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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-9-26
pubmed:abstractText
The RAD6 (UBC2) gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae which is involved in DNA repair, induced mutagenesis, and sporulation, encodes a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2). Since the RAD6 gene product can transfer ubiquitin directly to histones in vitro without the participation of a ubiquitin protein ligase (E3), it has been suggested that in vivo it also acts by the unassisted conjugation of ubiquitin to histones or to other target proteins. Here we show that the RAD6 protein can ligate ubiquitin in vitro to a hitherto unknown set of exogenous target proteins (alpha-, beta-, and kappa-casein and beta-lactoglobulin) when supplemented by a putative ubiquitin protein ligase (E3-R) from S. cerevisiae. RAD6 supplemented with E3-R ligates 1 or, sometimes, 2 ubiquitin molecules to the target protein molecule. UBC3 (CDC34) protein in the presence of E3-R has barely detectable activity on the non-histone substrates. Other ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes tested (products of the UBC1 and UBC4 genes) do not cooperate with E3-R in conjugating ubiquitin to the same substrates. Thus, E3-R apparently interacts selectively with RAD6 protein. These findings suggest that some of the in vivo activities of the RAD6 gene may involve E3-R.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
266
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15890-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-6-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
RAD6 gene product of Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires a putative ubiquitin protein ligase (E3) for the ubiquitination of certain proteins.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Chemistry, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't