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SUBMITTER: Zhou R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3581384 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhou Ruifeng R Tomkovicz Vivian R VR Butler Phillip L PL Ochoa Luis A LA Peterson Zerubbabel J ZJ Snyder Peter M PM
The Journal of biological chemistry 20130107 8
Ubiquitination plays a key role in trafficking of the epithelial Na(+) channel (ENaC). Previous work indicated that ubiquitination enhances ENaC endocytosis and sorting to lysosomes for degradation. Moreover, a defect in ubiquitination causes Liddle syndrome, an inherited form of hypertension. In this work, we identified a role for USP8 in the control of ENaC ubiquitination and trafficking. USP8 increased ENaC current in Xenopus oocytes and collecting duct epithelia and enhanced ENaC abundance a ...[more]