Structural highlights
Function
DCNL1_HUMAN Part of an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex for neddylation. Required for neddylation of cullin components of E3 cullin-RING ubiquitin ligase complexes by enhancing the rate of cullins neddylation. Functions to recruit the NEDD8-charged E2 enzyme to the cullin component. Involved in the release of inhibitory effets of CAND1 on cullin-RING ligase E3 complex assembly and activity. Acts also as an oncogene facilitating malignant transformation and carcinogenic progression (By similarity).
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Although most eukaryotic proteins are N-terminally acetylated, structural mechanisms by which N-terminal acetylation mediates protein interactions are largely unknown. Here, we found that N-terminal acetylation of the E2 enzyme, Ubc12, dictates distinctive E3-dependent ligation of the ubiquitin-like protein, Nedd8, to Cul1. Structural, biochemical, biophysical, and genetic analyses revealed how complete burial of Ubc12's N-acetyl-methionine in a hydrophobic pocket in the E3, Dcn1, promotes cullin neddylation. The results suggest that the N-terminal acetyl both directs Ubc12's interactions with Dcn1, and prevents repulsion of a charged N-terminus. Our data provide a link between acetylation and ubiquitin-like protein conjugation, and define a mechanism for N-terminal acetylation-dependent recognition.
N-Terminal Acetylation Acts as an Avidity Enhancer Within an Interconnected Multiprotein Complex.,Scott DC, Monda JK, Bennett EJ, Harper JW, Schulman BA Science. 2011 Sep 22. PMID:21940857[1]
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References
- ↑ Scott DC, Monda JK, Bennett EJ, Harper JW, Schulman BA. N-Terminal Acetylation Acts as an Avidity Enhancer Within an Interconnected Multiprotein Complex. Science. 2011 Sep 22. PMID:21940857 doi:10.1126/science.1209307
