Nucleic Acids Research, 2002, Vol. 30, No. 14 3052-3058
© 2002 Oxford University Press
Alternate exon insertion controls selective ubiquitination and degradation of different AUF1 protein isoforms
Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Gaurav Laroia, McKinsey and Company, 2 Sardar Patel Marg, New Delhi-1100021, India
The A+U-rich element (ARE) in the 3' non-coding region (3' NCR) of short-lived cytokine mRNAs binds several regulatory proteins, including hnRNP D/AUF1, which comprises four isoforms of 37, 40, 42 and 45 kDa. ARE-mRNA degradation involves ubiquitin–proteasome activity, and one or more AUF1 proteins are thought to be ubiquitinated. Here we have characterized the mechanism for differential ubiquitination and degradation of the different AUF1 protein isoforms. We demonstrate in an in vitro ubiquitination system that the p37, followed by the p40 protein, are strongly ubiquitinated, whereas the p42 and p45 forms are not. Over expression in cells of enzymes that control the ubiquitin cycle were found to control p37 and p40 AUF1 protein levels through ubiquitination and proteasome activity, but not p42 and p45 forms. The p42 and p45 AUF1 proteins share a C-terminal exon 7 that is not found in the p37/p40 isoforms. Our studies show that exon 7 blocks ubiquitination and rapid degradation of AUF1 proteins, whereas its deletion permits ubiquitination to occur and promotes rapid turnover of AUF1 proteins. Thus, the stabilities of AUF1 isoforms are differentially controlled by insertion of an alternate exon that regulates ubiquitin targeting activity.
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