| First Author | Ohki Y | Year | 2009 |
| Journal | Biochem Biophys Res Commun | Volume | 381 |
| Issue | 3 | Pages | 443-7 |
| PubMed ID | 19245792 | Mgi Jnum | J:146824 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:3838652 | Doi | 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.02.090 |
| Citation | Ohki Y, et al. (2009) The mechanism of poly-NEDD8 chain formation in vitro. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 381(3):443-7 |
| abstractText | NEDD8 is a small ubiquitin-like protein that modifies target proteins in a reaction similar to ubiquitination. In this reaction, three enzymes are required and sufficient: NEDD8 activating E1-like enzyme (APP-BP1/Uba3), NEDD8-specific E2 enzyme (Ubc12) and RING-finger protein ROC1 (NEDD8 E3 ligase). Unlike ubiquitin, which is well known to form poly-ubiquitin chain, little is known about the formation of poly-NEDD8 chain. Here we show the mechanism of poly-NEDD8 chain formation on Cullin-1 using a complete in vitro reconstituted NEDD8 conjugation system. Intriguingly, poly-NEDD8 chain was build up on catalytic Cysteine residue of Ubc12. Furthermore, Ubc12 formed poly-NEDD8 chain without the activity of ROC1. Rather ROC1 mutant, defective for ubiquitin ligase activity, dramatically enhanced the poly-NEDD8 chain formation. In turn, ROC1 was essential for the transfer of poly-NEDD8 chain from Ubc12 to Cul-1. These results suggest the important regulatory role of ROC1 for poly-NEDD8 chain formation. |
