Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

K48-linked KLF4 ubiquitination by E3 ligase Mule controls T-cell proliferation and cell cycle progression

  • Zhenyue Hao,
  • Yi Sheng,
  • Gordon S. Duncan,
  • Wanda Y. Li,
  • Carmen Dominguez,
  • Jennifer Sylvester,
  • Yu-Wen Su,
  • Gloria H.Y. Lin,
  • Bryan E. Snow,
  • Dirk Brenner,
  • Annick You-Ten,
  • Jillian Haight,
  • Satoshi Inoue,
  • Andrew Wakeham,
  • Alisha Elford,
  • Sara Hamilton,
  • Yi Liang,
  • Juan C. Zúñiga-Pflücker,
  • Housheng Hansen He,
  • Pamela S. Ohashi,
  • Tak W. Mak

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The E3 ligase Mule has been previously reported to be essential for B cell development and function by modulating p53 ubiquitination and degradation. Here Haoet al. identify KLF4 as a novel ubiquitination target of Mule and show it controls T cell proliferation and autoimmunity.