E3 ubiquitin ligases catalyze the transfer of an ubiquitin from an E2-ubiquitin conjugate to a target protein. Generally, ubiquitin is transferred via formation of an amide bond to a particular lysine residue of the target protein, but ubiquitylation of cysteine, serine and threonine residues in a few targeted proteins has also been demonstrated (reviewed in McDowell and Philpott 2013, Berndsen and Wolberger 2014). Based on protein homologies, families of E3 ubiquitin ligases have been identified that include RING-type ligases (reviewed in Deshaies et al. 2009, Metzger et al. 2012, Metzger et al. 2014), HECT-type ligases (reviewed in Rotin et al. 2009, Metzger et al. 2012), and RBR-type ligases (reviewed in Dove et al. 2016). A subset of the RING-type ligases participate in CULLIN-RING ligase complexes (CRLs which include SCF complexes, reviewed in Lee and Zhou 2007, Genschik et al. 2013, Skaar et al. 2013, Lee et al. 2014). Some E3-E2 combinations catalyze mono-ubiquitination of the target protein (reviewed in Nakagawa and Nakayama 2015). Other E3-E2 combinations catalyze conjugation of further ubiquitin monomers to the initial ubiquitin, forming polyubiquitin chains. (It may also be possible for some E3-E2 combinations to preassemble polyubiquitin and transfer it as a unit to the target protein.) Ubiquitin contains several lysine (K) residues and a free alpha amino group to which further ubiquitin can be conjugated. Thus different types of polyubiquitin are possible: K11 linked polyubiquitin is observed in endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD), K29 linked polyubiquitin is observed in lysosomal degradation, K48 linked polyubiquitin directs target proteins to the proteasome for degradation, whereas K63 linked polyubiquitin generally acts as a scaffold to recruit other proteins in several cellular processes, notably DNA repair (reviewed in Komander et al. 2009).
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The ubiquitin E3 ligase RNF144A located on endosomal membranes (Ho et al. 2015) binds the catalytic subunit of DNA-dependent protein kinase (PRKDC, DNA-PKcs) and the E2-ubiquitin conjugate UBE2L3:Ubiquitin (UBCH7:Ubiquitin) located in the cytoplasm (Ho et al. 2014).
The ubiquitin E3 ligase RNF144A transfers ubiquitin from the E2-ubiquitin conjugate UBE2L3:Ubiquitin to an unknown residue of PRKDC (DNA-PKcs, the catalytic subunit of DNA-dependent protein kinase) (Ho et al. 2014). RNF144A polyubiquitinates PRKDC with lysine-48 linked ubiquitin, leading to proteasomal degradation of PRKDC. Expression of RNF144A is activated by TP53 (p53) and the degradation of PRKDC caused by RNF144A may be pro-apoptotic (Ho et al. 2014). RNF144A contains a transmembrane domain that localizes RNF144A to endosomal membranes (Ho et al. 2015).
When the cellular concentration of amino acids is low, the ubiquitin E3 ligase RNF152 (Zhang et al. 2010) transfers ubiquitin from the E2-ubiquitin conjugate UBE2N:Ubiquitin to RRAGA (RagA GTPase) (Deng et al. 2015). RNF152 polyubiquitinates RRAGA with lysine-63 linked ubiquitin, which recruits GATOR1, an inhibitor of RRAGA. The inhibition of RRAGA, in turn, inhibits mTORC1 thereby regulating activity of mTORC1 in response to amino acids (Deng et al. 2015). RNF152 is located in the lysosomal membrane and can autoubiquitinate (Zhang et al. 2010).
The ubiquitin E3 ligase RNF152 located in the lysosomal membrane (Zhang et al. 2010) binds GDP-bound RRAGA and the E2-ubiquitin conjugate UBE2N:Ubiquitin prior to ubiquitinating RRAGA (Deng et al. 2015), RNF152, like many E3 ligases, can also autoubiquitinate (Zhang et al. 2010).
The ubiquitin E3 ligase RNF181 interacts with activated (phosphorylated) CARD11, BCL10, and the E2-ubiquitin conjugate (UBE2D1, UBE2D2, UBE2D3, UBE2B, UBE2E1, or UBE2N) (Pedersen et al. 2015).
The ubiquitin E3 ligase RNF181 transfers ubiquitin from the E2-ubiquitin conjugate (UBE2D1, UBE2D2, UBE2D3, UBE2E1, UBE2B, or UBE2N) to BCL10 (Pedersen et al. 2015). RNF181, which can interact with CARD11, appears to act on BCL10 before BCL10 is recruited to activated (phosphorylated) CARD11. The resulting lysine-48 polyubiquitinated BCL10 is degraded by the proteasome, resulting in attenuation of T cell receptor signaling downstream of CARD11 (Pedersen et al. 2015).
The ubiquitin E3 ligase complex RNF20:RNF40 (also known as Bre1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae) interacts with the PAF complex and the E2-ubiquitin conjugate UBE2A,B:Ubiquitin (RAD6:Ubiquitin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae) (Zhu et al. 2005, Kim et al. 2009, Hahn et al. 2012, Foglizzo et al. 2016). The complex binds nucleosomal histone H2B after which RNF20:RNF40 monoubiquitinates histone H2B (Zhu et al. 2005, Kim et al. 2009). RNF20:RNF40 also binds WAC, which targets RNF20:RNF40 to the RNA polymerase II complex and promotes monoubiquitination of histone H2B (Zhang and Yu 2011).
The ubiquitin E3 ligase complex RNF20:RNF40 interacts with the PAF complex (Kim et al. 2009) that is associated with RNA polymerase II via WAC (Zhang and Yu 2011) at transcriptionally active genes (Zhe et al. 2005). RNF20:RNF40 monoubiquitinates nucleosomal histone H2B on lysine-120 (lysine-121 of the unprocessed histone H2B) using UBE2A,B:Ubiquitin as the ubiquitin donor (Zhu et al. 2005, Kim et al. 2009, Zhang and Yu 2011, Zhang et al. 2014, Dickson et al. 2016). Monoubiquitination of histone H2B leads to methylation of lysine-4 and lysine-79 of histone H3, marks of active chromatin (Zhu et al. 2005). Arsenite binds the RING domains of RNF20 and RNF40 and inhibits the ubiquitination of histone H2B (Zhang et al. 2014).
In response to a stalled replication fork, SHPRH polyubiquitinates lysine-164 of PCNA that has already been monoubiquitinated on lysine-164 by RAD18:UBE2B (RAD18:RAD6) (Unk et al. 2006, Motegi et al. 2006, Motegi et al. 2008). The ubiquitin donor is the E2 complex UBE2N:UBE2V2 (UBC13:MMS2) containing ubiquitin conjugated to UBE2N. The resulting polyubiquitin chain contains lysine-63 (K63) linkages and appears to change the repair process from translesion synthesis (TLS) to template switching (TS). SHPRH interacts directly with PCNA, RAD18:UBE2B, and UBE2N:UBE2V2.
At stalled replication forks, the E3 ubiquitin ligase SHPRH interacts with PCNA monoubiquitinated at lysine-164 (monoUb-K164-PCNA), the RAD18:UBE2B complex (RAD18:RAD6 complex), and the Ub:UBE2N:UBE2V2 complex (UBC13:MMS2 complex with ubiquitin conjugated to UBC13) (Unk et al. 2006, Motegi et al. 2006, Motegi et al. 2008).
In response to a stalled replication fork, HLTF polyubiquitinates lysine-164 of PCNA that has already been monoubiquitinated on lysine-164 by RAD18:UBE2B (RAD18:RAD6) (Unk et al. 2008, Motegi et al. 2008, MacKay et al. 2009, Achar et al. 2015). The ubiquitin donor is the E2 complex UBE2N:UBE2V2 (UBC13:MMS2) containing ubiquitin conjugated to UBE2N. The resulting polyubiquitin chain contains lysine-63 (K63) linkages and appears to change the repair process from translesion synthesis (TLS) to template switching (TS). HLTF interacts directly with PCNA, RAD18:UBE2B, and UBE2N:UBE2V2. HLTF and SHPRH are not completely redundant: HLTF is involved in repair of DNA lesions created by ultraviolet light while SHPRH is involved in repair of lesions created by methylmethane sulfonate (Lin et al. 2011). Despite the polyubiquitination activity of HLTF, in vivo HLTF appears to increase monoubiquitination of PCNA (Lin et al. 2011).
