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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex disorder with many different causes, yet they may intersect in common pathways, raising the possibility that neuroprotective agents may have broad applicability in the treatment of PD. Current evidence suggests that mitochondrial complex I inhibition may be the central cause of sporadic PD and that derangements in complex I cause alpha-synuclein aggregation, which contributes to the demise of dopamine neurons. Accumulation and aggregation of alpha-synuclein may further contribute to the death of dopamine neurons through impairments in protein handling and detoxification. Dysfunction of parkin (a ubiquitin E3 ligase) and DJ-1 could contribute to these deficits. Strategies aimed at restoring complex I activity, reducing oxidative stress and alpha-synuclein aggregation, and enhancing protein degradation may hold particular promise as powerful neuroprotective agents in the treatment of PD. 相似文献
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Although trafficking and degradation of several membrane proteins are regulated by ubiquitination catalyzed by E3 ubiquitin ligases, there has been little evidence connecting ubiquitination with regulation of mammalian G protein (heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein)-coupled receptor (GPCR) function. Agonist stimulation of endogenous or transfected beta2-adrenergic receptors (beta2ARs) led to rapid ubiquitination of both the receptors and the receptor regulatory protein, beta-arrestin. Moreover, proteasome inhibitors reduced receptor internalization and degradation, thus implicating a role for the ubiquitination machinery in the trafficking of the beta2AR. Receptor ubiquitination required beta-arrestin, which bound to the E3 ubiquitin ligase Mdm2. Abrogation of beta-arrestin ubiquitination, either by expression in Mdm2-null cells or by dominant-negative forms of Mdm2 lacking E3 ligase activity, inhibited receptor internalization with marginal effects on receptor degradation. However, a beta2AR mutant lacking lysine residues, which was not ubiquitinated, was internalized normally but was degraded ineffectively. These findings delineate an adapter role of beta-arrestin in mediating the ubiquitination of the beta2AR and indicate that ubiquitination of the receptor and of beta-arrestin have distinct and obligatory roles in the trafficking and degradation of this prototypic GPCR. 相似文献
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Koepp DM Schaefer LK Ye X Keyomarsi K Chu C Harper JW Elledge SJ 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2001,294(5540):173-177
Cyclin E binds and activates the cyclin-dependent kinase Cdk2 and catalyzes the transition from the G1 phase to the S phase of the cell cycle. The amount of cyclin E protein present in the cell is tightly controlled by ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis. Here we identify the ubiquitin ligase responsible for cyclin E ubiquitination as SCFFbw7 and demonstrate that it is functionally conserved in yeast, flies, and mammals. Fbw7 associates specifically with phosphorylated cyclin E, and SCFFbw7 catalyzes cyclin E ubiquitination in vitro. Depletion of Fbw7 leads to accumulation and stabilization of cyclin E in vivo in human and Drosophila melanogaster cells. Multiple F-box proteins contribute to cyclin E stability in yeast, suggesting an overlap in SCF E3 ligase specificity that allows combinatorial control of cyclin E degradation. 相似文献
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泛素/26S蛋白酶体系统（ubiquitin/26S proteasome system, UPS）是蛋白质泛素化的重要途径,作为蛋白质翻译后重要的修饰系统,在作物生长发育的各个阶段发挥重要作用。大量研究表明,UPS中泛素受体蛋白、E3泛素连接酶、去泛素化酶等能相互协调,通过在目标蛋白上连接或去除不同数量的泛素来介导目标蛋白的降解、改变亚细胞定位、蛋白活性等,从而调控种子的大小。对不同作物中泛素/26S蛋白酶体系统调节种子大小方面的研究进展进行了综述,并对其未来的发展进行了展望,为研究种子大小的调控机制及育种改良提供参考。 相似文献
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The Pseudomonas syringae protein AvrPtoB is translocated into plant cells, where it inhibits immunity-associated programmed cell death (PCD). The structure of a C-terminal domain of AvrPtoB that is essential for anti-PCD activity reveals an unexpected homology to the U-box and RING-finger components of eukaryotic E3 ubiquitin ligases, and we show that AvrPtoB has ubiquitin ligase activity. Mutation of conserved residues involved in the binding of E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes abolishes this activity in vitro, as well as anti-PCD activity in tomato leaves, which dramatically decreases virulence. These results show that Pseudomonas syringae uses a mimic of host E3 ubiquitin ligases to inactivate plant defenses. 相似文献
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Skowyra D Koepp DM Kamura T Conrad MN Conaway RC Conaway JW Elledge SJ Harper JW 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1999,284(5414):662-665
