Shared and Unique Properties of Ubiquitin and SUMO Interaction Networks in DNA Repair
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Downloaded from genesdev.cshlp.org on October 1, 2021 - Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press PERSPECTIVE Shared and unique properties of ubiquitin and SUMO interaction networks in DNA repair Sjoerd J.L. van Wijk,1 Stefan Mu¨ ller,1 and Ivan Dikic1,2,3 1Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University School of Medicine, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 2Frankfurt Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany In this issue of Genes & Development, Yang and col- residues of target proteins and can be conjugated either as leagues (pp. 1847–1858) identify new components of a monomers or as polymeric chains that are generally small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO)-like interaction net- linked through internal lysine residues (Ikeda and Dikic work that orchestrates and fine-tunes the Fanconi anemia 2008). Conjugation of Ub and SUMO typically relies on (FA) pathway and replication-coupled repair. This new the coordinated activity of the catalytic E1–E2–E3 triad, pathway emphasizes the intricate interplay of ubiquitin but compared with Ub, the SUMO conjugation machinery (Ub) and SUMO networks in the DNA damage response. is less complex. SUMO becomes activated by the dimeric UBA2 (Ub-associated domain 2)/AOS1 complex and is subsequently transferred to Ubc9, the only known SUMO E2 (Kerscher et al. 2006; Gareau and Lima 2010). Although Ubiquitin (Ub) and the related small ubiquitin-like mod- Ubc9 is able to transfer SUMO directly to substrates, it ifier (SUMO) (hereafter commonly referred to as ubiqui- typically interacts with SUMO E3 ligases that mediate an tin-like proteins ½UBLs) are part of sophisticated and optimal positioning of the SUMO-loaded E2 and the sub- complex post-translational modification systems (Deribe strate to allow for efficient substrate SUMOylation (Gareau et al. 2010). Ub and SUMO share substantial levels of se- and Lima 2010). Well-characterized E3 SUMO ligases quence homology and become attached to proteins by are Ran-binding protein 2 (RanBP2) and the family of SP- similar conjugation machineries (Kerscher et al. 2006; RING-containing proteins, including the yeast Siz proteins Schulman and Harper 2009; Ye and Rape 2009; Gareau and and the human family of protein inhibitor of STAT (PIAS) Lima 2010). Both modifications are recognized, or read, by proteins. In contrast to SUMOylation, the activation and specialized domains that integrate conjugated UBLs into conjugation of Ub involves at least two E1 enzymes, dynamic and complex interaction networks underlying dozens of E2 enzymes, and hundreds of different Ub E3 many biological processes, like DNA repair pathways (Fig. ligases that specifically interact to select and modify nu- 1A,B; Bergink and Jentsch 2009; Dikic et al. 2009). Ub and merous substrates (Schulman and Harper 2009; Ye and SUMO are actively deconjugated from their substrates in Rape 2009). Finally, both Ub and SUMO are actively hy- a highly controlled spatiotemporal manner, thus assuring drolyzed and removed from their substrates by specialized the plasticity of UBL-mediated protein–protein interac- cysteine proteases: the deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) tions (Reyes-Turcu et al. 2009; Grabbe et al. 2011). Impor- and the SUMO-specific proteases (SENP1–3), respectively tantly, some proteins bear integral UBL domains as part of (Reyes-Turcu et al. 2009; Gareau and Lima 2010). larger structures, but do not form conjugates with cellular Only one Ub isoform has been found, and modification proteins (Grabbe and Dikic 2009). Together, the dynamic of substrates with a single ubiquitin (monoubiquitina- nature of Ub- and SUMO-based complex networks form tion) has been associated with alterations in protein the basis for UBL-mediated cellular signaling events. activity and localization (for example, through endocyto- sis, meiosis, and transcriptional regulation) (Ikeda and Ub and SUMO encode multivalent signaling molecules Dikic 2008). PolyUb (polyubiquitination) chains, linked Ub and SUMO are transcribed as precursor molecules through one or several of Ub’s seven lysines, are associ- that require processing prior to their conjugation. Sub- ated with 26S proteasomal degradation, immune signal- sequently, both modifiers are typically attached to lysine ing, and DNA repair (Ikeda and Dikic 2008; Grabbe and Dikic 2009). Ub can also be linked into chains via C-terminal diglycine–N-terminal Met-1 linkages (linear [Keywords: Fanconi anemia; deubiquitinating enzymes; PCNA; SUMO- or head-to-tail ubiquitination) by the LUBAC E3 ligase like domains] complex, and this fulfills essential roles in nuclear factor- 3Corresponding author. E-mail [email protected]. kB (NF-kB) signaling pathways (Iwai and Tokunaga 2009). Article is online at http://www.genesdev.org/cgi/doi/10.1101/gad.17593511. While only a single, highly conserved Ub is found in GENES & DEVELOPMENT 25:1763–1769 Ó 2011 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press ISSN 0890-9369/11; www.genesdev.org 