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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-11
pubmed:abstractText
The UBE3A/E6-AP is known to function both as an E3 ubiquitin ligase of the ubiquitin proteasome system and as a transcriptional coactivator. E6-AP shows brain-specific imprinting and loss of function of maternally inherited E6-AP causes Angelman syndrome. However, how the loss of function of E6-AP causes disease pathogenesis is poorly understood. Here, we show that E6-AP interacts with and promotes proteasome-mediated degradation of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27. E6-AP also directly ubiquitinates p27 in an in vitro ubiquitination assay. Partial knockdown of E6-AP increases the level of p27 leading to cell cycle arrest. Interestingly, partial knockdown also increases the transcription of p27. Finally, we have demonstrated the increased levels of p27 in E6-AP-maternal-deficient and null mice brain. Our result suggests that E6-AP not only enhances the degradation but also regulates the expression of p27 and its loss of function in Angelman syndrome might cause cell cycle alteration leading to disease pathogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1095-953X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
26-34
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Cycloheximide, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Neuroblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Protein Synthesis Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, pubmed-meshheading:19591933-Ubiquitination
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
UBE3A/E6-AP regulates cell proliferation by promoting proteasomal degradation of p27.
pubmed:affiliation
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Gurgaon-122 050, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't