title: Arabidopsis MBP1 gene encodes a conserved ubiquitin recognition component of the 26S proteasome.
abstract: Multiubiquitin chain attachment is a key step leading to the selective degradation of abnormal polypeptides and many important regulatory proteins by the eukaryotic 26S proteasome. However, the mechanism by which the 26S complex recognizes this posttranslational modification is unknown. Using synthetic multiubiquitin chains to probe an expression library for interacting proteins, we have isolated an Arabidopsis cDNA, designated MBP1, that encodes a 41-kDa acidic protein exhibiting high affinity for chains, especially those containing four or more ubiquitins. Based on similar physical and immunological properties, multiubiquitin binding affinities, and peptide sequence, MBP1 is homologous to subunit 5a of the human 26S proteasome. Structurally related proteins also exist in yeast, Caenorhabditis, and other plant species. Given their binding properties, association with the 26S proteasome, and widespread distribution, MBP1, S5a, and related proteins likely function as essential ubiquitin recognition components of the 26S proteasome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van Nocker
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Deveraux
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rechsteiner
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Vierstra
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017343:Genes, Plant; D006801:Humans; D015336:Molecular Probe Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014452:Ubiquitins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C097202:MBP1 protein, Arabidopsis; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014452:Ubiquitins; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex