Ubiquitin conjugating enzyme

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Structure of human ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 (green) complex with ubiquitin (deepskyblue) (PDB entry 3ptf)

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1 Function
2 Disease
3 Structural highlights
4 3D structures of ubiquitin conjugating enzyme

Function

Ubiquitin conjugating enzyme (Ubc) or E2 enzyme catalyzes the second step in the ubiquitination of a protein tagged to be degraded by the proteasome. Ubiquitin activating enzyme (E1) and ATP produce a C-terminal acyl adenylated ubiquitin molecule which binds to ubiquitin conjugating enzyme (E2) (Ubc) cysteine^[1]. The Ubc then binds to ubiquitin ligase (E3) via a conserved binding region. E3 catalyzes the transfer of ubiquitin from the Ubc-ubiquitin complex to a lysine residue of the target protein. Ubc13 makes a catalytically active heterodimer with MMS2^[2].

UBC2 is required for silencing in yeast^[3].
UBC4 UBC5 mediate selective degradation of short-lived and abnormal proteins^[4].
UBC6 and UBC J2 participate in ER-associated protein degradation^[5].
UBC7 or UBC13 is key in the process of tagging target proteins with Lys63-linked polyubiquitin^[6].
For more details on Ubc13 see UBC13 MMS2.
UBC8 is interferon-inducible^[7].
UBC9 or SUMO conjugating enzyme Ubc9 is required for sumoylation^[8].
For more details on Ubc9 see SUMO conjugating enzyme Ubc9.
UBC16 conjugates ubiquitin to its N-terminus and to that of the small ubiquitin-like modifier SUMO^[9].
UBC D2,D3,Q1 functions in the ubiquitination of the tumor suppressor p53^[10].
UBC G2 functions in identification and degradation of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum.
UBC H acts on histones and cytoskeletal proteins^[11].
UBC K,R1 preferentially catalyses the formation of ubiquitin chain links to proteasome-bound proteins to Lys48^[12].
UBC S preferentially catalyses the formation of ubiquitin chain links of Lys11 to histones ^[13].
UBC T acts in the Fanconi anemia pathway which is required for the efficient repair of damaged DNA^[14].
UBC Z is required for FAT10 conjugation (post-translational modification analogous to ubiquitination)^[15].
UBC Hip-2 mediates amyloid-β neurotoxicity^[16].
UBC Uev-1 is a variant of UBC which lacks its enzymatic activity^[17].

Disease

UBC13 is required for metastatic spread and lung colonizationin breast cancer^[18].

Structural highlights

The active site of Ubc contains a cysteine residue. The ^[19].

3D structures of ubiquitin conjugating enzyme

References

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↑ Seufert W, Jentsch S. Ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes UBC4 and UBC5 mediate selective degradation of short-lived and abnormal proteins. EMBO J. 1990 Feb;9(2):543-50. PMID:2154373
↑ Lenk U, Yu H, Walter J, Gelman MS, Hartmann E, Kopito RR, Sommer T. A role for mammalian Ubc6 homologues in ER-associated protein degradation. J Cell Sci. 2002 Jul 15;115(Pt 14):3007-14. PMID:12082160
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↑ Tahmasebi S, Ghorbani M, Savage P, Gocevski G, Yang XJ. The SUMO conjugating enzyme Ubc9 is required for inducing and maintaining stem cell pluripotency. Stem Cells. 2014 Apr;32(4):1012-20. doi: 10.1002/stem.1600. PMID:24706591 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/stem.1600
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