CCR4-NOT complex nuclease Caf1 is a novel shuttle factor involved in the degradation of ubiquitin-modified proteins by 26S proteasome

Protein degradation by ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is the major selective proteolytic pathway responsible for the degradation of short lived proteins ranging from regulatory proteins to abnormal proteins. Many diseases are associated with abnormal protein degradation; occasionally such dysregu...

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Published inbioRxiv
Main Authors Palani Murugan Rangasamy, Kandasamy, Ganapathi, Pradhan, Ashis Kumar
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 15.05.2020
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Biodegradation
Exonuclease
Nuclease
Proteasome 26S
Proteasomes
Proteins
Proteolysis
Regulatory proteins
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Ubiquitin
Ubiquitin-protein ligase
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Summary:Protein degradation by ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is the major selective proteolytic pathway responsible for the degradation of short lived proteins ranging from regulatory proteins to abnormal proteins. Many diseases are associated with abnormal protein degradation; occasionally such dysregulated protein degradation is compensated by various transcriptional and translational control mechanisms in the cell. Among those pathways CCR4-NOT protein complex is responsible for transcriptional and transitional control of various gene expressions. Furthermore, CCR4-NOT complex also has a RING type ubiquitin ligase (E3) which is required for the degradation of several proteins. Here we report a novel function that the CCR4-NOT complex 3-5 exonuclease Caf1 is involved in ubiquitin-dependent degradation of short lived proteins by the 26S proteasome in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. caf1 deletion results in stabilization of R-Ura3 (N-end rule) and Ub-V76-Ura3 (Ubiquitin fusion degradation) substrates from proteasomal degradation. Additionally, caf1 deletion accumulates ubiquitin-modified Ub-V76-Ura3 proteins and Caf1 binds to poly-ubiquitin conjugates and linear tetra ubiquitin chains. Surprisingly, Caf1 interacts with 19S regulatory particle complex of the 26S proteasome. Therefore, we conclude that Caf1 has an exciting novel function as an ubiquitin shuttle factor in which Caf1 targets ubiquitin-modified proteins to 26S proteasome for efficient degradation. Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.
DOI:10.1101/2020.05.13.093104