PLoS ONE (Jan 2018)

Sec16A, a key protein in COPII vesicle formation, regulates the stability and localization of the novel ubiquitin ligase RNF183.

  • Yan Wu,
  • Xiao Peng Guo,
  • Soshi Kanemoto,
  • Yujiro Maeoka,
  • Atsushi Saito,
  • Rie Asada,
  • Koji Matsuhisa,
  • Yosuke Ohtake,
  • Kazunori Imaizumi,
  • Masayuki Kaneko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190407
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
p. e0190407

Abstract

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We identified 37 ubiquitin ligases containing RING-finger and transmembrane domains. Of these, we found that RNF183 is abundantly expressed in the kidney. RNF183 predominantly localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), Golgi, and lysosome. We identified Sec16A, which is involved in coat protein complex II vesicle formation, as an RNF183-interacting protein. RNF183 colocalized with Sec16A and interacted through the central conserved domain (CCD) of Sec16A. Although Sec16A is not a substrate for RNF183, RNF183 was more rapidly degraded by the ER-associated degradation (ERAD) in the absence of Sec16A. Sec16A also stabilized the interacting ubiquitin ligase RNF152, which localizes to the lysosome and has structural similarity with RNF183. These results suggest that Sec16A appears to regulate the protein stability and localization of lysosomal ubiquitin ligases.