 24129578 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.490524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hec1 and Nuf2, core components of the NDC80 complex, are essential for kinetochore-microtubule attachment and chromosome segregation. It has been shown that both Hec1 and Nuf2 utilize their coiled-coil domains to form a functional dimer; however, details of the consequential significance and structural requirements to form the dimerization interface have yet to be elucidated. Here, we showed that Hec1 required three contiguous heptad repeats from Leu-324 to Leu-352, but not the entire first coiled-coil domain, to ensure overall stability of the NDC80 complex through direct interaction with Nuf2. Substituting the hydrophobic core residues, Leu-331, Val-338, and Ile-345, of Hec1 with alanine completely eliminated Nuf2 binding and blocked mitotic progression. Moreover, unlike most coiled-coil proteins, where the buried positions are composed of hydrophobic residues, Hec1 possessed an unusual distribution of glutamic acid residues, Glu-334, Glu-341, and Glu-348, buried within the interior dimerization interface, which complement with three Nuf2 lysine residues: Lys-227, Lys-234, and Lys-241. Substituting these corresponding residues with alanine diminished the binding affinity between Hec1 and Nuf2, compromised NDC80 complex formation, and adversely affected mitotic progression. Taken together, these findings demonstrated that three buried glutamic acid-lysine pairs, in concert with hydrophobic interactions of core residues, provide the major specificity and stability requirements for Hec1-Nuf2 dimerization and NDC80 complex formation.
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- Bryan Ngo
- From the Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California 92697
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The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a major stress sensor of mammalian cells. AMPK's homolog in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the SNF1 protein kinase, is a central regulator of carbon metabolism that inhibits the Snf3/Rgt2-Rgt1 glucose sensing pathway and activates genes involved in respiration. We present evidence that glucose induces modification of the Snf1 catalytic subunt of SNF1 with the small ubiquitin-like modifier protein SUMO, catalyzed by the SUMO (E3) ligase Mms21. Our results suggest that SUMOylation of Snf1 inhibits its function in two ways: by interaction of SUMO attached to lysine 549 with a SUMO-interacting sequence motif located near the active site of Snf1, and by targeting Snf1 for destruction via the Slx5-Slx8 (SUMO-directed) ubiquitin ligase. These findings reveal another way SNF1 function is regulated in response to carbon source.
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Multiple crosstalks between mRNA biogenesis and SUMO. Chromosoma 2013; 122:387-99. [PMID: 23584125 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-013-0408-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Revised: 03/10/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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mRNA metabolism involves the orchestration of multiple nuclear events, including transcription, processing (e.g., capping, splicing, polyadenylation), and quality control. This leads to the accurate formation of messenger ribonucleoparticles (mRNPs) that are finally exported to the cytoplasm for translation. The production of defined sets of mRNAs in given environmental or physiological situations relies on multiple regulatory mechanisms that target the mRNA biogenesis machineries. Among other regulations, post-translational modification by the small ubiquitin-like modifier SUMO, whose prominence in several cellular processes has been largely demonstrated, also plays a key role in mRNA biogenesis. Analysis of the multiple available SUMO proteomes and functional validations of an increasing number of sumoylated targets have revealed the key contribution of SUMO-dependent regulation in nuclear mRNA metabolism. While sumoylation of transcriptional activators and repressors is so far best documented, SUMO contribution to other stages of mRNA biogenesis is also emerging. Modification of mRNA metabolism factors by SUMO determine their subnuclear targeting and biological activity, notably by regulating their molecular interactions with nucleic acids or protein partners. In particular, sumoylation of DNA-bound transcriptional regulators interfere with their association to target sequences or chromatin modifiers. In addition, the recent identification of enzymes of the SUMO pathway within specialized mRNA biogenesis machineries may provide a further level of regulation to their specificity. These multiple crosstalks between mRNA metabolism and SUMO appear therefore as important players in cellular regulatory networks.
