1. Allosteric regulation of E2:E3 interactions promote a processive ubiquitination machine.
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Das, Ranabir, Liang, Yu‐He, Mariano, Jennifer, Li, Jess, Huang, Tao, King, Aaren, Tarasov, Sergey G, Weissman, Allan M, Ji, Xinhua, and Byrd, R Andrew
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ALLOSTERIC regulation , *UBIQUITIN-conjugating enzymes , *BINDING sites , *PROTEIN-protein interactions , *PROTEIN structure , *APOPTOSIS , *MOLECULAR dynamics - Abstract
RING finger proteins constitute the large majority of ubiquitin ligases (E3s) and function by interacting with ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (E2s) charged with ubiquitin. How low-affinity RING-E2 interactions result in highly processive substrate ubiquitination is largely unknown. The RING E3, gp78, represents an excellent model to study this process. gp78 includes a high-affinity secondary binding region for its cognate E2, Ube2g2, the G2BR. The G2BR allosterically enhances RING:Ube2g2 binding and ubiquitination. Structural analysis of the RING:Ube2g2:G2BR complex reveals that a G2BR-induced conformational effect at the RING:Ube2g2 interface is necessary for enhanced binding of RING to Ube2g2 or Ube2g2 conjugated to Ub. This conformational effect and a key ternary interaction with conjugated ubiquitin are required for ubiquitin transfer. Moreover, RING:Ube2g2 binding induces a second allosteric effect, disrupting Ube2g2:G2BR contacts, decreasing affinity and facilitating E2 exchange. Thus, gp78 is a ubiquitination machine where multiple E2-binding sites coordinately facilitate processive ubiquitination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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