Identification of ubiquitin Ser57 kinases regulating the oxidative stress response in yeast

Abstract

Ubiquitination regulates many different cellular processes, including protein quality control, membrane trafficking, and stress responses. The diversity of ubiquitin functions in the cell is partly due to its ability to form chains with distinct linkages that can alter the fate of substrate proteins in unique ways. The complexity of the ubiquitin code is further enhanced by post-translational modifications on ubiquitin itself, the biological functions of which are not well understood. Here, we present genetic and biochemical evidence that serine 57 (Ser57) phosphorylation of ubiquitin functions in stress responses in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, including the oxidative stress response. We also identify and characterize the first known Ser57 ubiquitin kinases in yeast and human cells, and we report that two Ser57 ubiquitin kinases regulate the oxidative stress response in yeast. These studies implicate ubiquitin phosphorylation at the Ser57 position as an important modifier of ubiquitin function, particularly in response to proteotoxic stress.

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  1. Nathaniel L Hepowit

    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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  2. Kevin N Pereira

    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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  3. Jessica M Tumolo

    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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  4. Walter J Chazin

    Biochemistry, Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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  5. Jason A MacGurn

    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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National Institutes of Health (R21 AG053562)

  • Jason A MacGurn

National Institutes of Health (R01 GM118491)

  • Jason A MacGurn

National Institutes of Health (R35 GM118089)

  • Walter J Chazin

National Institutes of Health (T32 CA119925)

  • Jessica M Tumolo

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2020, Hepowit et al.

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  1. Nathaniel L Hepowit
  2. Kevin N Pereira
  3. Jessica M Tumolo
  4. Walter J Chazin
  5. Jason A MacGurn
(2020)
Identification of ubiquitin Ser57 kinases regulating the oxidative stress response in yeast
eLife 9:e58155.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58155

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