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KRAS Ubiquitination at Lysine 104 Retains Exchange Factor Regulation by Dynamically Modulating the Conformation of the Interface
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  • Guowei Yin, UNC School of Medicine
  • Jerry Zhang, UNC School of Medicine
  • Vinay Nair, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • Vinh Truong, University of the Pacific
  • Angelo Chaia, UNC School of Medicine
  • Johnny Petela, UNC School of Medicine
  • Joseph S. Harrison, UNC School of Medicine
  • Alemayehu A. Gorfe, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • Sharon L. Campbell, UNC School of Medicine
ORCID
Joseph Harrison: 0000-0002-2118-6524
Document Type
Article
Department
Chemistry
DOI
10.1016/j.isci.2020.101448
Publication Date
9-25-2020
Disciplines
Abstract

RAS proteins function as highly regulated molecular switches that control cellular growth. In addition to regulatory proteins, RAS undergoes a number of posttranslational modifications (PTMs) that regulate its activity. Lysine 104, a hot spot for multiple PTMs, is a highly conserved residue that forms key interactions that stabilize the RAS helix-2(H2)/helix-3(H3) interface. Mutation at 104 attenuates interaction with guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs), whereas ubiquitination at lysine 104 retains GEF regulation. To elucidate how ubiquitination modulates RAS function, we generated monoubiquitinated KRAS at 104 using chemical biology approaches and conducted biochemical, NMR, and computational analyses. We find that ubiquitination promotes a new dynamic interaction network and alters RAS conformational dynamics to retain GEF function. These findings reveal a mechanism by which ubiquitination can regulate protein function.

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Funding Sponsor: National Institute of Health, MCB150054
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Citation Information
Guowei Yin, Jerry Zhang, Vinay Nair, Vinh Truong, et al.. "KRAS Ubiquitination at Lysine 104 Retains Exchange Factor Regulation by Dynamically Modulating the Conformation of the Interface" iScience Vol. 23 Iss. 9 (2020) ISSN: 2589-0042
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joseph-harrison/45/