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ArticleGenes & development2025

The ribosome-associated quality control factor TCF25 imposes K48 specificity on Listerin-mediated ubiquitination of nascent chains by binding and specifically orienting the acceptor ubiquitin.

Irina S Abaeva, Alexander G Bulakhov, Christopher U T Hellen, Tatyana V Pestova

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Article in Genes & development, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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  2. Ribosome-associated quality control and related mechanisms.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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  3. Quality control and signaling pathways at stalled ribosomes.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2026
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Irina S Abaeva *Department of Cell Biology, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4446-5128
Alexander G Bulakhov *Department of Cell Biology, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3595-9719
Christopher U T HellenDepartment of Cell Biology, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3982-2090
Tatyana V PestovaDepartment of Cell Biology, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA tatyana.pestova@downstate.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3543-256X

Funding

Mechanisms of eukaryotic translation and ribosome-associated mRNA surveillance and protein quality controlR35GM122602 · NIGMS · SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER · PI TATYANA V PESTOVA · 2017 to 2026
$4.8M
Alternative mechanisms of different stages in eukaryotic translationR01GM097014 · NIGMS · SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER · PI HELLEN, CHRISTOPHER ULRICH TRISTRAM · 2012 to 2022
$2.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM097014NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122602
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polypeptides arising from interrupted translation undergo proteasomal degradation by the ribosome-associated quality control (RQC) pathway. The ASC-1 complex splits stalled ribosomes into 40S subunits and nascent chain-tRNA-associated 60S subunits (60S RNCs). 60S RNCs associate with NEMF that promotes recruitment of the RING-type E3 ubiquitin (Ub) ligase Listerin (Ltn1 in yeast), which ubiquitinates nascent chains. RING-type E3s mediate the transfer of Ub directly from the E2∼Ub conjugate, implying that the specificity of Ub linkage is determined by the given E2. Listerin is most efficient when it is paired with promiscuous Ube2D E2s. We previously found that TCF25 (Rqc1 in yeast) can impose K48 specificity on Listerin paired with Ube2D E2s. To determine the mechanism of TCF25's action, we combined functional biochemical studies and AlphaFold3 modeling and now report that TCF25 specifically interacts with the RING domain of Listerin and the acceptor ubiquitin (Ub

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RibosomesSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsUbiquitinUbiquitinationUbiquitin-Protein LigasesCarrier ProteinsHumansModels, MolecularProtein BindingUbiquitin-Conjugating EnzymesCarrier ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsUbiquitinUbiquitin-Conjugating EnzymesUbiquitin-Protein LigasesZNF598 protein, humanListerinribosome-associated quality controlRING domainTCF25ubiquitination

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PMID40169231
PMCPMC12047659

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