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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 82, Issue 8, Pages 1589-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.02.016
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- ERC [AdG 323179, PoC 786330]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) [393547839-SFB 1361]
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This study presents a strategy for reprogramming the linkage of polyubiquitin chains using tailor-made ubiquitin ligases, and demonstrates that altering the features of a polyubiquitin chain can change the fate of the modified substrate, using the budding yeast replication factor PCNA as a model case. The study also provides evidence for redundancy between structurally similar linkages and shows that the method can be generalized to targets beyond PCNA.
A polyubiquitin chain can adopt a variety of shapes, depending on how the ubiquitin monomers are joined. However, the relevance of linkage for the signaling functions of polyubiquitin chains is often poorly understood because of our inability to control or manipulate this parameter in vivo. Here, we present a strategy for reprogramming polyubiquitin chain linkage by means of tailor-made, linkage-and substrate-selective ubiquitin ligases. Using the polyubiquitylation of the budding yeast replication factor PCNA in response to DNA damage as a model case, we show that altering the features of a polyubiquitin chain in vivo can change the fate of the modified substrate. We also provide evidence for redundancy between distinct but structurally similar linkages, and we demonstrate by proof-of-principle experiments that the method can be generalized to targets beyond PCNA. Our study illustrates a promising approach toward the in vivo analysis of polyubiquitin signaling.
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