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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

"Design principles of a membrane-spanning ubiquitin ligase".

Carys Williams, Laura M Nocka, George Hedger, Pragya Parashara, Els Pardon, Naomi R Latorraca, Ganesh V Pusapati, Dorothy Lartey, Lei Gao, Ljiljana Milenkovic and 9 more

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Carys WilliamsDivision of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4855-4139
Laura M NockaDepartments of Biochemistry and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2556-4227
George HedgerSir Ernst Chain Building, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0009-0002-2499-0662
Pragya ParasharaDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-2357-7218
Els PardonVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2466-0172
Naomi R LatorracaDepartment of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8310-8708
Ganesh V PusapatiDepartments of Biochemistry and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1406-2566
Dorothy LarteyDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3655-9987
Lei GaoDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7043-4774
Ljiljana MilenkovicDepartments of Biochemistry and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-9602-4577
Rod ChalkCentre for Medicines Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9942-2339
Jan SteyaertVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3825-874X
Susan MarquseeDepartment of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7648-2163
Loïc CarriqueDivision of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5332-8593
J Fernando Bazanħ bioconsulting, LLC, Stillwater, MN 55082, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3645-9935
Sarah L RouseSir Ernst Chain Building, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7115-1565
Jennifer H KongDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4573-3270
Christian SieboldDivision of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6635-3621
Rajat RohatgiDepartments of Biochemistry and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7609-8858

Funding

Translational Bioimaging Core Shared ResourceP30CA015704 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Eric Collisson · 1985 to 2026
$296.4M
Supplement application for an Olympus automated microscopeR35GM118082 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI RAJAT ROHATGI · 2016 to 2026
$7.6M
A protein traffic control system that regulates left-right patterning and heart developmentR01HL157103 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GUNN, TERESA M, LO, CECILIA W. · 2021 to 2024
$2.9M
Sequence and Environmental Determinants of the Protein Energy LandscapeR35GM149319 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI SUSAN MARQUSEE · 2023 to 2026
$1.7M
Molecular mechanisms that regulate target cell sensitivity to Hedgehog morphogensR00GM132518 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI KONG, JENNIFER · 2023 to 2025
$871k
Molecular mechanisms that regulate target cell sensitivity to Hedgehog morphogensK99GM132518 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI KONG, JENNIFER · 2019 to 2021
$281k
Decoding Structural Determinants of Efficacy and Specificity in a GPCR SubfamilyK99GM148823 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI LATORRACA, NAOMI · 2023 to 2024
$212k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA015704NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL157103NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM132518NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM148823NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM132518NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118082NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM149319Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Receptor-type E3 ubiquitin ligases are membrane-spanning assemblies that enable extracellular signals to directly control ubiquitylation in the cytoplasm. Despite playing widespread roles in tissue patterning and homeostasis, metabolism, and immunity, their structures and mechanisms remain poorly understood. Using cryo-electron microscopy, integrated with biophysical and functional studies, we visualized an E3 complex composed of two transmembrane proteins, MEGF8 and MOSMO, and the intracellular RING-family protein MGRN1. This MEGF8-MOSMO-MGRN1 (MMM) complex regulates left-right patterning of the body axis and the development of multiple organs, partly by attenuating signaling through the Hedgehog pathway. We find that the MMM complex functions like a fishing pole: a long, flexible helix attached to a membrane platform suspends an activated and precisely oriented RING domain-like a fishhook-to ubiquitylate the cytoplasmic surfaces of target receptors. Our structure explains how mutations in

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birth defectsCarpenter syndromecryo-EM structureE3 ligasemolecular dynamics simulationsmorphogenssignalingtransmembrane receptorubiquitylation

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PMID41000701
PMCPMC12458338

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