title: Lysine 63-linked polyubiquitination is required for EGF receptor degradation.
abstract: Ubiquitination mediates endocytosis and endosomal sorting of various signaling receptors, transporters, and channels. However, the relative importance of mono- versus polyubiquitination and the role of specific types of polyubiquitin linkages in endocytic trafficking remain controversial. We used mass spectrometry-based targeted proteomics to show that activated epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is ubiquitinated by one to two short (two to three ubiquitins) polyubiquitin chains mainly linked via lysine 63 (K63) or conjugated with a single monoubiquitin. Multimonoubiquitinated EGFR species were not found. To directly test whether K63 polyubiquitination is necessary for endocytosis and post-endocytic sorting of EGFR, a chimeric protein, in which the K63 linkage-specific deubiquitination enzyme AMSH [associated molecule with the Src homology 3 domain of signal transducing adaptor molecule (STAM)] was fused to the carboxyl terminus of EGFR, was generated. MS analysis of EGFR-AMSH ubiquitination demonstrated that the fraction of K63 linkages was substantially reduced, whereas relative amounts of monoubiquitin and K48 linkages increased, compared with that of wild-type EGFR. EGFR-AMSH was efficiently internalized into early endosomes, but, importantly, the rates of ligand-induced sorting to late endosomes and degradation of EGFR-AMSH were dramatically decreased. The slow degradation of EGFR-AMSH resulted in the sustained signaling activity of this chimeric receptor. Ubiquitination patterns, rate of endosomal sorting, and signaling kinetics of EGFR fused with the catalytically inactive mutant of AMSH were reversed to normal. Altogether, the data are consistent with the model whereby short K63-linked polyubiquitin chains but not multimonoubiquitin provide an increased avidity for EGFR interactions with ubiquitin adaptors, thus allowing rapid sorting of activated EGFR to the lysosomal degradation pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.
authors.forename: Fangtian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xuemei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Woong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Manimalha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balasubramani
authors.forename: Arola
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fortian
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Gygi
authors.forename: Nathan A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sorkin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004705:Endocytosis; D056827:Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport / Q000378:metabolism; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008239:Lysine / Q000378:metabolism*; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D025821:Polyubiquitin / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport; D059748:Proteolysis; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D034421:Sus scrofa; D043222:Ubiquitin Thiolesterase / Q000378:metabolism; D054875:Ubiquitination
chemical_list: D056827:Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C486696:STAMBP protein, human; D025821:Polyubiquitin; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D043222:Ubiquitin Thiolesterase; D008239:Lysine
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