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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 58, Issue 2, Pages 297-310Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.02.017
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- Cancer Research UK Funding Source: Medline
- Cancer Research UK [23278, 11593] Funding Source: researchfish
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RING ubiquitin ligases (E3) recruit ubiquitin-conjugate enzymes (E2) charged with ubiquitin (Ub) to catalyze ubiquitination. Non-covalent Ub binding to the backside of certain E2s promotes processive polyUb formation, but the mechanism remains elusive. Here, we show that backside bound Ub (Ub(B)) enhances both RING-independent and RING-dependent UbcH5B-catalyzed donor Ub (Ub(D)) transfer, but with a more prominent effect in RING-dependent transfer. Ub(B) enhances RING E3s' affinities for UbcH5B-Ub, and RING E3-UbcH5B-Ub complex improves Ub(B)'s affinity for UbcH5B. A comparison of the crystal structures of a RING E3, RNF38, bound to UbcH5B-Ub in the absence and presence of Ub(B), together with molecular dynamics simulation and biochemical analyses, suggests Ub(B) restricts the flexibility of UbcH5B's alpha 1 and alpha 1 beta 1 loop. Ub(B) supports E3 function by stabilizing the RING E3-bcH5B-Ub complex, thereby improving the catalytic efficiency of Ub transfer. Thus, Ub(B) serves as an allosteric activator of RING E3-mediated Ub transfer.
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