| 2020 |
The C-terminal substrate-binding domain of FBXL5 harbors a [2Fe2S] cluster in the oxidized state. A cryo-EM structure of the IRP2-FBXL5-SKP1 complex reveals that the cluster organizes the FBXL5 C-terminal loop responsible for recruiting IRP2. IRP2 binding to FBXL5 requires the oxidized state of the [2Fe2S] cluster maintained by ambient oxygen, explaining hypoxia-induced IRP2 stabilization. FBXL5 can also sterically dislodge IRP2 from iron-responsive element RNA to facilitate its turnover. |
Cryo-EM structure of IRP2-FBXL5-SKP1 complex, EPR spectroscopy, in vitro ubiquitination assay, mutagenesis |
Molecular cell |
High |
32126207
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| 2012 |
The N-terminal domain of FBXL5 adopts a hemerythrin-like α-helical bundle fold containing a diiron center. This domain undergoes iron-dependent conformational changes that govern the accessibility of a degradation sequence, controlling FBXL5's own proteasomal degradation in response to cellular iron availability. |
X-ray crystallography of FBXL5 N-terminal domain, biochemical iron-binding assays, mutagenesis of diiron center residues |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
22253436
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| 2012 |
The hemerythrin-like domain of FBXL5 communicates iron and oxygen availability by distinct mechanisms: iron limitation induces substantive structural changes in the domain, whereas oxygen depletion does not trigger the same conformational changes, indicating two separate sensing modes. The domain does not dynamically sample the cellular environment; rather, it incorporates iron primarily at or near the time of its own synthesis. |
Biophysical characterization (CD, NMR-based structural probes), iron-binding assays under varying O2/Fe conditions |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
22648410
|
| 2011 |
FBXL5-deficient mice die in utero with excessive iron accumulation. This embryonic lethality is rescued by additional deletion of IRP2 but not IRP1, establishing that the FBXL5-IRP2 axis is the primary in vivo pathway for iron homeostasis control. Liver-specific Fbxl5 deletion leads to deregulated hepatic and systemic iron homeostasis and steatohepatitis, with death from acute liver failure on a high-iron diet. |
Constitutive and conditional (liver-specific) Fbxl5 knockout mice, genetic rescue by IRP2 deletion (epistasis) |
Cell metabolism |
High |
21907140
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| 2012 |
FBXL5 is required for maintenance of cellular and systemic iron homeostasis in vivo. FBXL5-null mice show constitutive IRP2 accumulation and misexpression of IRP2 target genes. Viability is restored by simultaneous IRP2 deletion but not IRP1 deletion. Fbxl5 heterozygotes maintain normal hematological values on a low-iron diet via enhanced IRP2 responsiveness and increased DMT-1 expression in the duodenum. |
Fbxl5 conditional KO mice, IRP2/IRP1 double-KO epistasis, gene expression analysis, hematological assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
23135277
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| 2019 |
FBXL5 interacts with the CIA-targeting complex (composed of MMS19, FAM96B, and CIAO1). This interaction promotes the ability of FBXL5 to degrade IRPs, and the interaction is regulated by oxygen tension — robust at 21% O2 but severely diminished at 1% O2 — linking Fe-S cluster assembly machinery to oxygen-dependent IRP degradation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry interactome, hypoxia experiments, IRP degradation assays |
Molecular cell |
High |
31229404
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| 2014 |
HERC2 (a large HECT-type ubiquitin ligase) associates with FBXL5 and promotes its constitutive ubiquitin-dependent degradation. Depletion of HERC2 by RNAi or inhibition of the HERC2-FBXL5 interaction stabilizes FBXL5, leading to increased FBXL5 abundance and a subsequent decrease in intracellular ferrous iron content. |
Proteomics/MS identification of FBXL5-associated proteins, Co-IP, RNAi knockdown, ferrous iron measurement |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
24778179
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| 2013 |
FBXL5 localizes to the nucleus where it interacts with the transcription factor Snail1, promoting its polyubiquitination. This impairs Snail1 DNA binding. Although polyubiquitination by FBXL5 occurs in the nucleus, Snail1 is degraded in the cytosol. FBXL5 is downregulated by iron depletion and γ-irradiation, explaining Snail1 stabilization under these conditions. Lats2 kinase phosphorylates Snail1 to prevent its nuclear export without blocking FBXL5-mediated polyubiquitination. |
shRNA screening, Co-IP, in-cell ubiquitination assays, nuclear fractionation, site-directed mutagenesis |
Nucleic acids research |
High |
24157836
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| 2017 |
Conditional deletion of Fbxl5 in mouse hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) results in cellular iron overload, reduced HSC number, and inability to reconstitute the hematopoietic system. Suppression of IRP2 accumulation in FBXL5-deficient HSCs restores stem cell function, placing the FBXL5-IRP2 axis as the key pathway controlling HSC self-renewal and iron homeostasis. |
