title: Fbs2 is a new member of the E3 ubiquitin ligase family that recognizes sugar chains.
abstract: F-box proteins are substrate recognition components of Skp1-Cullin1-F-box protein-Roc1 (SCF) E3 ubiquitin-protein ligases. We reported previously that Fbs1 (F-box protein that recognizes sugar chains; equivalent to Fbx2 or NFB42) binds specifically to proteins attached with high mannose oligosaccharides and subsequently contributes to elimination of N-glycoproteins in cytosol (Yoshida, Y., Chiba, T., Tokunaga, F., Kawasaki, H., Iwai, K., Suzuki, T., Ito, Y., Matsuoka, K., Yoshida, M., Tanaka, K., and Tai, T. (2002) Nature 418, 438-442). Here we report the identification of another F-box protein that recognizes N-glycan, Fbs2 (called Fbx6b or FBG2 previously). Although the expression of Fbs1 was restricted to the adult brain and testis, the Fbs2 transcript was widely expressed. The Fbs2 protein forms an SCFFbs2 ubiquitinligase complex that targets sugar chains in N-glycoproteins for ubiquitylation. Only glycoproteins bound to concanavalin A lectin and not to wheat germ agglutinin or Ricinus communis agglutinin interacted with Fbs2 in various tissues and cell lines. Pull-down analysis using various oligosaccharides revealed that Man3-9GlcNAc2 glycans were required for efficient Fbs2 binding, whereas modifications of mannose residues by other sugars or deletion of inner GlcNAc reduced Fbs2 binding. Fbs2 interacted with N-glycans of T-cell receptor alpha-subunit (TCRalpha), a typical substrate of the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway, and the forced expression of mutant Fbs2DeltaF, which lacks the F-box domain essential for forming the SCF complex, and decrease of endogenous Fbs2 by small interfering RNA led to inhibition of TCRalpha degradation in cells. Thus, Fbs2 is a novel member of F-box protein family that recognizes N-glycans and plays a role in ERAD.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8613, Japan. yyosida@rinshoken.or.jp
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Fuminori
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Tomoki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism; D008025:Ligases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008358:Mannose / Q000737:chemistry; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry; D037121:Plant Lectins / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D034622:RNA Interference; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000378:metabolism; D044843:SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000378:metabolism; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D014909:Wheat Germ Agglutinins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006023:Glycoproteins; D037102:Lectins; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D037121:Plant Lectins; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; C017707:Ricinus communis agglutinin-1; D025801:Ubiquitin; D014909:Wheat Germ Agglutinins; D003208:Concanavalin A; C479752:FBXO6 protein, human; D044843:SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D008025:Ligases; D008358:Mannose