Structure of the ubiquitin-interacting motif of S5a bound to the ubiquitin-like domain of HR23B.
Ubiquitination, a modification in which single or multiple ubiquitin molecules are attached to a protein, serves signaling functions that control several cellular processes. The ubiquitination signal is recognized by downstream effectors, many of which carry a ubiquitin-interacting motif (UIM). Such interactions can be modulated by regulators carrying a ubiquitin-like (UbL) domain, which binds UIM by mimicking ubiquitination. Of them, HR23B regulates the proteasomal targeting of ubiquitinated substrates, DNA repair factors, and other proteins. Here we report the structure of the UIM of the proteasome subunit S5a bound to the UbL domain of HR23B. The UbL domain presents one hydrophobic and two polar contact sites for interaction with UIM. The residues in these contact sites are well conserved in ubiquitin, but ubiquitin also presents a histidine at the interface. The pH-dependent protonation of this residue interferes with the access of ubiquitin to the UIM and the ubiquitin-associated domain (UBA), and its mutation to a smaller residue increases the affinity of ubiquitin for UIM.
Fujiwara
Kenichiro
K
Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.
Tenno
Takeshi
T
Sugasawa
Kaoru
K
Jee
Jun-Goo
JG
Ohki
Izuru
I
Kojima
Chojiro
C
Tochio
Hidehito
H
Hiroaki
Hidekazu
H
Hanaoka
Fumio
F
Shirakawa
Masahiro
M
D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021122:Protein Subunits; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000378:metabolism*; D014452:Ubiquitins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; C498506:PSMD4 protein, human; D021122:Protein Subunits; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D025801:Ubiquitin; D014452:Ubiquitins; C086985:RAD23A protein, human; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes