Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 22, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094359
Keywords
protein folding; ribosomal protein; ribosome biogenesis; SUMO; ubiquitin; ubiquitin-like domain
Funding
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [PID2019103850-GB-I00, AEI/10.13039/501100011033]
- Andalusian Regional Government [BIO-271]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [31003A_175547]
- FPI contract
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [31003A_175547] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Ubiquitin is a highly conserved small protein in eukaryotes that functions as a post-translational modifier through ubiquitination. It plays a crucial role in ribosome biogenesis and function, along with other ubiquitin-like proteins such as SUMO. The fusion of ubiquitin moieties to specific ribosomal proteins is evolutionarily significant and helps regulate cellular processes.
Ubiquitin is a small protein that is highly conserved throughout eukaryotes. It operates as a reversible post-translational modifier through a process known as ubiquitination, which involves the addition of one or several ubiquitin moieties to a substrate protein. These modifications mark proteins for proteasome-dependent degradation or alter their localization or activity in a variety of cellular processes. In most eukaryotes, ubiquitin is generated by the proteolytic cleavage of precursor proteins in which it is fused either to itself, constituting a polyubiquitin precursor, or as a single N-terminal moiety to ribosomal proteins, which are practically invariably eL40 and eS31. Herein, we summarize the contribution of the ubiquitin moiety within precursors of ribosomal proteins to ribosome biogenesis and function and discuss the biological relevance of having maintained the explicit fusion to eL40 and eS31 during evolution. There are other ubiquitin-like proteins, which also work as post-translational modifiers, among them the small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO). Both ubiquitin and SUMO are able to modify ribosome assembly factors and ribosomal proteins to regulate ribosome biogenesis and function. Strikingly, ubiquitin-like domains are also found within two ribosome assembly factors; hence, the functional role of these proteins will also be highlighted.
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