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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
33
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-19
pubmed:abstractText
Covalent posttranslational modification of target proteins with ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins regulates many important cellular processes. However, the molecular mechanisms by which these proteins are activated and conjugated to substrates has yet to be fully understood. NMR studies have shown that the ubiquitin-like proteins SUMO-1, -2, and -3 interact with the same N-terminal region of the E2 conjugating enzyme Ubc9 with similar affinities. This is correlated to their almost identical utilization by Ubc9 in the SUMO conjugation pathway. To investigate the functional significance of this interaction, site-directed mutagenesis was used to alter residues in the SUMO binding surface of Ubc9, and the effect of the amino acid substitutions on binding and conjugation to SUMO-1 and target protein RanGAP1 was investigated by isothermal titration calorimetry and biochemical analysis. R13A/K14A and R17A/K18A mutations in Ubc9 disrupted the interaction with SUMO-1 but did not completely abolish the interaction with E1. While these Ubc9 mutants displayed a significantly reduced efficiency in the transfer of SUMO-1 from E1 to E2, their ability to recognize substrate and transfer SUMO-1 from E2 to the target protein was unaffected. These results suggest that the noncovalent binding site of SUMO-1 on Ubc9, although distant from the active site, is important for the transfer of SUMO-1 from the E1 to the E2. The conservation of E2 enzymes across the ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like protein pathways indicates that analogous N-terminal sites of E2 enzymes are likely to have similar roles in general.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GTPase-Activating Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione Transferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ligases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RANGAP1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SUMO-1 Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SUMO2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SUMO3 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ubiquitin, 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 UBC9
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9959-69
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Binding, Competitive, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-GTPase-Activating Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Glutathione Transferase, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Ligases, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-SUMO-1 Protein, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Ubiquitin, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes, pubmed-meshheading:12924945-Ubiquitins
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of an N-terminal site of Ubc9 in SUMO-1, -2, and -3 binding and conjugation.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Biomolecular Sciences, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't