At stalled replication forks, the E3 ubiquitin ligase HLTF interacts with PCNA monoubiquitinated at lysine-164 (monoUb-K164-PCNA), the RAD18:UBE2B complex (RAD18:RAD6 complex), and the Ub:UBE2N:UBE2V2 complex (UBC13:MMS2 complex with ubiquitin conjugated to UBC13) (Unk et al. 2008, Motegi et al. 2008, MacKay et al. 2009).
The E3 ubiquitin ligase TMEM129 transfers ubiquitin from the E2 ubiquitin conjugases UBE2J2 and UBE2K to a MHC class I heavy chain bound by the human cytomegalovirus US11 protein (van de Weijer et al. 2014, van den Boomen et al. 2014, Flierman et al. 2006, reviewed in van den Boomen and Lehner 2015). TMEM129 is located in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane in a complex containing DERL1, UBE2J2 and UBE2K, VIMP and VCP. After polyubiquitination, MHC class I heavy chain is retrotranslocated by the AAA ATPase VCP to the cytosol (Ye et al. 2001) where it is deglycosylated by NGLYI and degraded by the proteasome (Wiertz et al. 1996). US11 is released after the reaction and, if unable to bind another MHC I heavy chain, US11 is ubiquitinated by the HRD1-SEL1L E3 ubiquitin ligase complex and itself degraded by the proteasome (van den Boomen et al. 2014). This self-regulatory loop allows the amount of US11 in the cell to be buffered against the amount of MHC I molecules.
The human cytomegalovirus US11 protein interacts with a MHC class I heavy chain and recruits the heavy chain to the TMEM129 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex comprising TMEM129, its cognate E2 conjugases UBE2J2 and UBE2K and the VCP complex (VCP:VIMP) via the rhomboid pseudo-protease DERL1 (van de Weijer et al. 2014, van den Boomen et al. 2014, Flierman 2006, Lilley et al. 2004, Ye et al. 2004, Ye et al. 2001).
The RING-type E3 ubiquitin ligase complex PEX2:PEX10:PEX12 catalyzes the transfer of ubiquitin from an E2-ubiquitin conjugate (one of Ub:UBE2D1, Ub:UBE2D2, or Ub:UBE2D3) to the cysteine-11 residue of the substrate PEX5, the peroxisomal matrix protein shuttling receptor (Carvalho et al. 2007; Grou et al. 2008, Okumoto et al. 2011, Sargent et al. 2016, inferred from yeast in Dodt and Gould 1996). The thiol ester bond between ubiquitin and the cysteine residue of PEX5 is unusual among ubiquitin substrates, which usually have isopeptide bonds between ubiquitin and a lysine residue. Monoubiquitination of PEX5 at cysteine-11 is an integral and mandatory step in the PEX5-mediated peroxisomal protein transport pathway; in its absence, PEX5 cannot be extracted from the peroxisomal membrane docking/translocation machinery (the peroxisomal protein translocon), and thus transport of newly synthesized peroxisomal matrix proteins to the organelle matrix stops (Grou et al. 2009). In addition to monoubiquitinating PEX5 during peroxisomal protein import, the PEX2:PEX10:PEX12 complex was also implicated in pexophagy, a type of selective autophagy targeting peroxisomes. Pexophagy seems to be triggered mainly by ubiquitination of PEX5, which in this case can occur either at its cysteine-11 or lysine-209 residues, but ubiquitination of ABCD3 (also known as PMP70) and other peroxisomal membrane proteins may also be involved (Zhang et al. 2015, inferred from mouse in Nordgren et al. 2015, Sargent et al. 2016).
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