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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2015

Sumoylation of the GTPase Ran by the RanBP2 SUMO E3 Ligase Complex.

Volkan Sakin, Sebastian M Richter, He-Hsuan Hsiao, Henning Urlaub, Frauke Melchior

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Volkan SakinFrom the Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ, ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany.
Sebastian M RichterFrom the Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ, ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany.
He-Hsuan HsiaoMax Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, and.
Henning UrlaubMax Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, and Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Frauke MelchiorFrom the Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ, ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany, f.melchior@zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de.
DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance · DEMax Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry · DEHeidelberg University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The SUMO E3 ligase complex RanBP2/RanGAP1*SUMO1/Ubc9 localizes at cytoplasmic nuclear pore complex (NPC) filaments and is a docking site in nucleocytoplasmic transport. RanBP2 has four Ran binding domains (RBDs), two of which flank RanBP2's E3 ligase region. We thus wondered whether the small GTPase Ran is a target for RanBP2-dependent sumoylation. Indeed, Ran is sumoylated both by a reconstituted and the endogenous RanBP2 complex in semi-permeabilized cells. Generic inhibition of SUMO isopeptidases or depletion of the SUMO isopeptidase SENP1 enhances sumoylation of Ran in semi-permeabilized cells. As Ran is typically associated with transport receptors, we tested the influence of Crm1, Imp β, Transportin, and NTF2 on Ran sumoylation. Surprisingly, all inhibited Ran sumoylation. Mapping Ran sumoylation sites revealed that transport receptors may simply block access of the E2-conjugating enzyme Ubc9, however the acceptor lysines are perfectly accessible in Ran/NTF2 complexes. Isothermal titration calorimetry revealed that NTF2 prevents sumoylation by reducing RanGDP's affinity to RanBP2's RBDs to undetectable levels. Taken together, our findings indicate that RanGDP and not RanGTP is the physiological target for the RanBP2 SUMO E3 ligase complex. Recognition requires interaction of Ran with RanBP2's RBDs, which is prevented by the transport factor NTF2.

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SumoylationCysteine EndopeptidasesEndopeptidasesHeLa CellsHumansMolecular ChaperonesNuclear Pore Complex Proteinsran GTP-Binding ProteinUbiquitin-Protein LigasesCysteine EndopeptidasesEndopeptidasesMolecular ChaperonesNuclear Pore Complex Proteinsran-binding protein 2ran GTP-Binding ProteinSENP1 protein, humanUbiquitin-Protein LigasesE3 ligasenuclear porenuclear transportsmall GTPasesmall GTPase Ransmall ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO)sumoylation

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PMID26251516
PMCPMC4583052
OpenAlexW2145079310

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