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Sung MK, Lim G, Yi DG, Chang YJ, Yang EB, Lee K, Huh WK. Genome-wide bimolecular fluorescence complementation analysis of SUMO interactome in yeast. Genome Res 2013; 23:736-46. [PMID: 23403034 PMCID: PMC3613590 DOI: 10.1101/gr.148346.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The definition of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) in the natural cellular context is essential for properly understanding various biological processes. So far, however, most large-scale PPI analyses have not been performed in the natural cellular context. Here, we describe the construction of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fusion library in which each endogenous gene is C-terminally tagged with the N-terminal fragment of Venus (VN) for a genome-wide bimolecular fluorescence complementation assay, a powerful technique for identifying PPIs in living cells. We illustrate the utility of the VN fusion library by systematically analyzing the interactome of the small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) and provide previously unavailable information on the subcellular localization, types, and protease dependence of SUMO interactions. Our data set is highly complementary to the existing data sets and represents a useful resource for expanding the understanding of the physiological roles of SUMO. In addition, the VN fusion library provides a useful research tool that makes it feasible to systematically analyze PPIs in the natural cellular context.
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- Min-Kyung Sung
- Department of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Republic of Korea
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Hickey CM, Wilson NR, Hochstrasser M. Function and regulation of SUMO proteases. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2013; 13:755-66. [PMID: 23175280 DOI: 10.1038/nrm3478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 468] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Covalent attachment of small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) to proteins is highly dynamic, and both SUMO-protein conjugation and cleavage can be regulated. Protein desumoylation is carried out by SUMO proteases, which control cellular mechanisms ranging from transcription and cell division to ribosome biogenesis. Recent advances include the discovery of two novel classes of SUMO proteases, insights regarding SUMO protease specificity, and revelations of previously unappreciated SUMO protease functions in several key cellular pathways. These developments, together with new connections between SUMO proteases and the recently discovered SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligases (STUbLs), make this an exciting period to study these enzymes.
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- Christopher M Hickey
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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Garza R, Pillus L. STUbLs in chromatin and genome stability. Biopolymers 2013; 99:146-54. [PMID: 23175389 PMCID: PMC3507437 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2012] [Accepted: 07/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Chromatin structure and function is based on the dynamic interactions between nucleosomes and chromatin-associated proteins. In addition to the other post-translational modifications considered in this review issue of Biopolymers, ubiquitin and SUMO proteins also have prominent roles in chromatin function. A specialized form of modification that involves both, referred to as SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligation, or STUbL [Perry, Tainer, and Boddy, Trends Biochem Sci, 2008, 33, 201-208], has significant effects on nuclear functions, ranging from gene regulation to genomic stability. Intersections between SUMO and ubiquitin in protein modification have been the subject of a recent comprehensive review [Praefcke, Hofmann, and Dohmen, Trends Biochem Sci, 2012, 37, 23-31]. Our goal here is to focus on features of enzymes with STUbL activity that have been best studied, particularly in relation to their nuclear functions in humans, flies, and yeasts. Because there are clear associations of disease and development upon loss of STUbL activities in metazoans, learning more about their function, regulation, and substrates will remain an important goal for the future.
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- Renee Garza
- Section of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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Yong-Gonzales V, Hang LE, Castellucci F, Branzei D, Zhao X. The Smc5-Smc6 complex regulates recombination at centromeric regions and affects kinetochore protein sumoylation during normal growth. PLoS One 2012; 7:e51540. [PMID: 23284708 PMCID: PMC3527468 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2012] [Accepted: 11/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The Smc5-Smc6 complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is both essential for growth and important for coping with genotoxic stress. While it facilitates damage tolerance throughout the genome under genotoxin treatment, its function during unperturbed growth is mainly documented for repetitive DNA sequence maintenance. Here we provide physical and genetic evidence showing that the Smc5–Smc6 complex regulates recombination at non-repetitive loci such as centromeres in the absence of DNA damaging agents. Mutating Smc6 results in the accumulation of recombination intermediates at centromeres and other unique sequences as assayed by 2D gel analysis. In addition, smc6 mutant cells exhibit increased levels of Rad52 foci that co-localize with centromere markers. A rad52 mutation that decreases centromeric, but not overall, levels of Rad52 foci in smc6 mutants suppresses the nocodazole sensitivity of these cells, suggesting that the Smc6-mediated regulation of recombination at centromeric regions impacts centromere-related functions. In addition to influencing recombination, the SUMO ligase subunit of the Smc5–Smc6 complex promotes the sumoylation of two kinetochore proteins and affects mitotic spindles. These results suggest that the Smc5–Smc6 complex regulates both recombination and kinetochore sumoylation to facilitate chromosomal maintenance during growth.