1763 Downloaded from genesdev.cshlp.org on October 1, 2021 - Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press van Wijk et al. responses by interactions with effector proteins contain- ing specialized UBDs and SUMO-interacting motifs (SIMs), respectively (Hecker et al. 2006; Grabbe et al. 2011). Numerous studies have addressed the structures, functions, and Ub specificities of a wide variety of UBDs, of which >20 distinct families have been identified so far (Dikic et al. 2009). These UBDs employ specialized structural and functional characteristics that determine their ability to recognize and bind to different types of modifications. For example, the Pru (Plexstrin receptor for Ub) of the proteasomal receptor Rpn13 or UBA of several shuttling receptors binds preferentially to Lys 48 Ub chains (Raasi et al. 2005; Husnjak et al. 2008), whereas the NZF (Npl4-like zinc finger) domain of TAK1-binding protein 2 (TAB2) preferentially binds to Lys 63-linked Figure 1. UBD and SIM interaction surfaces on Ub and SUMO polyUb chains with much higher affinity than Lys 48 are not conserved. Structural alignment of a molecular ribbon chains (Kulathu et al. 2009; Sato et al. 2009), and ubiquitin representation of Ub (magenta; Protein Data Bank ½PDB: 1aar) binding by the ABIN and NEMO (UBAN) domain of the and SUMO-3 (cyan; PDB: 2rpq). On Ub, the canonical Leu 8, Ile 44, and Val 70 residues that contact UBDs are indicated (see IKK adaptor NEMO specifically binds to linear ubiquitin Dikic et al. 2009). Val 30, Phe 32, Ile 34, Thr 38, and Leu 43 on chains (Rahighi et al. 2009). Importantly, UBDs not only SUMO3 have been shown to contact a canonical SIM in MCAF1 recognize ubiquitin conjugates but can also function as (the MBD1 ½methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 1-containing readers for proteins, which contain ubiquitin-like domains chromatin-associated factor 1) (Sekiyama et al. 2008). A similar (Grabbe et al. 2011). A paradigm stems from the Rad23 surface in SUMO1 or SUMO2/3 has also been shown to be protein, which has an N-terminal ubiquitin-like domain involved in binding to the hydrophobic SIM region of PIAS family that binds to the UBD of the 26S proteasomal ubiquitin members (Hecker et al. 2006). Remarkably, positively charged receptor RPN10/S5 (Dantuma et al. 2009). Rad23 is in- residues in SUMO paralogs, including Lys 33 of SUMO2, which is volved in nucleotide excision repair (NER) via the XPC conserved in the SLD2 of UAF1, contribute to SIM binding. Note (xeroderma pigmentosum group C) protein complex. XPC that opposite surfaces on SUMO and Ub serve as interaction platforms for the respective binding modules. The image was has been shown to interact with RAD23A and RAD23B, generated using University of California at San Francisco Chimera which contain an N-terminal ubiquitin-like domain and (release date May 24, 2011; http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera). C-terminal UBA domains (Bergink and Jentsch 2009). Similar to what has been observed for ubiquitin, signaling by SUMO often relies on the recognition of lower and higher eukaryotes, four SUMO forms (SUMO the post-translational mark by a specialized interaction 1–4) have been identified in humans. Among these, only module, termed the SIM (Hecker et al. 2006). In many SUMO1–3 are conjugated to substrates. SUMO2 and cases SIM-mediated interactions direct the assembly of SUMO3 share 97% sequence identity and show ;50% protein complexes, like the SIM-dependent targeting of amino acid identity with SUMO1. SUMO2/3 are able to CENP-E and Daxx to the centromere or PML nuclear form SUMO chains mainly via lysine residue Lys 11, bodies, respectively (Lin et al. 2006; Zhang et al. 2008). while modification by SUMO1 preferentially occurs as SIMs have been identified in a wide range of proteins and a monomodification (Geoffroy and Hay 2009; Gareau and are typically characterized by a short consensus sequence Lima 2010). SUMO1 may also be conjugated to the end of of hydrophobic residues ½(V/I/L)-X-(V/I/L)-(V/I/L) or (V/I/ an extending SUMO2/3 chain, thereby terminating chain L)-(V/I/L)-X-(V/I/L), which folds into a small b sheet that elongation (Gareau and Lima 2010). Like ubiquitination, becomes inserted between an a helix and a b sheet of the modification by SUMO generally acts to modulate the interacting SUMO molecule (Hecker et al. 2006). Se- dynamics of protein–protein interactions, thereby control- quence variations within the hydrophobic core of some ling critical cellular pathways. Distinctive functions of characterized SIMs may allow selective recognition of mono- or polymodification with SUMO are just beginning distinct SUMO paralogs (Gareau and Lima 2010). Nota- to be uncovered (Ulrich 2008). Interestingly, however, bly, in some cases, acidic residues are flanking the hy- polymeric chains of SUMO2/3 can trigger substrate ubiq- drophobic core, and NMR studies suggest that the acidic uitination by recruiting SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligases stretch mediates electrostatic interactions with a surface (STUbL) such as Slx5/8 proteins in Saccharomyces cer- area formed by basic residues of SUMO (Fig.