Ubiquitin Signalling (1) Flashcards
What happens if mutated proteins are degraded?
Get accumulation of the mutated proteins leading to toxic protein aggregates
What are the two main cellular pathway which result in the disposal of damaged or misfolded proteins?
Autophagy pathway
Proteasomal pathway
Out of 22k genes which are encoded in human cells, how many are part of the ubiquitin system?
~1,000
How many amino acids are in a ubiquitin molecule?
76
How does ubiquitin bind to proteins?
Post translationally via lysine residues
What are isopeptides?
A bond between the C-terminus of ubiquitin and the epsilon minor groups of the side chain of the lysine residue
What do isopeptide bonds provide?
Flexibility
How does the addition of ubiquitin alter the proteins function?
Target it for degradation
Changes its subcellular location
Bind to downstream effector
How many different lysine residues can ubiquitin bind to?
7 different lysine residues
As well as lysine, what other site can ubiquitin bind to? And what type of bond does it form?
N-terminal Methionine
Peptide bond
What is monoubiquitylation?
Addition of a single ubiquitin onto a substrate
What is multiple ubiquitylation?
Multiple lysine residues on a single substrate are modified with Ub
What is polyubiquitylation?
Addition of Ub onto more Ub
What is heterotypic polyubiquitylation?
Polyubiquitin chains with different linkages
What are the two types of heterotypic polyubiquitylation?
Mixed
Branched
What is mixed heterotypic polyubiquitylation?
Can start off with Ubs being via one link and then changes to a different linkage e.g. K63 to begin with and then K48
What is branched heterotypic polyubiquitylation?
You have a polyubiquitylated chain, then one of the Ub have 2 linkages and forms a branch
What post translational modifications can happen to Ub?
Phosphorylated
Acetylated
Addition of other ubiquitin like modifiers
Name 2 examples of Ub like modifiers
SUMO
NedA
How does ubiqutylation regulate downstream cellular processes?
Proteins with ubiquitin binding domains (UBDs) will recognises the Ub signals and couple to downstream responses
How is Ub controlled and regulated?
By deubiquitinases (DUBs)
What do DUBs do to Ub?
They cleave isopeptide bond between the Ub and its substrate or between Ub molecules -> reverse the protein signal e.g. stop it being degraded by the proteasome
Antagonise the function of E3
How many DUBs are there?
~100
How many UBDs are there?
~20
How many proteins contain UBDs?
~250
How many E1 are there?
~2