RMND5 from Xenopus laevis is an E3 ubiquitin-ligase and functions in early embryonic forebrain development
Thorsten Pfirrmann1, Pablo Villavicencio-Lorini2, Abinash K Subudhi1
1Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Halle, Germany.
Abstract:
In Saccharomyces cerevisiae the Gid-complex functions as an ubiquitin-ligase complex that regulates the metabolic switch between glycolysis and gluconeogenesis. In higher organisms six conserved Gid proteins form the CTLH protein-complex with unknown function. Here we show that Rmnd5, the Gid2 orthologue from Xenopus laevis, is an ubiquitin-ligase embedded in a high molecular weight complex. Expression of rmnd5 is strongest in neuronal ectoderm, prospective brain, eyes and ciliated cells of the skin and its suppression results in malformations of the fore- and midbrain. We therefore suggest that Xenopus laevis Rmnd5, as a subunit of the CTLH complex, is a ubiquitin-ligase targeting an unknown factor for polyubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation for proper fore- and midbrain development.
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