Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligase regulatory circuits: a quarter century beyond the F-box hypothesis

JW Harper, BA Schulman - Annual review of biochemistry, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases (CRLs) are dynamic modular platforms that regulate myriad
biological processes through target-specific ubiquitylation. Our knowledge of this system …

The role of post-translational modifications in regulation of NLRP3 inflammasome activation

J Xia, S Jiang, S Dong, Y Liao, Y Zhou - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and danger-associated molecular
patterns (DAMPs) induce NLRP3 inflammasome activation, and subsequent formation 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 …

Chemical synthesis of activity‐based E2‐ubiquitin probes for the structural analysis of E3 ligase‐catalyzed transthiolation

LJ Liang, GC Chu, Q Qu, C Zuo, J Mao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Activity‐based E2 conjugating enzyme (E2)‐ubiquitin (Ub) probes have recently emerged as
effective tools for studying the molecular mechanism of E3 ligase (E3)‐catalyzed …

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 …

Selective autophagy regulates chloroplast protein import and promotes plant stress tolerance

C Wan, H Zhang, H Cheng, RG Sowden, W Cai… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Chloroplasts are plant organelles responsible for photosynthesis and environmental
sensing. Most chloroplast proteins are imported from the cytosol through the translocon at …

Protein semisynthesis reveals plasticity in HECT E3 ubiquitin ligase mechanisms

H Jiang, BD Miller, T Viennet, H Kim, K Lee… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Lys ubiquitination is catalysed by E3 ubiquitin ligases and is central to the regulation of
protein stability and cell signalling in normal and disease states. There are gaps in our …

A high-field cellular DNP-supported solid-state NMR approach to study proteins with sub-cellular specificity

D Beriashvili, R Yao, F D'Amico, M Krafčíková… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Studying the structural aspects of proteins within sub-cellular compartments is of growing
interest. Dynamic nuclear polarization supported solid-state NMR (DNP-ssNMR) is uniquely …

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 …

Probing lysine posttranslational modifications by unnatural amino acids

MN Maas, JCJ Hintzen, J Mecinović - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Posttranslational modifications, typically small chemical tags attached on amino acids
following protein biosynthesis, have a profound effect on protein structure and function …