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ArticleNature communications2017

Structural insights into the mechanism and E2 specificity of the RBR E3 ubiquitin ligase HHARI.

Lingmin Yuan, Zongyang Lv, James H Atkison, Shaun K Olsen

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lingmin YuanDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
Zongyang LvDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
James H AtkisonDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
Shaun K OlsenDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA. olsensk@musc.edu.
Medical University of South Carolina · USMUSC Hollings Cancer Center · US

Funding

Integrative Training in Oncogenic SignalingT32CA193201 · NCI · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI HOWE, PHILIP H, LONG, DAVID THOMAS · 2016 to 2025
$3.7M
Structural Biology of the Ubiquitin Conjugation SystemR01GM115568 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI OLSEN, SHAUN · 2015 to 2023
$2.7M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA193201NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115568
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RING-in-between-RING (RBR) ubiquitin (Ub) E3 ligases function with Ub E2s through a RING/HECT hybrid mechanism to conjugate Ub to target proteins. Here, we report the crystal structure of the RBR E3, HHARI, in complex with a UbcH7 ~ Ub thioester mimetic which reveals the molecular basis for the specificity of this cognate E2/RBR E3 pair. The structure also reveals mechanistically important conformational changes in the RING1 and UBA-like domains of HHARI that accompany UbcH7 ~ Ub binding and provides a molecular basis by which HHARI recruits E2 ~ Ub in an 'open' conformation. In addition to optimally functioning with an E2 that solely performs transthiolation, our data suggests that HHARI prevents spurious discharge of Ub from E2 to lysine residues by: (1) harboring structural elements that block E2 ~ Ub from adopting a 'closed' conformation and (2) participating in contacts to ubiquitin that promote an open E2 ~ Ub conformation.HHARI is a RING-in-between-RING (RBR) ubiquitin (Ub) E3 ligase. Here the authors present the crystal structure of HHARI with the UbcH7 ~ Ub thioester intermediate mimetic, which reveals that HHARI binds this E2 ~ Ub in an open conformation and explains the specificity of this cognate RBR E3/E2 pair.

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Carrier ProteinsCatalytic DomainHumansModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein ConformationUbiquitinUbiquitin-Conjugating EnzymesUbiquitin-Protein LigasesARIH1 protein, humanCarrier ProteinsUBE2L3 protein, humanUbiquitinUbiquitin-Conjugating EnzymesUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID28790309
PMCPMC5548887
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