Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

The unifying catalytic mechanism of the RING-between-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase family

  • Xiangyi S. Wang,
  • Thomas R. Cotton,
  • Sarah J. Trevelyan,
  • Lachlan W. Richardson,
  • Wei Ting Lee,
  • John Silke,
  • Bernhard C. Lechtenberg

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35871-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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RBR E3 ubiquitin ligases utilise a 2-step catalytic mechanism previously defined for only few of the RBR family members. Here, the authors examine the poorly studied RBRs HOIL-1 and RNF216 to define general principles of RBR catalysis and regulation and identify specific functional differences.