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ArticlePloS one2016

The Mechanism of Mycobacterium smegmatis PafA Self-Pupylation.

Xuejie Chen, Chandan Li, Li Wang, Yi Liu, Chuanyou Li, Junjie Zhang

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xuejie ChenThe Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Chandan LiThe Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Li WangThe Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Yi LiuThe Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Chuanyou LiDepartment of Bacteriology and Immunology, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute/Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Tongzhou District, Beijing, China.
Junjie ZhangThe Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Beijing Normal University · CNBeijing Chest Hospital · CNCapital Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PafA, the prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein (Pup) ligase, catalyzes the Pup modification of bacterial proteins and targets the substrates for proteasomal degradation. It has been reported that that M. smegmatis PafA can be poly-pupylated. In this study, the mechanism of PafA self-pupylation is explored. We found that K320 is the major target residue for the pupylation of PafA. During the self-pupylation of PafA, the attachment of the first Pup to PafA is catalyzed by the other PafA molecule through an intermolecular reaction, while the formation of the polymeric Pup chain is carried out in an intramolecular manner through the internal ligase activity of the already pupylated PafA. Among the three lysine residues, K7, K31 and K61, in M. smegmatis Pup, K7 and K31 are involved in the formation of the poly-Pup chain in PafA poly-pupylation. Poly-pupylation of PafA can be reversibly regulated by depupylase Dop. The polymeric Pup chain formed through K7/K31 linkage is much more sensitive to Dop than the mono-Pup directly attached to PafA. Moreover, self-pupylation of PafA is involved in the regulation of its stability in vivo in a proteasome-dependent manner, suggesting that PafA self-pupylation functions as a mechanism in the auto-regulation of the Pup-proteasome system.

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Protein Processing, Post-TranslationalBacterial ProteinsChromatography, LiquidLigasesLysineMycobacterium smegmatisProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein StabilityProteolysisTandem Mass SpectrometryUbiquitinBacterial ProteinsLigasesLysineProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexUbiquitin

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PMID26953889
PMCPMC4783102
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