Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 488, Issue 1-2, Pages 74-80Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(00)02371-1
Keywords
HERC; RCC1; HECT; E6 associated protein; intracellular transport; guanine nucleotide exchange
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Members of the HERC (domain homologous to E6 associated protein carboxy-terminus and RCC1 domain protein): family mag function both as guanine nucleotide exchange factors and E3 ubiquitin ligases. Here we identify an unstudied member, HERC3. This protein mas recognized by specific antibodies in different cell types, HERC3 was located in the cytosol and in vesicular-like structures containing beta -COP, ARF and Rab5 proteins. Involvement of HERC3 in the ubiquitin system was suggested by its ability to interact with ubiquitin. The conserved cysteine in HECT proteins was not essential for this non-covalent binding. Moreover, HERC3 was a substrate of ubiquitination being degraded by the proteasome. These observations indicate a fine regulation of HERC3 and suggest a role in vesicular traffic and ubiquitin-dependent processes. (C) 2001 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier Science avl All rights reserved.
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