Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzyme Ubc9 is Involved in Protein Degradation of Redox Factor-1 (Ref-1).
Redox factor-1 (Ref-1) is a bifunctional protein playing an important role in both cellular redox regulation and DNA apurinic/apyrimidinic sites' repair. To find Ref-1interacting proteins (Rips), a yeast two-hybrid screening was performed by using Ref-1 redox domain as the 'bait', and five positive clones were obtained. One of them (Rip3) was identified to be the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Ubc9. Simultaneous overexpression of Ubc9 in Hela cells dramatically inhibited the enhancement of AP-1 reporter gene by Ref-1. Western blot indicated that the protein level of Ref-1 dropped down as the result of simultaneous overexpression of Ubc9. These results suggest that Ubc9 is involved in the protein degradation of Ref-1, resulting in the downregulation of Ref-1 physiological function.
Yan
Ming-Da
MD
Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China. sib203@sunm.shcnc.ac.cn
Xu
Wei-Jin
WJ
Lu
Lin-Rong
LR
Sun
Lan-Ying
LY
Liu
Xin-Yuan
XY
Zheng
Zhong-Cheng
ZC