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Structures of the SUMO E1 provide mechanistic insights into SUMO activation and E2 recruitment to E1
Author(s) -
Lois Luisa Maria,
Lima Christopher D
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600552
Subject(s) - biology , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , genetics
E1 enzymes facilitate conjugation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin‐like proteins through adenylation, thioester transfer within E1, and thioester transfer from E1 to E2 conjugating proteins. Structures of human heterodimeric Sae1/Sae2‐Mg·ATP and Sae1/Sae2‐SUMO‐1‐Mg·ATP complexes were determined at 2.2 and 2.75 Å resolution, respectively. Despite the presence of Mg·ATP, the Sae1/Sae2‐SUMO‐1‐Mg·ATP structure reveals a substrate complex insomuch as the SUMO C‐terminus remains unmodified within the adenylation site and 35 Å from the catalytic cysteine, suggesting that additional changes within the adenylation site may be required to facilitate chemistry prior to adenylation and thioester transfer. A mechanism for E2 recruitment to E1 is suggested by biochemical and genetic data, each of which supports a direct role for the E1 C‐terminal ubiquitin‐like domain for E2 recruitment during conjugation.