Noncanonical assembly, neddylation, and chimeric cullin-RING/RBR ubiquitylation by the 1.8 MDa CUL9 E3 ligase complex
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ABSTRACT: Ubiquitin ligation is typically executed by hallmark E3 catalytic domains. Two such domains, "cullin-RING" and "RBR", are individually found in several hundred E3 ligases in humans, and collaborate with E2 enzymes to catalyze ubiquitylation. However, the vertebrate-specific CUL9 complex with RBX1 (also called ROC1), of interest due to its tumor suppressive interaction with TP53, uniquely encompasses both cullin-RING and RBR domains. Here, cryo-EM, biochemistry, and cellular assays elucidate a 1.8 MDa hexameric CUL9-RBX1 assembly. Within one dimeric subcomplex, an E2-bound RBR domain is activated by neddylation of its own cullin domain and positioning from the adjacent CUL9-RBX1 in trans. Our data show CUL9 as unique amongst RBX1-bound cullins in dependence on the metazoan-specific UBE2F neddylation enzyme, while the RBR domain protects it from deneddylation. Substrate ubiquitylation relies on both CUL9's neddylated cullin and RBR domains achieving self-assembled and chimeric cullin-RING/RBR E3 ligase activity.
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Exploris 480, Q Exactive HF
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
SUBMITTER: Barbara Steigenberger
LAB HEAD: Brenda A. Schulman
PROVIDER: PXD047229 | Pride | 2024-04-09
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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