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ArticlePLoS genetics2016

The Caenorhabditis elegans Protein FIC-1 Is an AMPylase That Covalently Modifies Heat-Shock 70 Family Proteins, Translation Elongation Factors and Histones.

Matthias C Truttmann, Victor E Cruz, Xuanzong Guo, Christoph Engert, Thomas U Schwartz, Hidde L Ploegh

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Recent insights into HSP70: proteostasis and beyond.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026
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  5. AMPylation: key roles in biological regulation across prokaryotes and eukaryotes.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  11. Analysis ofComputational and structural biotechnology journal · 2024
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  13. FicD sensitizes cellular response to glucose fluctuations in mouse embryonic fibroblasts.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  17. AMPylation and Endoplasmic Reticulum Protein Folding Homeostasis.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2023
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  18. The Alarmone Diadenosine Tetraphosphate as a Cosubstrate for Protein AMPylation.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2023
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  19. Fic-mediated AMPylation tempers the unfolded protein response during physiological stress.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  20. The AMPylase FIC-1 modulates TGF-β signaling inFrontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Matthias C TruttmannWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Victor E CruzDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-5338-0973
Xuanzong GuoDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Christoph EngertDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Thomas U SchwartzDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Hidde L PloeghWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Funding

PRE-DOCTORAL TRAINING IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCEST32GM007287 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BELL, STEPHEN P., KEATING, AMY E · 1985 to 2019
$40.8M
Overall EvaluationP41GM103403 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI EALICK, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2017
$14.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103403NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007287
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein AMPylation by Fic domain-containing proteins (Fic proteins) is an ancient and conserved post-translational modification of mostly unexplored significance. Here we characterize the Caenorhabditis elegans Fic protein FIC-1 in vitro and in vivo. FIC-1 is an AMPylase that localizes to the nuclear surface and modifies core histones H2 and H3 as well as heat shock protein 70 family members and translation elongation factors. The three-dimensional structure of FIC-1 is similar to that of its human ortholog, HYPE, with 38% sequence identity. We identify a link between FIC-1-mediated AMPylation and susceptibility to the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, establishing a connection between AMPylation and innate immunity in C. elegans.

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Peptide Chain Elongation, TranslationalAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCrystallography, X-RayDNA-Binding ProteinsHeat-Shock ResponseHistonesHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansImmunity, InnateMembrane ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesProtein ConformationPseudomonas aeruginosaCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCarrier ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsFIC-1 protein, C elegansFICD protein, humanHistonesHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsMembrane ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesRecombinant Proteins

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PMID27138431
PMCPMC4854385

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