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Iron is not only essential but also a toxic trace element. Under iron repletion, ferritin maintains cellular iron homeostasis by storing iron to avoid iron toxicity. Under iron depletion, the ferritinspecific autophagy adaptor NCOA4 delivers ferritin to lysosomes via macroautophagy to enable cells to use stored iron. Here, we show that NCOA4 also plays crucial roles in the regulation of ferritin fate under iron repletion. NCOA4 forms insoluble condensates via multivalent interactions generated by the binding of iron to its intrinsically disordered region. This sequesters NCOA4 away from ferritin and allows ferritin accumulation in the early phase of iron repletion. Under prolonged iron repletion, NCOA4 condensates can deliver ferritin to lysosomes via a TAX1BP1-dependent noncanonical autophagy pathway, thereby preventing relative iron deficiency due to excessive iron storage and reduced iron uptake. Together, these observations suggest that the NCOA4-ferritin axis modulates intracellular iron homeostasis in accordance with cellular iron availability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Linear ubiquitin chains play pivotal roles in immune signaling by augmenting NF-κB activation and suppressing programmed cell death induced by various stimuli. A20-binding inhibitor of NF-κB 1 (ABIN1) binds to linear ubiquitin chains and attenuates NF-κB activation and cell death induction. Although interactions with linear ubiquitin chains are thought to play a role in ABIN1- mediated suppression of NF-κB and cell death, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we show that upon stimulation by Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands, ABIN1 is phosphorylated on Ser 83 and functions as a selective autophagy receptor. ABIN1 recognizes components of the MyD88 signaling complex via interaction with linear ubiquitin chains conjugated to components of the complex in TLR signaling, which leads to autophagic degradation of signaling proteins and attenuated NF-κB signaling. Our current findings indicate that phosphorylation and linear ubiquitination also play a role in downregulation of signaling via selective induction of autophagy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Misfolded or unassembled polypeptides in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are retro-translocated into the cytosol and degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome system. We reported previously that the SCFFbs1,2 ubiquitin-ligase complexes that contribute to ubiquitination of glycoproteins are involved in the ER-associated degradation pathway. Here we investigated how the SCFFbs1,2 complexes interact with unfolded glycoproteins. The SCFFbs1 complex was associated with p97/VCP AAA ATPase and bound to integrin-ß1, one of the SCFFbs1 substrates, in the cytosol in a manner dependent on p97 ATPase activity. Both Fbs1 and Fbs2 proteins interacted with denatured glycoproteins, which were modified with not only high-mannose but also complex-type oligosaccharides, more efficiently than native proteins. Given that Fbs proteins interact with innermost chitobiose in N-glycans, we propose that Fbs proteins distinguish native from unfolded glycoproteins by sensing the exposed chitobiose structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]