Non-lysine ubiquitylation: Doing things differently

IR Kelsall - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The post-translational modification of proteins with ubiquitin plays a central role in nearly all
aspects of eukaryotic biology. Historically, studies have focused on the conjugation of …

Structural snapshots along K48-linked ubiquitin chain formation by the HECT E3 UBR5

LA Hehl, D Horn-Ghetko, JR Prabu, R Vollrath… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Ubiquitin (Ub) chain formation by homologous to E6AP C-terminus (HECT)-family E3 ligases
regulates vast biology, yet the structural mechanisms remain unknown. We used chemistry …

Mechanism of nucleosomal H2A K13/15 monoubiquitination and adjacent dual monoubiquitination by RNF168

H Ai, Z Tong, Z Deng, Q Shi, S Tao, G Sun… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
The DNA damage repair regulatory protein RNF168, a monomeric RING-type E3 ligase, has
a crucial role in regulating cell fate and DNA repair by specific and efficient ubiquitination of …

The autophagy adaptor TRIAD3A promotes tau fibrillation by nested phase separation

J Zhou, Y Chuang, J Redding-Ochoa, R Zhang… - Nature cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Multiple neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by aberrant proteinaceous
accumulations of tau. Here, we report a RING-in-between-RING-type E3 ligase, TRIAD3A …

Capturing the catalytic intermediates of parkin ubiquitination

EM Connelly, AC Rintala-Dempsey… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Parkin is an E3 ubiquitin ligase implicated in early-onset forms of Parkinson's disease. It
catalyzes a transthiolation reaction by accepting ubiquitin (Ub) from an E2 conjugating …

The unifying catalytic mechanism of the RING-between-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase family

XS Wang, TR Cotton, SJ Trevelyan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The RING-between-RING (RBR) E3 ubiquitin ligase family in humans comprises 14
members and is defined by a two-step catalytic mechanism in which ubiquitin is first …

Elucidation of ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes that interact with RBR-type ubiquitin ligases using a liquid–liquid phase separation–based method

R Hayashida, R Kikuchi, K Imai, W Kojima… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
RING-between RING (RBR)-type ubiquitin (Ub) ligases (E3s) such as Parkin receive Ub
from Ub-conjugating enzymes (E2s) in response to ligase activation. However, the specific …

Structural visualization of HECT-E3 Ufd4 accepting and transferring ubiquitin to form K29/K48-branched polyubiquitination on N-degron

J Mao, H Ai, X Wu, Q Zheng, H Cai, L Liang, Z Tong… - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Proteins with destabilizing N-terminal residues are degraded via K48-linked ubiquitination-
dependent N-degron pathway, during which the HECT-type E3 ligase Ufd4 can further …

Structural basis for ubiquitylation by HOIL-1

Q Wu, MG Koliopoulos, K Rittinger… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex synthesises linear Ub chains which constitute
a binding and activation platform for components of the TNF signalling pathway. One of the …

[HTML][HTML] The chromosome-scale genome of the raccoon dog: Insights into its evolutionary characteristics

T Lan, H Li, S Yang, M Shi, L Han, SK Sahu, Y Lu… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
The raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) is an invasive canid species native to East
Asia with several distinct characteristics. Here, we report a chromosome-scale genome of …