Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Crystal structures reveal catalytic and regulatory mechanisms of the dual-specificity ubiquitin/FAT10 E1 enzyme Uba6

  • Lingmin Yuan,
  • Fei Gao,
  • Zongyang Lv,
  • Digant Nayak,
  • Anindita Nayak,
  • Priscila dos Santos Bury,
  • Kristin E. Cano,
  • Lijia Jia,
  • Natalia Oleinik,
  • Firdevs Cansu Atilgan,
  • Besim Ogretmen,
  • Katelyn M. Williams,
  • Christopher Davies,
  • Farid El Oualid,
  • Elizabeth V. Wasmuth,
  • Shaun K. Olsen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32613-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Uba6 is an E1 enzyme that regulates numerous cellular processes by activating ubiquitin and FAT10 pathways. Here, the authors present crystal structures that illuminate Uba6 catalytic mechanisms and reveal inositol hexakisphosphate as a cofactor that modulates Uba6 activity.