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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2020

The ubiquitin-like modifier FAT10 inhibits retinal PDE6 activity and mediates its proteasomal degradation.

Annika N Boehm, Johanna Bialas, Nicola Catone, Almudena Sacristan-Reviriego, Jacqueline van der Spuy, Marcus Groettrup, Annette Aichem

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The emerging importance of UBA6 in ubiquitylation and proteostasis.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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  4. Restoring Sight: The Journey of AIPL1 from Discovery to Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  11. New focus on regulation of the rod photoreceptor phosphodiesterase.Current opinion in structural biology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Annika N BoehmDivision of Immunology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
Johanna BialasDivision of Immunology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
Nicola CatoneBiotechnology Institute Thurgau at the University of Konstanz, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.
Almudena Sacristan-ReviriegoUCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Jacqueline van der SpuyUCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Marcus GroettrupDivision of Immunology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5423-6399
Annette AichemDivision of Immunology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany Annette.Aichem@bitg.ch.
University of Konstanz · DEUniversity College London · GBBiotechnology Institute Thurgau · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The retina-specific chaperone aryl hydrocarbon interacting protein-like 1 (AIPL1) is essential for the correct assembly of phosphodiesterase 6 (PDE6), which is a pivotal effector enzyme for phototransduction and vision because it hydrolyzes cGMP. AIPL1 interacts with the cytokine-inducible ubiquitin-like modifier FAT10, which gets covalently conjugated to hundreds of proteins and targets its conjugation substrates for proteasomal degradation, but whether FAT10 affects PDE6 function or turnover is unknown. Here, we show that FAT10 mRNA is expressed in human retina and identify rod PDE6 as a retina-specific substrate of FAT10 conjugation. We found that AIPL1 stabilizes the FAT10 monomer and the PDE6-FAT10 conjugate. Additionally, we elucidated the functional consequences of PDE6 FAT10ylation. On the one hand, we demonstrate that FAT10 targets PDE6 for proteasomal degradation by formation of a covalent isopeptide linkage. On the other hand, FAT10 inhibits PDE6 cGMP hydrolyzing activity by noncovalently interacting with the PDE6 GAFa and catalytic domains. Therefore, FAT10 may contribute to loss of PDE6 and, as a consequence, degeneration of retinal cells in eye diseases linked to inflammation and inherited blindness-causing mutations in AIPL1.

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAmino Acid MotifsAnimalsCatalytic DomainCyclic GMPCyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 6HEK293 CellsHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMutagenesis, Site-DirectedProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteasome InhibitorsProtein BindingProteolysisRecombinant ProteinsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAIPL1 protein, humanCyclic GMPCyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 6Proteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteasome InhibitorsRecombinant ProteinsRNA, MessengerUBD protein, humanUbiquitinUbiquitinsAIPL1cell culturechaperonecyclic GMP (cGMP)FAT10PDE6phosphodiesterasesphotoreceptorproteasomeprotein processingprotein stabilityprotein turnoverretinaretinal degenerationubiquitin-like proteinubiquitylation (ubiquitination)

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PMID32817338
PMCPMC7573256
OpenAlexW3049742141

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