Structure of E3 ligase E6AP with a proteasome-binding site provided by substrate receptor hRpn10
Structure of E3 ligase E6AP with a proteasome-binding site provided by substrate receptor hRpn10
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DOI:
10.1038/s41467-020-15073-7
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发表时间:
2020-03-10
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Walters, Kylie J.
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作者:
Buel, Gwen R.;Chen, Xiang;Walters, Kylie J.
Regulated proteolysis by proteasomes involves similar to 800 enzymes for substrate modification with ubiquitin, including similar to 600 E3 ligases. We report here that E6AP/UBE3A is distinguished from other E3 ligases by having a 12 nM binding site at the proteasome contributed by substrate receptor hRpn10/PSMD4/S5a. Intrinsically disordered by itself, and previously uncharacterized, the E6AP-binding domain in hRpn10 locks into a well-defined helical structure to form an intermolecular 4-helix bundle with the E6AP AZUL, which is unique to this E3. We thus name the hRpn10 AZUL-binding domain RAZUL. We further find in human cells that loss of RAZUL by CRISPR-based gene editing leads to loss of E6AP at proteasomes. Moreover, proteasome-associated ubiquitin is reduced following E6AP knockdown or displacement from proteasomes, suggesting that E6AP ubiquitinates substrates at or for the proteasome. Altogether, our findings indicate E6AP to be a privileged E3 for the proteasome, with a dedicated, high affinity binding site contributed by hRpn10.