The UFMylation system in proteostasis and beyond

Y Gerakis, M Quintero, H Li, C Hetz - Trends in cell biology, 2019 - cell.com
… activating enzyme 5 (UBA5) activates UFM1 through an adenylation reaction that consumes
ATP. UFM1-conjugase 1 (UFC1), the E2 conjugating enzyme, retrieves UFM1 from UBA5 by …

[HTML][HTML] UFMylation system: an emerging player in tumorigenesis

Y Jing, Z Mao, F Chen - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
enzymatic reaction involving E1, the UFM1-activating enzyme (ubiquitin-like modifier-activating
enzyme 5, UBA5… For instance, Uba5 knockout mice exhibited severe anemia, followed by …

[HTML][HTML] The UFM1 system: Working principles, cellular functions, and pathophysiology

M Komatsu, T Inada, NN Noda - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Mouse genetics studies also revealed the indispensable roles of this … essential for conjugation.
The mature UFM1 is activated by the homodimer of UBA5, a UFM1-specific E1 enzyme, …

Deficiency of murine UFM1-specific E3 ligase causes microcephaly and inflammation

J Zhang, H Zhu, S Liu, M Quintero, T Zhu, R Xu… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
… , UBA5, UFL1 and UFBP1, leads to defective erythropoiesis … In adult mice, acute ablation of
either UFL1 or UFBP1 causes … indispensable role of UFMylation in definitive erythropoiesis [7…

[HTML][HTML] Highly specialized ubiquitin-like modifications: shedding light into the UFM1 enigma

KF Witting, MPC Mulder - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
… While the UFM1 activating and conjugating enzymes share … of the E1 enzyme (UBA5) at the
apex of the enzymatic cascade is … In particular, germline deletion of UBA5 in mice invoked in …

[HTML][HTML] Indispensable role of the Ubiquitin-fold modifier 1-specific E3 ligase in maintaining intestinal homeostasis and controlling gut inflammation

Y Cai, G Zhu, S Liu, Z Pan, M Quintero, CJ Poole, C Lu… - Cell Discovery, 2019 - nature.com
… -specific enzymes, namely, Ufm1-activating E1 enzyme Uba5, … the indispensable role of
ufmyation in erythropoiesis 20,21,22 . … Ufl1 and Ufbp1 conditional knockout mice, we frequently …

[HTML][HTML] The UFM1 system regulates ER-phagy through the ufmylation of CYB5R3

R Ishimura, AH El-Gowily, D Noshiro… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
… exposes the glycine residue essential for conjugation 3 . … -energy thioester bond with UBA5,
a UFM1-specific E1 enzyme 1 . … defective erythroid differentiation and neurogenesis in mice 7…

UFMylation: a ubiquitin-like modification

X Zhou, SJ Mahdizadeh, M Le Gallo… - Trends in Biochemical …, 2024 - cell.com
… action of three enzymes: a UFM1-activating E1, a … erythroid progenitors is observed in
UBA5 KO embryos. In line with their essential roles in UFMylation, UFL1 and DDRGK1 KO mice

Ufl1/RCAD, a Ufm1 E3 ligase, has an intricate connection with ER stress

Z Xie, Z Fang, Z Pan - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2019 - Elsevier
… Ufm1 is then activated by the E1-activating enzyme Uba5mouse bone marrow without
UFL1 and UFBP1, the percentage of diversified cell types showed some variance, and erythroid

An N-terminal extension to UBA5 adenylation domain boosts UFM1 activation: Isoform-specific differences in ubiquitin-like protein activation

N Soudah, P Padala, F Hassouna, M Kumar… - Journal of molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
… The UFM1-activating enzyme, UBA5, possesses two isoforms: long and short. These … are
not essential for UBA5 function, therefore raising the question of their role in UBA5's function. …