Structural highlights
Function
UBC9_YEAST E2 ubiquitin-like--protein ligase mediating SUMO/Smt3 attachment to septins and PCNA. Seems to be involved in degradation of S- (CLB5) and M-phase cyclins (CLB2).[1] [2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Post-translational protein modification by ubiquitin (Ub) and ubiquitin-like (Ubl) proteins such as small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) regulates processes including protein homeostasis, the DNA damage response, and the cell cycle. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is modified by Ub or poly-Ub at lysine (Lys)164 after DNA damage to recruit repair factors. Yeast PCNA is modified by SUMO on Lys164 and Lys127 during S-phase to recruit the anti-recombinogenic helicase Srs2. Lys164 modification requires specialized E2/E3 enzyme pairs for SUMO or Ub conjugation. For SUMO, Lys164 modification is strictly dependent on the E3 ligase Siz1, suggesting the E3 alters E2 specificity to promote Lys164 modification. The structural basis for substrate interactions in activated E3/E2-Ub/Ubl complexes remains unclear. Here we report an engineered E2 protein and cross-linking strategies that trap an E3/E2-Ubl/substrate complex for structure determination, illustrating how an E3 can bypass E2 specificity to force-feed a substrate lysine into the E2 active site.
Capturing a substrate in an activated RING E3/E2-SUMO complex.,Streich FC Jr, Lima CD Nature. 2016 Aug 18;536(7616):304-8. PMID:27509863[3]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Johnson ES, Blobel G. Ubc9p is the conjugating enzyme for the ubiquitin-like protein Smt3p. J Biol Chem. 1997 Oct 24;272(43):26799-802. PMID:9341106
- ↑ Johnson ES, Gupta AA. An E3-like factor that promotes SUMO conjugation to the yeast septins. Cell. 2001 Sep 21;106(6):735-44. PMID:11572779
- ↑ Streich FC Jr, Lima CD. Capturing a substrate in an activated RING E3/E2-SUMO complex. Nature. 2016 Aug 18;536(7616):304-8. PMID:27509863 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature19071