Control of cyclin levels is critical for proper cell cycle regulation. In yeast, the stability of the G1 cyclin Cln1 is controlled by phosphorylation-dependent ubiquitination. Here it is shown that this reaction can be reconstituted in vitro with an SCF E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. Phosphorylated Cln1 was ubiquitinated by SCF (Skp1-Cdc53-F-box protein) complexes containing the F-box protein Grr1, Rbx1, and the E2 Cdc34. Rbx1 promotes association of Cdc34 with Cdc53 and stimulates Cdc34 auto-ubiquitination in the context of Cdc53 or SCF complexes. Rbx1, which is also a component of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor complex, may define a previously unrecognized class of E3-associated proteins. 相似文献
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Qi L Heredia JE Altarejos JY Screaton R Goebel N Niessen S Macleod IX Liew CW Kulkarni RN Bain J Newgard C Nelson M Evans RM Yates J Montminy M 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2006,312(5781):1763-1766
During fasting, increased concentrations of circulating catecholamines promote the mobilization of lipid stores from adipose tissue in part by phosphorylating and inactivating acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACC), the rate-limiting enzyme in fatty acid synthesis. Here, we describe a parallel pathway, in which the pseudokinase Tribbles 3 (TRB3), whose abundance is increased during fasting, stimulates lipolysis by triggering the degradation of ACC in adipose tissue. TRB3 promoted ACC ubiquitination through an association with the E3 ubiquitin ligase constitutive photomorphogenic protein 1 (COP1). Indeed, adipocytes deficient in TRB3 accumulated larger amounts of ACC protein than did wild-type cells. Because transgenic mice expressing TRB3 in adipose tissue are protected from diet-induced obesity due to enhanced fatty acid oxidation, these results demonstrate how phosphorylation and ubiquitination pathways converge on a key regulator of lipid metabolism to maintain energy homeostasis. 相似文献
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Ubiquitination controls a broad range of cellular functions. The last step of the ubiquitination pathway is regulated by enzyme type 3 (E3) ubiquitin ligases. E3 enzymes are responsible for substrate specificity and catalyze the formation of an isopeptide bond between a lysine residue of the substrate (or the N terminus of the substrate) and ubiquitin. MIR1 and MIR2 are two E3 ubiquitin ligases encoded by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus that mediate the ubiquitination of major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) molecules and subsequent internalization. Here, we found that MIR1, but not MIR2, promoted down-regulation of MHC I molecules lacking lysine residues in their intracytoplasmic domain. In the presence of MIR1, these MHC I molecules were ubiquitinated, and their association with ubiquitin was sensitive to beta2-mercaptoethanol, unlike lysine-ubiquitin bonds. This form of ubiquitination required a cysteine residue in the intracytoplasmic tail of MHC I molecules. An MHC I molecule containing a single cysteine residue in an artificial glycine and alanine intracytoplasmic domain was endocytosed and degraded in the presence of MIR1. Thus, ubiquitination can occur on proteins lacking accessible lysines or an accessible N terminus. 相似文献
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以铁观音茶树为试材,对其中E3泛素连接酶基因进行克隆和生物信息学分析,并采用qPCR进行不同干旱条件下的定量表达分析。研究结果表明,该序列全长为1 138bp,开放阅读框(ORF)为810bp,编码269个氨基酸(GenBank登录号KR819177)。生物信息学分析发现该铁观音茶树E3泛素连接酶基因不含跨膜结构以及信号肽,具有多个磷酸化位点,亚细胞定位于叶绿体中。经BLAST比对,该基因编码的氨基酸序列与烟草、亚麻荠、葡萄、醉蝶花、芜菁中的E3泛素连接酶基因编码的氨基酸序列分别有51%、50%、50%、50%和49%的同源性,且相关保守功能结构域翻译的蛋白质序列具有RING-finger结构,初步确定该基因为铁观音茶树的E3泛素连接酶基因。qPCR分析结果显示在不同干旱胁迫处理下铁观音茶树的E3泛素连接酶基因的表达量,与对照组相比显著增加。本研究认为铁观音茶树RING型E3泛素连接酶基因参与茶树抗旱响应机制。 相似文献
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Shakya R Reid LJ Reczek CR Cole F Egli D Lin CS deRooij DG Hirsch S Ravi K Hicks JB Szabolcs M Jasin M Baer R Ludwig T 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2011,334(6055):525-528
Germline mutations of the breast cancer 1 (BRCA1) gene are a major cause of familial breast and ovarian cancer. The BRCA1 protein displays E3 ubiquitin ligase activity, and this enzymatic function is thought to be required for tumor suppression. To test this hypothesis, we generated mice that express an enzymatically defective Brca1. We found that this mutant Brca1 prevents tumor formation to the same degree as does wild-type Brca1 in three different genetically engineered mouse (GEM) models of cancer. In contrast, a mutation that ablates phosphoprotein recognition by the BRCA C terminus (BRCT) domains of BRCA1 elicits tumors in each of the three GEM models. Thus, BRCT phosphoprotein recognition, but not the E3 ligase activity, is required for BRCA1 tumor suppression. 相似文献
