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NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
卷 5, 期 4, 页码 336-340出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ncb952
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The ubiquitin system is involved in several basic cellular functions(1-3). Ubiquitination is carried out by a cascade of three reactions catalysed by the El, E2 and E3 enzymes. Among these, the E3 ubiquitin-protein ligases have a pivotal role in determining the specificity of the system by recognizing the target substrates through defined targeting motifs(1-3). Although RING finger proteins constitute an important family of E3 ligases(4), only a few post-transcriptional modifications, including phosphorylation(1), proline hydroxylation(5,6) and glycosylation(7), are known to function as recognition signals for E3. Iron regulatory protein 2 (IRP2), a modulator of iron metabolism, is regulated by iron-induced ubiquitination and degradation(8). Here we show that the RING finger protein HOIL-1 functions as an E3 ligase for oxidized IRP2, suggesting that oxidation is a specific recognition signal for ubiquitination. The oxidation of IRP2 is generated by haem, which binds to IRP2 in iron-rich cells, and by oxygen, indicating that the iron sensing of IRP2 depends on the synthesis and availability of haem.
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