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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-3
pubmed:abstractText
Attachment of ubiquitin to proteins is catalyzed by a family of ubiquitin-conjugating (UBC) enzymes. Although these enzymes are essential for many cellular processes; their molecular functions remain unclear because no physiological target has been identified for any of them. Here we show that four UBC proteins (UBC4, UBC5, UBC6, and UBC7) target the yeast MAT alpha 2 transcriptional regulator for intracellular degradation by two distinct ubiquitination pathways. UBC6 and UBC7 define one of the pathways and can physically associate. The UBC6/UBC7-containing complex targets the Deg1 degradation signal of alpha 2, a conclusion underscored by the finding that UBC6 is encoded by DOA2, a gene previously implicated in Deg1-mediated degradation. These data reveal an unexpected overlap in substrate specificity among diverse UBC enzymes and suggest a combinatorial mechanism of substrate selection in which UBC enzymes partition into multiple ubiquitination complexes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DEG1 protein, S cerevisiae, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fungal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Intramolecular Transferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ligases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MATA2 protein, S cerevisiae, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Repressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/UBC5 protein, S cerevisiae, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/UBE2L3 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ubiquitins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UBC4
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:geneSymbol
Deg1, URA3, doa2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
357-69
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Multiple ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes participate in the in vivo degradation of the yeast MAT alpha 2 repressor.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't