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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
44
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-18
pubmed:databankReference
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pubmed:abstractText
A necessary step in ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis is the addition of a polyubiquitin chain to the target protein. This ubiquitinated protein is degraded by a multisubunit complex known as the 26S proteasome. The polyubiquitin chain is probably not released until a late stage in the proteolysis by the proteasome. It is subsequently disassembled to yield functional ubiquitin monomers. Here we present evidence that a 93 kDa protein, isopeptidase T, has the properties expected for the enzyme which disassembles these branched polyubiquitin chains. Protein and cDNA sequencing revealed that isopeptidase T is a member of the ubiquitin specific protease family (UBP). Isopeptidase T disassembles branched polyubiquitin chains (linked by the G76-K48 isopeptide bond) by a sequential exo mechanism, starting at the proximal end of the chain (the proximal ubiquitin contains a free carboxyl-terminus). Isopeptidase T prefers to disassemble chains in which there is an intact and unblocked RGG sequence at the C-terminus of the proximal subunit. Rates of disassembly are reduced when G76 of the proximal ubiquitin is modified, for example, by ligation to substrate protein, by esterification, by replacement of the proximal glycine with alanine (G76A), or by truncation. Linear proubiquitin is only a poor substrate. Observed rates and specificity are consistent with isopeptidase T playing a major role in disassembly of polyubiquitin chains. The high discrimination against chains that are blocked or modified at the proximal end indicates that the enzyme acts after release of the chains from conjugated proteins or degradation intermediates. Thus, the proteolytic degradation signal is not disassembled by isopeptidase T before the ubiquitinated protein is degraded. These (and earlier) results suggest that UBP isozymes may exhibit significant substrate specificity, consistent with a role in the regulated catabolism of the polymeric ubiquitin, including the polyubiquitin protein degradation signal.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
14535-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Metabolism of the polyubiquitin degradation signal: structure, mechanism, and role of isopeptidase T.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.