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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2012

Composite low affinity interactions dictate recognition of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor Sic1 by the SCFCdc4 ubiquitin ligase.

Xiaojing Tang, Stephen Orlicky, Tanja Mittag, Veronika Csizmok, Tony Pawson, Julie D Forman-Kay, Frank Sicheri, Mike Tyers

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaojing TangCenter for Systems Biology, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1X5.
Stephen Orlicky
Tanja Mittag
Veronika Csizmok
Tony Pawson
Julie D Forman-Kay
Frank Sicheri
Mike Tyers
Hospital for Sick Children · CALunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute · CAInstitute for Research in Immunology and Cancer · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

CIHRWellcome Trust 092076
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ubiquitin ligase SCF(Cdc4) (Skp1/Cul1/F-box protein) recognizes its substrate, the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor Sic1, in a multisite phosphorylation-dependent manner. Although short diphosphorylated peptides derived from Sic1 can bind to Cdc4 with high affinity, through systematic mutagenesis and quantitative biophysical analysis we show that individually weak, dispersed Sic1 phospho sites engage Cdc4 in a dynamic equilibrium. The affinities of individual phosphoepitopes serve to tune the overall phosphorylation site threshold needed for efficient recognition. Notably, phosphoepitope affinity for Cdc4 is dramatically weakened in the context of full-length Sic1, demonstrating the importance of regional environment on binding interactions. The multisite nature of the Sic1-Cdc4 interaction confers cooperative dependence on kinase activity for Sic1 recognition and ubiquitination under equilibrium reaction conditions. Composite dynamic interactions of low affinity sites may be a general mechanism to establish phosphorylation thresholds in biological responses.

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Amino Acid MotifsAmino Acid SequenceCell Cycle ProteinsConsensus SequenceCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor ProteinsF-Box ProteinsHydrogen BondingModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataPhosphorylationProtein ConformationProtein Interaction MappingProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsCDC4 protein, S cerevisiaeCell Cycle ProteinsCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor ProteinsF-Box ProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSIC1 protein, S cerevisiaeUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID22328159
PMCPMC3295303
OpenAlexW2074639565

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