RNF126-Mediated Reubiquitination Is Required for Proteasomal Degradation of p97-Extracted Membrane Proteins.
Valosin-containing protein (VCP)/p97 is an AAA-ATPase that extracts polyubiquitinated substrates from multimeric macromolecular complexes and biological membranes for proteasomal degradation. During p97-mediated extraction, the substrate is largely deubiquitinated as it is threaded through the p97 central pore. How p97-extracted substrates are targeted to the proteasome with few or no ubiquitins ... is unknown. Here, we report that p97-extracted membrane proteins undergo a second round of ubiquitination catalyzed by the cytosolic ubiquitin ligase RNF126. RNF126 interacts with transmembrane-domain-specific chaperone BAG6, which captures p97-liberated substrates. RNF126 depletion in cells diminishes the ubiquitination of extracted membrane proteins, slows down their turnover, and dramatically stabilizes otherwise transient intermediates in the cytosol. We reconstitute the reubiquitination of a p97-extracted, misfolded multispanning membrane protein with purified factors. Our results demonstrate that p97-extracted substrates need to rapidly engage ubiquitin ligase-chaperone pairs that rebuild the ubiquitin signal for proteasome targeting to prevent harmful accumulation of unfolded intermediates.
Mesh Terms:
Catalysis, Cytosol, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Membrane Proteins, Molecular Chaperones, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, Protein Folding, Proteolysis, Solubility, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Ubiquitination, Valosin Containing Protein
Catalysis, Cytosol, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Membrane Proteins, Molecular Chaperones, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, Protein Folding, Proteolysis, Solubility, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Ubiquitination, Valosin Containing Protein
Mol Cell
Date: Dec. 16, 2019
PubMed ID: 32645369
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