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Mutations of Rad6 E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes at alanine-126 in helix-3 affect ubiquitination activity and decrease enzyme stability

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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 298, 期 11, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102524

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Huntsman Cancer Institute, CCSG Nuclear Control seed grant [P30CA042014]
  2. [NIGMS-5R01GM127783-02]

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The conserved helix-3 is crucial for the organization of catalytic pockets, enzymatic activities, and biological functions of Rad6-family E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes. Mutations at A126 in helix-3 impair the ubiquitination ability of Rad6 and its human homologs UBE2A and UBE2B, and also deform their structures, compromising their in vitro ubiquitination activity and folding.
Rad6, an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme conserved from yeast to humans, functions in transcription, genome mainte-nance, and proteostasis. The contributions of many conserved secondary structures of Rad6 and its human homologs UBE2A and UBE2B to their biological functions are not understood. A mutant RAD6 allele with a missense substitution at alanine-126 (A126) of helix-3 that causes defects in telomeric gene silencing, DNA repair, and protein degradation was reported over 2 decades ago. Here, using a combination of genetics, biochemical, biophysical, and computational approaches, we discovered that helix-3 A126 mutations compromise the ability of Rad6 to ubiquitinate target proteins without disrupting in-teractions with partner E3 ubiquitin-ligases that are required for their various biological functions in vivo. Explaining the defective in vitro or in vivo ubiquitination activities, molecular dynamics simulations and NMR showed that helix-3 A126 mutations cause local disorder of the catalytic pocket of Rad6 in addition to disorganizing the global structure of the protein to decrease its stability in vivo. We also show that helix-3 A126 mutations deform the structures of UBE2A and UBE2B, the human Rad6 homologs, and compromise the in vitro ubiq-uitination activity and folding of UBE2B. Providing insights into their ubiquitination defects, we determined helix-3 A126 mutations impair the initial ubiquitin charging and the fnal discharging steps during substrate ubiquitination by Rad6. In summary, our studies reveal that the conserved helix-3 is a crucial structural constituent that controls the organization of catalytic pockets, enzymatic activities, and biological functions of the Rad6-family E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes.

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