Conditional Fbxl5 KO in HSCs, bone marrow transplantation, transcriptomic analysis, IRP2 suppression rescue |
Nature communications |
High |
28714470
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| 2017 |
Brain-specific deletion of Fbxl5 in nestin-expressing neural stem progenitor cells (NSPCs) leads to IRP2 stabilization, iron accumulation, ROS generation, and aberrant NSPC and astroglia proliferation in the cerebral cortex. Pharmacological inhibition implicates aberrant mTOR signaling as the downstream effector of FBXL5 deficiency in the brain. |
Conditional brain-specific Fbxl5 KO mice, histological analysis, pharmacological mTOR inhibition |
Molecular and cellular biology |
Medium |
28069738
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| 2017 |
FBXL5 mediates iron-dependent polyubiquitination of IRP1 when cytosolic Fe-S cluster assembly (CIA) is impaired. A regulatory circuit exists in which impaired CIA activity enhances FBXL5 expression and reduces IRP1/IRP2 levels, while IRP overexpression in turn induces FBXL5 protein level — a negative feedback loop. Phosphorylation of IRP1 at Ser-138 is required for iron rescue when CIA is inhibited. |
Knockdown of CIA factors (NUBP2, FAM96A) with FBXL5 suppression, polyubiquitination assay, cell viability assay, IRP1 phosphorylation site mutagenesis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
28768766
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| 2014 |
FBXL5 interacts with and targets hSSB1 (single-stranded DNA-binding protein 1) for ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation via an SCF(FBXL5) E3 ligase complex. ATM-mediated phosphorylation of hSSB1 at T117 prevents FBXL5-mediated degradation. Overexpression of FBXL5 abrogates ATM signaling and DNA damage checkpoint activation, increasing radiosensitivity. |
Co-IP, in vitro ubiquitination assay, phospho-site mutagenesis (T117A), overexpression/knockdown with checkpoint assays |
Nucleic acids research |
Medium |
25249620
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| 2014 |
FBXL5 interacts with CITED2 and promotes its proteasome-dependent degradation. Depletion of FBXL5 by RNAi increases CITED2 protein levels; FBXL5 overexpression decreases CITED2 and impairs CITED2 interaction with the CH1 domain of p300, thereby enabling HIF-1α N-terminal transactivation domain activity. |
Co-IP, RNAi knockdown, overexpression with proteasome inhibitor MG132, BRET/FRET interaction assay in living cells |
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics |
Medium |
25956243
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| 2014 |
FBXL5 interacts with cortactin and targets it for ERK-dependent, ubiquitin-mediated proteasomal degradation. Phosphorylation of cortactin at Ser405/Ser418 (by ERK) is required for FBXL5-induced degradation; the cortactinS405A/S418A mutant resists FBXL5-induced degradation and displays enhanced gastric cancer cell migration. |
Co-IP, ubiquitination assay, phospho-site mutagenesis, cell migration assays (scratch wound, transwell) |
Tumour biology |
Medium |
24867096
|
| 2007 |
FBXL5 interacts with p150Glued (the dynactin subunit responsible for binding dynein and microtubules) in vitro and in vivo, co-localizes with it in the cytoplasm with peri-nuclear enrichment in HeLa cells, and promotes p150Glued polyubiquitination and protein turnover. |
Co-IP, in vitro pulldown, immunofluorescence co-localization, ubiquitination assay |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Low |
17532294
|
| 2023 |
FBXL5 directly interacts with transcription factor EB (TFEB) and promotes its ubiquitination-mediated proteasomal degradation, contributing to lipid accumulation in alcoholic fatty liver disease. |
Co-IP, ubiquitination assay, FBXL5 knockdown with lipid accumulation rescue |
Cellular signalling |
Low |
37743009
|
| 2023 |
FBXL5 is required for mouse oocyte meiotic maturation; its silencing leads to meiotic failure (reduced GVBD and polar body extrusion rates), aberrant mitochondrial dynamics, ROS overproduction, and abnormal CITED2 accumulation. In vitro ubiquitination assay confirmed that FBXL5 interacts with CITED2 and mediates its degradation via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. |
siRNA knockdown in mouse oocytes, in vitro ubiquitination assay, ROS measurement, immunofluorescence |
FASEB journal |
Medium |
37462473
|
| 2017 |
Redox properties of FBXL5 diiron center were characterized: redox reactions of the diiron center are accompanied by conformational changes and iron release, and the conformation and function of FBXL5 are tuned by the redox state of the diiron center, linking oxidation state to FBXL5 stability. |
EPR spectroscopy, direct electrochemistry, synchrotron radiation CD, fluorescence spectroscopy, redox kinetics |
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics |
Medium |
28131773
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| 2023 |
G3BP1 stabilizes IRP2 by binding to FBXL5 mRNA and suppressing its translation, thereby reducing FBXL5 protein levels and preventing FBXL5-mediated IRP2 ubiquitination and degradation. This G3BP1-FBXL5-IRP2 axis is activated by sodium arsenite to elevate labile iron and promote ferroptosis. |
RNA binding assay, polysome profiling/translation assay, Co-IP, ubiquitination assay, KO/KD cell models, in vivo mouse ferroptosis model |
Journal of hazardous materials |
Medium |
38118197
|