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NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 17, Issue 8, Pages 939-U47Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1873
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- Medical Research Council [MC_U105192732] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_U105192732] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MC_U105192732, U.1051.03.019.00001.01(92732)] Funding Source: Medline
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Ubiquitin is a versatile cellular signaling molecule that can form polymers of eight different linkages, and individual linkage types have been associated with distinct cellular functions. Though little is currently known about Lys11-linked ubiquitin chains, recent data indicate that they may be as abundant as Lys48 linkages and may be involved in vital cellular processes. Here we report the generation of Lys11-linked polyubiquitin in vitro, for which the Lys11-specific E2 enzyme UBE2S was fused to a ubiquitin binding domain. Crystallographic and NMR analyses of Lys11-linked diubiquitin reveal that Lys11-linked chains adopt compact conformations in which Ile44 is solvent exposed. Furthermore, we identify the OTU family deubiquitinase Cezanne as the first deubiquitinase with Lys11-linkage preference. Our data highlight the intrinsic specificity of the ubiquitin system that extends to Lys11-linked chains and emphasize that differentially linked polyubiquitin chains must be regarded as independent post-translational modifications.
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