Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Regulation of energy homeostasis by the ubiquitin-independent REGγ proteasome

  • Lianhui Sun,
  • Guangjian Fan,
  • Peipei Shan,
  • Xiaoying Qiu,
  • Shuxian Dong,
  • Lujian Liao,
  • Chunlei Yu,
  • Tingting Wang,
  • Xiaoyang Gu,
  • Qian Li,
  • Xiaoyu Song,
  • Liu Cao,
  • Xiaotao Li,
  • Yongping Cui,
  • Shengping Zhang,
  • Chuangui Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12497
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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In conditions of energy stress cells reduce transcription of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) to maintain cell survival. Here, the authors show that energy stress induces an AMPK-dependent phosphorylation of Sirt7, which promotes its ubiquitin-independent degradation by REGγ, resulting in the down-regulation of rRNA transcription and cell survival.