E2s: structurally economical and functionally replete

DM Wenzel, KE Stoll, RE Klevit - Biochemical Journal, 2011 - portlandpress.com
Ubiquitination is a post-translational modification pathway involved in myriad cellular
regulation and disease pathways. The Ub (ubiquitin) transfer cascade requires three …

DSS1/Sem1, a multifunctional and intrinsically disordered protein

BB Kragelund, SM Schenstrøm, CA Rebula… - Trends in biochemical …, 2016 - cell.com
DSS1/Sem1 is a versatile intrinsically disordered protein. Besides being a bona fide subunit
of the 26S proteasome, DSS1 associates with other protein complexes, including BRCA2 …

Structure of a RING E3 trapped in action reveals ligation mechanism for the ubiquitin-like protein NEDD8

DC Scott, VO Sviderskiy, JK Monda, JR Lydeard… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Most E3 ligases use a RING domain to activate a thioester-linked E2∼ ubiquitin-like protein
(UBL) intermediate and promote UBL transfer to a remotely bound target protein …

Mechanism of millisecond Lys48-linked poly-ubiquitin chain formation by cullin-RING ligases

J Liwocha, J Li, N Purser, C Rattanasopa… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
E3 ubiquitin ligases, in collaboration with E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, modify proteins
with poly-ubiquitin chains. Cullin-RING ligase (CRL) E3s use Cdc34/UBE2R-family E2s to …

Cullin-RING ligases employ geometrically optimized catalytic partners for substrate targeting

J Li, N Purser, J Liwocha, DC Scott, HA Byers… - Molecular cell, 2024 - cell.com
Cullin-RING ligases (CRLs) ubiquitylate specific substrates selected from other cellular
proteins. Substrate discrimination and ubiquitin transferase activity were thought to be strictly …

Mechanism of polyubiquitination by human anaphase-promoting complex: RING repurposing for ubiquitin chain assembly

NG Brown, ER Watson, F Weissmann, MA Jarvis… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Polyubiquitination by E2 and E3 enzymes is a predominant mechanism regulating protein
function. Some RING E3s, including anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC) …

Dss1 is a 26S proteasome ubiquitin receptor

K Paraskevopoulos, F Kriegenburg, MH Tatham… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
The ubiquitin-proteasome system is the major pathway for protein degradation in eukaryotic
cells. Proteins to be degraded are conjugated to ubiquitin chains that act as recognition …

Branched ubiquitin chain binding and deubiquitination by UCH37 facilitate proteasome clearance of stress-induced inclusions

A Song, Z Hazlett, D Abeykoon, J Dortch, A Dillon… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
UCH37, also known as UCHL5, is a highly conserved deubiquitinating enzyme (DUB) that
associates with the 26S proteasome. Recently, it was reported that UCH37 activity is …

The ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2) Ube2w ubiquitinates the N terminus of substrates

KM Scaglione, V Basrur, NS Ashraf, JR Konen… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Attachment of ubiquitin to substrate is typically thought to occur via formation of an
isopeptide bond between the C-terminal glycine residue of ubiquitin and a lysine residue in …

A context-dependent and disordered ubiquitin-binding motif

JE Dreier, A Prestel, JM Martins, SS Brøndum… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Ubiquitin is a small, globular protein that is conjugated to other proteins as a
posttranslational event. A palette of small, folded domains recognizes and binds ubiquitin to …