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SCF E3 ligase F-box protein complex SCF(FBXL19) regulates cell migration by mediating Rac1 ubiquitination and degradation.


ABSTRACT: Rac1, a member of the Rho family of GTPases, regulates diverse cellular functions, including cytoskeleton reorganization and cell migration. F-box proteins are major subunits within the Skp1-Cul1-F-box (SCF) E3 ubiquitin ligases that recognize specific substrates for ubiquitination. The role of F-box proteins in regulating Rac1 stability has not been studied. Mouse lung epithelial (MLE12) cells were used to investigate Rac1 stability and cell migration. Screening of an F-box protein library and in vitro ubiquitination assays identified FBXL19, a relatively new member of the F-box protein family that targets Rac1 for its polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. Overexpression of FBXL19 decreased both Rac1 active and inactive forms and significantly reduced cellular migration. Protein kinase AKT-mediated phosphorylation of Rac1 at serine(71) was essential for FBXL19-mediated Rac1 ubiquitination and depletion. Lysine(166) within Rac1 was identified as a polyubiquitination acceptor site. Rac1(S71A) and Rac1(K166R) mutant proteins were resistant to FBXL19-mediated ubiquitination and degradation. Further, ectopically expressed FBXL19 reduced cell migration in Rac1-overexpressing cells (P<0.01, Rac1 cells vs. FBXL19+Rac1 cells), but not in Rac1 lysine(166) mutant-overexpressing cells. FBXL19 diminished formation of the migratory leading edge. Thus, SCF(FBXL19) targets Rac1 for its disposal, a process regulated by AKT. These findings provide the first evidence of an F-box protein targeting a small G protein for ubiquitination and degradation to modulate cell migration.

SUBMITTER: Zhao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3688740 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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SCF E3 ligase F-box protein complex SCF(FBXL19) regulates cell migration by mediating Rac1 ubiquitination and degradation.

Zhao Jing J   Mialki Rachel K RK   Wei Jianxin J   Coon Tiffany A TA   Zou Chunbin C   Chen Bill B BB   Mallampalli Rama K RK   Zhao Yutong Y  

FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20130319 7


Rac1, a member of the Rho family of GTPases, regulates diverse cellular functions, including cytoskeleton reorganization and cell migration. F-box proteins are major subunits within the Skp1-Cul1-F-box (SCF) E3 ubiquitin ligases that recognize specific substrates for ubiquitination. The role of F-box proteins in regulating Rac1 stability has not been studied. Mouse lung epithelial (MLE12) cells were used to investigate Rac1 stability and cell migration. Screening of an F-box protein library and  ...[more]

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