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Ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis regulates all aspects of cellular function, and defects in this process are associated with human diseases. The limited number of identified ubiquitin ligase-substrate pairs is a major bottleneck in the ubiquitin field. We established and applied genetic technologies that combine global protein stability (GPS) profiling and genetic perturbation of E3 activity to screen for substrates of the Skp1-cullin-F-box (SCF) ubiquitin ligase in mammalian cells. Among the >350 potential substrates identified, we found most known SCF targets and many previously unknown substrates involved in cell cycle, apoptosis, and signaling pathways. Exploring cell cycle-stage stability, we found that several substrates used the SCF and other E3s in different cell cycle stages. Our results demonstrate the potential of these technologies as general platforms for the global discovery of E3-substrate regulatory networks. 相似文献
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Dueber EC Schoeffler AJ Lingel A Elliott JM Fedorova AV Giannetti AM Zobel K Maurer B Varfolomeev E Wu P Wallweber HJ Hymowitz SG Deshayes K Vucic D Fairbrother WJ 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2011,334(6054):376-380
Inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) proteins are negative regulators of cell death. IAP family members contain RING domains that impart E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. Binding of endogenous or small-molecule antagonists to select baculovirus IAP repeat (BIR) domains within cellular IAP (cIAP) proteins promotes autoubiquitination and proteasomal degradation and so releases inhibition of apoptosis mediated by cIAP. Although the molecular details of antagonist-BIR domain interactions are well understood, it is not clear how this binding event influences the activity of the RING domain. Here biochemical and structural studies reveal that the unliganded, multidomain cIAP1 sequesters the RING domain within a compact, monomeric structure that prevents RING dimerization. Antagonist binding induces conformational rearrangements that enable RING dimerization and formation of the active E3 ligase. 相似文献
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Kolas NK Chapman JR Nakada S Ylanko J Chahwan R Sweeney FD Panier S Mendez M Wildenhain J Thomson TM Pelletier L Jackson SP Durocher D 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2007,318(5856):1637-1640
Cells respond to DNA double-strand breaks by recruiting factors such as the DNA-damage mediator protein MDC1, the p53-binding protein 1 (53BP1), and the breast cancer susceptibility protein BRCA1 to sites of damaged DNA. Here, we reveal that the ubiquitin ligase RNF8 mediates ubiquitin conjugation and 53BP1 and BRCA1 focal accumulation at sites of DNA lesions. Moreover, we establish that MDC1 recruits RNF8 through phosphodependent interactions between the RNF8 forkhead-associated domain and motifs in MDC1 that are phosphorylated by the DNA-damage activated protein kinase ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM). We also show that depletion of the E2 enzyme UBC13 impairs 53BP1 recruitment to sites of damage, which suggests that it cooperates with RNF8. Finally, we reveal that RNF8 promotes the G2/M DNA damage checkpoint and resistance to ionizing radiation. These results demonstrate how the DNA-damage response is orchestrated by ATM-dependent phosphorylation of MDC1 and RNF8-mediated ubiquitination. 相似文献
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The RAR1 interactor SGT1, an essential component of R gene-triggered disease resistance 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Azevedo C Sadanandom A Kitagawa K Freialdenhoven A Shirasu K Schulze-Lefert P 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2002,295(5562):2073-2076
Plant disease resistance (R) genes trigger innate immune responses upon pathogen attack. RAR1 is an early convergence point in a signaling pathway engaged by multiple R genes. Here, we show that RAR1 interacts with plant orthologs of the yeast protein SGT1, an essential regulator in the cell cycle. Silencing the barley gene Sgt1 reveals its role in R gene-triggered, Rar1-dependent disease resistance. SGT1 associates with SKP1 and CUL1, subunits of the SCF (Skp1-Cullin-F-box) ubiquitin ligase complex. Furthermore, the RAR1-SGT1 complex also interacts with two COP9 signalosome components. The interactions among RAR1, SGT1, SCF, and signalosome subunits indicate a link between disease resistance and ubiquitination. 相似文献
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DDB1作为CUL4泛素连接酶的核心组件参与细胞内许多重要的生命活动。前期研究发现番茄CUL4-DDB1复合物（CRL4）调节植物细胞的非生物胁迫应答。为进一步阐明DDB1在植物抗逆中的调控机制和生理功能,通过酵母双杂交筛选,发现普遍应激蛋白USP1与DDB1存在相互作用, USPs家族蛋白参与提高生物体对逆境胁迫的耐受;进一步研究发现USP1定位于细胞质中,且其基因表达受到多种胁迫条件诱导。此外泛素化实验揭示USP1可以被泛素化修饰降解,上调USP1表达导致植株对干旱和高温抗性的增强,表明USP1可能正调控番茄植株对逆境下胁迫的应答,且它的作用受CUL4-DDB1泛素连接酶的靶向降解调控。结果不仅揭示新的植物抗逆机理,而且为植物抗逆分子育种提供新的基因资源和技术途径。 相似文献