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- Vladimir Yong-Gonzales
- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Programs in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, New York, United States of America
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- IFOM, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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Kerwin CL, Wykoff DD. De novogeneration of a phosphate starvation-regulated promoter inCandida glabrata. FEMS Yeast Res 2012; 12:980-9. [DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2012] [Revised: 08/22/2012] [Accepted: 08/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Sarge KD, Park-Sarge OK. WITHDRAWN: Protein sumoylation and human diseases. Biochimie 2012:S0300-9084(12)00371-9. [PMID: 23022145 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2012.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2012] [Accepted: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This review has been withdrawn at the request of the author(s) and/or editor. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy.
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- Kevin D Sarge
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
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Chambers AL, Downs JA. The RSC and INO80 chromatin-remodeling complexes in DNA double-strand break repair. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2012; 110:229-61. [PMID: 22749148 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-387665-2.00009-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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In eukaryotes, DNA is packaged into chromatin and is therefore relatively inaccessible to DNA repair enzymes. In order to perform efficient DNA repair, ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling enzymes are required to alter the chromatin structure near the site of damage to facilitate processing and allow access to repair enzymes. Two of the best-studied remodeling complexes involved in repair are RSC (Remodels the Structure of Chromatin) and INO80 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which are both conserved in higher eukaryotes. RSC is very rapidly recruited to breaks and mobilizes nucleosomes to promote phosphorylation of H2A S129 and resection. INO80 enrichment at a break occurs later and is dependent on phospho-S129 H2A. INO80 activity at the break site also facilitates resection. Consequently, both homologous recombination and nonhomologous end-joining are defective in rsc mutants, while subsets of these repair pathways are affected in ino80 mutants.
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- Anna L Chambers
- MRC Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Alfred C O Vertegaal
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Elmore ZC, Donaher M, Matson BC, Murphy H, Westerbeck JW, Kerscher O. Sumo-dependent substrate targeting of the SUMO protease Ulp1. BMC Biol 2011; 9:74. [PMID: 22034919 PMCID: PMC3216068 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-9-74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2011] [Accepted: 10/28/2011] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Background In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the essential small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) protease Ulp1 is responsible for both removing SUMO/Smt3 from specific target proteins and for processing precursor SUMO into its conjugation-competent form. Ulp1 localizes predominantly to nuclear pore complexes but has also been shown to deconjugate sumoylated septins at the bud-neck of dividing cells. How Ulp1 is directed to bud-neck localized septins and other cytoplasmic deconjugation targets is not well understood. Results Using a structure/function approach, we set out to elucidate features of Ulp1 that are required for substrate targeting. To aid our studies, we took advantage of a catalytically inactive mutant of Ulp1 that is greatly enriched at the septin ring of dividing yeast cells. We found that the localization of Ulp1 to the septins requires both SUMO and specific structural features of Ulp1's catalytic domain. Our analysis identified a 218-amino acid, substrate-trapping mutant of the catalytic domain of Ulp1, Ulp1(3)(C580S), that is necessary and sufficient for septin localization. We also used the targeting and SUMO-binding properties of Ulp1(3)(C580S) to purify Smt3-modified proteins from cell extracts. Conclusions Our study provides novel insights into how the Ulp1 SUMO protease is actively targeted to its substrates in vivo and in vitro. Furthermore, we found that a substrate-trapping Ulp1(3)(C580S) interacts robustly with human SUMO1, SUMO2 and SUMO2 chains, making it a potentially useful tool for the analysis and purification of SUMO-modified proteins.
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- Zachary C Elmore
- Biology Department, The College of William & Mary, ISC3047, 540 Landrum Drive, Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA
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Park HC, Choi W, Park HJ, Cheong MS, Koo YD, Shin G, Chung WS, Kim WY, Kim MG, Bressan RA, Bohnert HJ, Lee SY, Yun DJ. Identification and molecular properties of SUMO-binding proteins in Arabidopsis. Mol Cells 2011; 32:143-51. [PMID: 21607647 PMCID: PMC3887670 DOI: 10.1007/s10059-011-2297-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2010] [Revised: 04/20/2011] [Accepted: 04/28/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Reversible conjugation of the small ubiquitin modifier (SUMO) peptide to proteins (SUMOylation) plays important roles in cellular processes in animals and yeasts. However, little is known about plant SUMO targets. To identify SUMO substrates in Arabidopsis and to probe for biological functions of SUMO proteins, we constructed 6xHis-3xFLAG fused AtSUMO1 (HFAtSUMO1) controlled by the CaMV35S promoter for transformation into Arabidopsis Col-0. After heat treatment, an increased sumoylation pattern was detected in the transgenic plants. SUMO1-modified proteins were selected after two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) image analysis and identified using matrix-assisted laser-desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). We identified 27 proteins involved in a variety of processes such as nucleic acid metabolism, signaling, metabolism, and including proteins of unknown functions. Binding and sumoylation patterns were confirmed independently. Surprisingly, MCM3 (At5G46280), a DNA replication licensing factor, only interacted with and became sumoylated by AtSUMO1, but not by SUMO1ΔGG or AtSUMO3. The results suggest specific interactions between sumoylation targets and particular sumoylation enzymes.
