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Identification of a quality-control factor that monitors failures during proteasome assembly.

ABSTRACT: In eukaryotic cells, half of all proteins function as subunits within multiprotein complexes. Imbalanced synthesis of subunits leads to unassembled intermediates that must be degraded to minimize cellular toxicity. Here, we found that excess PSMC5, a subunit of the proteasome base, was targeted for degradation by the HERC1 ubiquitin ligase in mammalian cells. HERC1 identified unassembled PSMC5 by its cognate assembly chaperone PAAF1. Because PAAF1 only dissociates after assembly, HERC1 could also engage later assembly intermediates such as the PSMC4-PSMC5-PAAF1 complex. A missense mutant of HERC1 that causes neurodegeneration in mice was impaired in the recognition and ubiquitination of the PSMC5-PAAF1 complex. Thus, proteasome assembly factors can serve as adaptors for ubiquitin ligases to facilitate elimination of unassembled intermediates and maintain protein homeostasis.

SUBMITTER: Zavodszky E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7611656 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of a quality-control factor that monitors failures during proteasome assembly.

Zavodszky Eszter E Peak-Chew Sew-Yeu SY Juszkiewicz Szymon S Narvaez Ana J AJ Hegde Ramanujan S RS

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20210801 6558

In eukaryotic cells, half of all proteins function as subunits within multiprotein complexes. Imbalanced synthesis of subunits leads to unassembled intermediates that must be degraded to minimize cellular toxicity. Here, we found that excess PSMC5, a subunit of the proteasome base, was targeted for degradation by the HERC1 ubiquitin ligase in mammalian cells. HERC1 identified unassembled PSMC5 by its cognate assembly chaperone PAAF1. Because PAAF1 only dissociates after assembly, HERC1 could als ...[more]

PMID: 34446601

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