TY - JOUR
T1 - Identification of a multifunctional binding site on Ubc9p required for Smt3p conjugation
AU - Bencsath, Kalman P.
AU - Podgorski, Michael S.
AU - Pagala, Vishwajeeth R.
AU - Slaughter, Clive A.
AU - Schulman, Brenda A.
PY - 2002/12/6
Y1 - 2002/12/6
N2 - Ubiquitin-like proteins (ub-lps) are conjugated by a conserved enzymatic pathway, involving ATP-dependent activation at the C terminus by an activating enzyme (E1) and formation of a thiolester intermediate with a conjugating enzyme (E2) prior to ligation to the target. Ubc9, the E2 for SUMO, synthesizes polymeric chains in the presence of its E1 and MgATP. To better understand conjugation of ub-lps, we have performed mutational analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ubc9p, which conjugates the SUMO family member Smt3p. We have identified Ubc9p surfaces involved in thiolester bond and Smt3p-Smt3p chain formation. The residues involved in thiolester bond formation map to a surface we show is the E1 binding site, and E2s for other ub-lps are likely to bind to their E1s at a homologous site. We also find that this same surface binds Smt3p. A mutation that impairs binding to E1 but not Smt3p impairs thiolester bond formation, suggesting that it is the E1 interaction at this site that is crucial. Interestingly, other E2s and their relatives also use this same surface for binding to ubiquitin, E3s, and other proteins, revealing this to be a multipurpose binding site and suggesting that the entire E1-E2-E3 pathway has coevolved for a given ub-lp.
AB - Ubiquitin-like proteins (ub-lps) are conjugated by a conserved enzymatic pathway, involving ATP-dependent activation at the C terminus by an activating enzyme (E1) and formation of a thiolester intermediate with a conjugating enzyme (E2) prior to ligation to the target. Ubc9, the E2 for SUMO, synthesizes polymeric chains in the presence of its E1 and MgATP. To better understand conjugation of ub-lps, we have performed mutational analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ubc9p, which conjugates the SUMO family member Smt3p. We have identified Ubc9p surfaces involved in thiolester bond and Smt3p-Smt3p chain formation. The residues involved in thiolester bond formation map to a surface we show is the E1 binding site, and E2s for other ub-lps are likely to bind to their E1s at a homologous site. We also find that this same surface binds Smt3p. A mutation that impairs binding to E1 but not Smt3p impairs thiolester bond formation, suggesting that it is the E1 interaction at this site that is crucial. Interestingly, other E2s and their relatives also use this same surface for binding to ubiquitin, E3s, and other proteins, revealing this to be a multipurpose binding site and suggesting that the entire E1-E2-E3 pathway has coevolved for a given ub-lp.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M207442200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M207442200
M3 - Article
C2 - 12354763
AN - SCOPUS:0037033071
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 277
SP - 47938
EP - 47945
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 49
ER -