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- Hyeong Cheol Park
- Division of Applied Life Science (Brain Korea 21 Program), and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Division of Applied Life Science (Brain Korea 21 Program), and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Division of Applied Life Science (Brain Korea 21 Program), and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Division of Applied Life Science (Brain Korea 21 Program), and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (Brain Korea 21 Program), and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (Brain Korea 21 Program), and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (Brain Korea 21 Program), and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (Brain Korea 21 Program), and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- Bio-Crops Development Division, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon 441-707, Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (Brain Korea 21 Program), and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Applied Life Science (Brain Korea 21 Program), and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
- Departments of Plant Biology and of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA
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- Division of Applied Life Science (Brain Korea 21 Program), and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (Brain Korea 21 Program), and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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Yao Q, Li H, Liu BQ, Huang XY, Guo L. SUMOylation-regulated protein phosphorylation, evidence from quantitative phosphoproteomics analyses. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:27342-9. [PMID: 21685386 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.220848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Protein modification is critical for the regulation of protein functions. Cross-talks among different types of protein modifications should yield concerted and coordinated regulatory networks for physiological functions. Here we have employed system-wide and quantitative phosphoproteomics analyses to reveal a global cross-talk for SUMOylation-modulated phosphorylation. Furthermore, as specific examples, we have shown that the α subunit of casein kinase II is SUMOylated and that this affects the phosphorylation of its substrates. SUMO-regulated phosphorylation is involved in cell cycle control. Our data demonstrate an interplay between protein SUMOylation and phosphorylation and imply a regulatory role for this SUMOylation-modulated phosphorylation.
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- Qi Yao
- State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072 China
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Sarge KD, Park-Sarge OK. SUMO and its role in human diseases. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 288:167-83. [PMID: 21482412 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-386041-5.00004-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The covalent attachment of small ubiquition-like modifier (SUMO) polypeptides, or sumoylation, is an important regulator of the functional properties of many proteins. Among these are many proteins implicated in human diseases including cancer and Huntington's, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's diseases, as well as spinocerebellar ataxia 1 and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The results of two more recent studies identify two additional human disease-associated proteins that are sumoylated, amyloid precursor protein (APP), and lamin A. APP sumoylation modulates Aβ peptide levels, suggesting a potential role in Alzheimer's disease, and decreased lamin A sumoylation due to mutations near its SUMO site has been implicated in causing some forms of familial dilated cardiomyopathy.
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- Kevin D Sarge
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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Elrouby N, Coupland G. Proteome-wide screens for small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) substrates identify Arabidopsis proteins implicated in diverse biological processes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:17415-20. [PMID: 20855607 PMCID: PMC2951436 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005452107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Covalent modification of proteins by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) regulates various cellular activities in yeast and mammalian cells. In Arabidopsis, inactivation of genes encoding SUMO or SUMO-conjugation enzymes is lethal, emphasizing the importance of SUMOylation in plant development. Despite this, little is known about SUMO targets in plants. Here we identified 238 Arabidopsis proteins as potential SUMO substrates because they interacted with SUMO-conjugating enzyme and/or SUMO protease (ESD4) in the yeast two-hybrid system. Compared with the whole Arabidopsis proteome, the identified proteins were strongly enriched for those containing high-probability consensus SUMO attachment sites, further supporting that they are true SUMO substrates. A high-throughput assay was developed in Escherichia coli and used to test the SUMOylation of 56% of these proteins. More than 92% of the proteins tested were SUMOylated in this assay by at least one SUMO isoform. Furthermore, ADA2b, an ESD4 interactor that was SUMOylated in the E. coli system, also was shown to be SUMOylated in Arabidopsis. The identified SUMO substrates are involved in a wide range of plant processes, many of which were not previously known to involve SUMOylation. These proteins provide a basis for exploring the function of SUMOylation in the regulation of diverse processes in Arabidopsis.
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- Nabil Elrouby
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linne Weg 10, Cologne 50829, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linne Weg 10, Cologne 50829, Germany
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Sung MK, Huh WK. In vivo quantification of protein-protein interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using bimolecular fluorescence complementation assay. J Microbiol Methods 2010; 83:194-201. [PMID: 20828586 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2010] [Revised: 08/24/2010] [Accepted: 08/31/2010] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Most of the biological processes are carried out and regulated by dynamic networks of protein-protein interactions. In this study, we demonstrate the feasibility of the bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assay for in vivo quantitative analysis of protein-protein interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We show that the BiFC assay can be used to quantify not only the amount but also the cell-to-cell variation of protein-protein interactions in S. cerevisiae. In addition, we show that protein sumoylation and condition-specific protein-protein interactions can be quantitatively analyzed by using the BiFC assay. Taken together, our results validate that the BiFC assay is a very effective method for quantitative analysis of protein-protein interactions in living yeast cells and has a great potential as a versatile tool for the study of protein function.
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- Min-Kyung Sung
- School of Biological Sciences and Research Center for Functional Cellulomics, Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Republic of Korea
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Rosonina E, Duncan SM, Manley JL. SUMO functions in constitutive transcription and during activation of inducible genes in yeast. Genes Dev 2010; 24:1242-52. [PMID: 20504900 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1917910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Transcription factors represent one of the largest groups of proteins regulated by SUMO (small ubiquitin-like modifier) modification, and their sumoylation is usually associated with transcriptional repression. To investigate whether sumoylation plays a general role in regulating transcription in yeast, we determined the occupancy of sumoylated proteins at a variety of genes by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) using an antibody that recognizes the yeast SUMO peptide. Surprisingly, we detected sumoylated proteins at all constitutively transcribed genes tested but not at repressed genes. Ubc9, the SUMO conjugation enzyme, was not present on these genes, but its inactivation reduced SUMO at the constitutive promoters and modestly decreased RNA polymerase II levels. In contrast, activation of the inducible GAL1, STL1, and ARG1 genes caused not only a striking accumulation of SUMO at all three promoter regions, but also recruitment of Ubc9, indicating that gene activation involves sumoylation of promoter-bound factors. However, Ubc9 inactivation, while reducing sumoylation at the induced promoters, paradoxically resulted in increased transcription. Providing an explanation for this, the reduced sumoylation impaired the cell's ability to appropriately shut off transcription of the induced ARG1 gene, indicating that SUMO can facilitate transcriptional silencing. Our findings thus establish unexpected roles for sumoylation in both constitutive and activated transcription, and provide a novel mechanism for regulating gene expression.
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- Emanuel Rosonina
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Schimmel J, Balog CIA, Deelder AM, Drijfhout JW, Hensbergen PJ, Vertegaal ACO. Positively charged amino acids flanking a sumoylation consensus tetramer on the 110kDa tri-snRNP component SART1 enhance sumoylation efficiency. J Proteomics 2010; 73:1523-34. [PMID: 20346425 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2010.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2009] [Revised: 03/12/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Covalent attachment of Small Ubiquitin-like MOdifiers (SUMOs) to the epsilon-amino group of lysine residues in target proteins regulates many cellular processes. Previously, we have identified the 110kDa U4/U6.U5 tri-snRNP component SART1 as a target protein for SUMO-1 and SUMO-2. SART1 contains lysines on positions 94, 141, 709 and 742 that are situated in tetrameric sumoylation consensus sites. Recombinant SART1 was produced in E. coli, conjugated to SUMO-2 in vitro, digested by trypsin and analysed by MALDI-ToF, MALDI-FT-ICR or nanoLC-iontrap MS/MS. We found that Lys(94) and Lys(141) of SART1 were preferentially conjugated to SUMO-2 monomers and multimers in vitro. In agreement with these results, mutation of Lys(94) and Lys(141), but not Lys(709) and Lys(742), resulted in a reduced sumoylation of SART1 in HeLa cells. A detailed characterization of the four sumoylation sites of SART1 using full-length recombinant SART1 and a peptide sumoylation approach indicated that positively charged amino acids adjacent to the tetrameric sumoylation consensus site enhance the sumoylation of Lys(94). These results show that amino acids surrounding the classic tetrameric SUMO consensus site can regulate sumoylation efficiency and validate the use of an in vitro sumoylation-mass spectrometry approach for the identification of sumoylation sites.
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- Joost Schimmel
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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