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In Vitro Ubiquitination and Deubiquitination Assays of Nucleosomal Histones
Published on: July 25, 2019
ウイルスのE3ユビキチンリガゼによる非リシン残留物のユビキチン化
1Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 142 Life Sciences Addition Room 3200, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
まとめ
カポシのサルコマに関連したヘルペスウイルスMIR1 E3リガゼは,ライシン残留物なくとも,MHC Iの分解をターゲットにします. この新しいユビキチネーション経路はシステイン残留を含み,タンパク質の調節に関する理解を広げています.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- ウイルス学 ウイルス学 ウイルス学
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
背景:
- ユビキチネーションは,タンパク質機能を調節する重要な細胞プロセスであり,主にE3ユビキチンリガゼによって媒介されます.
- E3ユビキチンリガゼは,基板特異性を決定し,ユビキチンと基板ライシン残留物またはN端間のイソペプチド結合の形成を触媒化する.
- カポシのサルコマ関連ヘルペスウイルスは,主要な組織適合性複合体クラスI (MHC I) ユビキチン化および内部化に関与するMIR1およびMIR2E3リガスをコードします.
研究 の 目的:
- MIR1およびMIR2E3リガスがMHC Iユビキチン化およびダウンレギュレーションを調節するメカニズムを調査する.
- MIR1がMHC Iのユビキチン化と分解を媒介できるかどうか,アクセス可能なライシン残留物がない場合に判断する.
主な方法:
- イントラサイトプラズマリンライシン残留物を欠いた変異MHC I分子を利用した.
- MHC IのMIR1およびMIR2の存在下での評価されたユビキチン化状態.
- ベータ2-メルカプトエタノールに対するユビキチン-MHC I関連性の感受性を分析した.
- ユビキチン化プロセスにおけるシステイン残留物の役割を調査した.
- システイン残基を含む人工的な細胞内プラズマドメインを持つエンジニアリングされたMHC I分子を使用した.
主要な成果:
- MIR1はMIR2ではないが,MHC I分子のダウンレギュレーションが誘発され,細胞内リンシン残留物が欠けています.
- MIR1によるこれらのライシン欠乏性MHC I分子のウビキチネーションは,β2-マーカプトエタノールに敏感であり,ライシン以外の結合を示した.
- この新しいユビキチン化には,MHC I 細胞内プラズマ尾のシステイン残留物が必要でした.
- 人工尾にシステインを搭載したMHC I分子が,MIR1.1によって内細胞化され,分解された.
結論:
- MIR1は,アクセシブルなライシンやN端末が欠けているタンパク質を標的としたユニークな形式のユビキチネーションを媒介する.
- このシステインに依存するユビキチネーション経路は,MHC Iのダウンレギュレーションに寄与する.
- この発見は,タンパク質のユビキチン化およびウイルスE3リガゼによる調節の既知のメカニズムを拡張している.
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