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SUBMITTER: Scott DC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3001161 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scott Daniel C DC Monda Julie K JK Grace Christy R R CR Duda David M DM Kriwacki Richard W RW Kurz Thimo T Schulman Brenda A BA
Molecular cell 20100901 5
In ubiquitin-like protein (UBL) cascades, a thioester-linked E2∼UBL complex typically interacts with an E3 enzyme for UBL transfer to the target. Here we demonstrate a variant mechanism, whereby the E2 Ubc12 functions with two E3s, Hrt1 and Dcn1, for ligation of the UBL Rub1 to Cdc53's WHB subdomain. Hrt1 functions like a conventional RING E3, with its N terminus recruiting Cdc53 and C-terminal RING activating Ubc12∼Rub1. Dcn1's "potentiating neddylation" domain (Dcn1(P)) acts as an additional E ...[more]