Muf1, a novel Elongin BC-interacting leucine-rich repeat protein that can assemble with Cul5 and Rbx1 to reconstitute a ubiquitin ligase

J Biol Chem. 2001 Aug 10;276(32):29748-53. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M103093200. Epub 2001 May 30.

Abstract

The heterodimeric Elongin BC complex has been shown to interact in vitro and in mammalian cells with a conserved BC-box motif found in a growing number of proteins including RNA polymerase II elongation factor Elongin A, SOCS-box proteins, and the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor protein. Recently, the VHL-Elongin BC complex was found to interact with a module composed of Cullin family member Cul2 and RING-H2 finger protein Rbx1 to reconstitute a novel E3 ubiquitin ligase that activates ubiquitylation by the E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes Ubc5 and Cdc34. In the context of the VHL ubiquitin ligase, Elongin BC functions as an adaptor that links the VHL protein to the Cul2/Rbx1 module, raising the possibility that the Elongin BC complex could function as an integral component of a larger family of E3 ubiquitin ligases by linking alternative BC-box proteins to Cullin/Rbx1 modules. In this report, we describe identification and purification from rat liver of a novel leucine-rich repeat-containing BC-box protein, MUF1, which we demonstrate is capable of assembling with a Cullin/Rbx1 module containing the Cullin family member Cul5 to reconstitute ubiquitin ligase activity. In addition, we show that the additional BC-box proteins Elongin A, SOCS1, and WSB1 are also capable of assembling with the Cul5/Rbx1 module to reconstitute potential ubiquitin ligases. Taken together, our findings identify MUF1 as a new member of the BC-box family of proteins, and they predict the existence of a larger family of Elongin BC-based E3 ubiquitin ligases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome
  • Animals
  • Carrier Proteins / chemistry*
  • Carrier Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism*
  • Cell Line
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA, Complementary / metabolism
  • Elongin
  • Insecta
  • Leucine / chemistry*
  • Ligases / metabolism
  • Male
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Binding
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Transcription Factors / chemistry*
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes*
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
  • Ubiquitins / metabolism

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • DNA, Complementary
  • ELOA protein, human
  • Eloa protein, rat
  • Elongin
  • LRRC41 protein, human
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Transcription Factors
  • Ubiquitins
  • CDC34 protein, human
  • Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes
  • Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
  • WSB1 protein, Fugu rubripes
  • Ligases
  • Leucine