Structural highlights
Function
UBC12_HUMAN Accepts the ubiquitin-like protein NEDD8 from the UBA3-NAE1 E1 complex and catalyzes its covalent attachment to other proteins. The specific interaction with the E3 ubiquitin ligase RBX1, but not RBX2, suggests that the RBX1-UBE2M complex neddylates specific target proteins, such as CUL1, CUL2, CUL3 and CUL4. Involved in cell proliferation.[1] [2]
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[3]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Gong L, Yeh ET. Identification of the activating and conjugating enzymes of the NEDD8 conjugation pathway. J Biol Chem. 1999 Apr 23;274(17):12036-42. PMID:10207026
- ↑ Huang DT, Miller DW, Mathew R, Cassell R, Holton JM, Roussel MF, Schulman BA. A unique E1-E2 interaction required for optimal conjugation of the ubiquitin-like protein NEDD8. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2004 Oct;11(10):927-35. Epub 2004 Sep 7. PMID:15361859 doi:10.1038/nsmb826
- ↑ 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
