Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada.
Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Apr 23;121(17):e2315018121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2315018121. Epub 2024 Apr 16.
Heterotrimeric G proteins can be regulated by posttranslational modifications, including ubiquitylation. KCTD5, a pentameric substrate receptor protein consisting of an N-terminal BTB domain and a C-terminal domain, engages CUL3 to form the central scaffold of a cullin-RING E3 ligase complex (CRL3) that ubiquitylates Gβγ and reduces Gβγ protein levels in cells. The cryo-EM structure of a 5:5:5 KCTD5/CUL3/Gβγ assembly reveals a highly dynamic complex with rotations of over 60° between the KCTD5/CUL3 and KCTD5/Gβγ moieties of the structure. CRL3 engages the E3 ligase ARIH1 to ubiquitylate Gβγ in an E3-E3 superassembly, and extension of the structure to include full-length CUL3 with RBX1 and an ARIH1ubiquitin conjugate reveals that some conformational states position the ARIH1ubiquitin thioester bond to within 10 Å of lysine-23 of Gβ and likely represent priming complexes. Most previously described CRL/substrate structures have consisted of monovalent complexes and have involved flexible peptide substrates. The structure of the KCTD5/CUL3/Gβγ complex shows that the oligomerization of a substrate receptor can generate a polyvalent E3 ligase complex and that the internal dynamics of the substrate receptor can position a structured target for ubiquitylation in a CRL3 complex.
异三聚体 G 蛋白可以通过翻译后修饰来调节,包括泛素化。KCTD5 是一种五聚体底物受体蛋白,由 N 端 BTB 结构域和 C 端结构域组成,它与 CUL3 结合形成 Cullin-RING E3 连接酶复合物(CRL3)的中心支架,该复合物使 Gβγ泛素化,并降低细胞中的 Gβγ 蛋白水平。5:5:5 KCTD5/CUL3/Gβγ 组装体的冷冻电镜结构揭示了一个高度动态的复合物,结构中 KCTD5/CUL3 和 KCTD5/Gβγ 部分之间的旋转超过 60°。CRL3 与 E3 连接酶 ARIH1 结合,在 E3-E3 超组装中使 Gβγ 泛素化,并且将结构扩展到包括全长 CUL3、RBX1 和 ARIH1泛素缀合物,表明某些构象状态将 ARIH1泛素硫酯键定位在 Gβ 的赖氨酸-23 以内 10 Å 的位置,并且可能代表引发复合物。以前描述的大多数 CRL/底物结构都由单价复合物组成,并且涉及柔性肽底物。KCTD5/CUL3/Gβγ 复合物的结构表明,底物受体的寡聚化可以产生多价 E3 连接酶复合物,并且底物受体的内部动力学可以将结构化的靶标定位在 CRL3 复合物中进行泛素化。