Ubiquitin Ligase Trapping Identifies an SCFSaf1 Pathway Targeting Unprocessed Vacuolar/Lysosomal Proteins

作者：Mark Kevin G; Simonetta Marco; Maiolica Alessio; Seller Charles A; Toczyski David P^*

来源：Molecular Cell, 2014, 53(1): 148-161.

DOI：10.1016/j.molcel.2013.12.003

We have developed a technique, called Ubiquitin Ligase Substrate Trapping, for the isolation of ubiquitinated substrates in complex with their ubiquitin ligase (E3). By fusing a ubiquitin-associated (UBA) domain to an E3 ligase, we were able to selectively purify the polyubiquitinated forms of E3 substrates. Using ligase traps of eight different F box proteins (SCF specificity factors) coupled with mass spectrometry, we identified known, as well as previously unreported, substrates. Polyubiquitinated forms of candidate substrates associated with their cognate F box partner, but not other ligase traps. Interestingly, the four most abundant candidate substrates identified for the F box protein Saf1 were all vacuolar/lysosomal proteins. Analysis of one of these substrates, Prb1, showed that Saf1 selectively promotes ubiquitination of the unprocessed form of the zymogen. This suggests that Saf1 is part of a pathway that targets protein precursors for proteasomal degradation.

• 出版日期2014-1