| 1995 |
S5a (PSMD4) and its plant homolog MBP1 bind multiubiquitin chains with high affinity and act as the ubiquitin-conjugate recognition component of the 26S proteasome; free MBP1/S5a potently inhibits ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis in reticulocyte lysates and Xenopus egg extracts by competing for ubiquitinated substrate recognition, without affecting peptidase activity or ubiquitin removal. |
Cell-free ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis assay (reticulocyte lysate, Xenopus egg extracts), multiubiquitin chain binding assay |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
8530351
|
| 1997 |
S5a (PSMD4) interacts specifically with Id1 (and less strongly with MyoD and E12) through the N-terminal half of S5a; this interaction is ubiquitin-independent and results in restoration of DNA binding by MyoD-Id1 and E12-Id1 heterodimers, reversal of Id1-mediated repression of the muscle creatine kinase promoter, identifying a non-proteolytic function for S5a in myogenic gene regulation. |
Yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, DNA-binding assays (EMSA), luciferase/CAT reporter assays, deletion mutagenesis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
9235903
|
| 1997 |
The yeast S5a ortholog Sun1p (encoded by SUN1, a multicopy suppressor of nin1-1) binds ubiquitin-lysozyme conjugates in vitro; both Sun1p and Sun2p co-migrate with known proteasome components in glycerol density gradients, establishing them as components of the 19S regulatory module of the yeast 26S proteasome. |
Multicopy suppressor screen, glycerol density gradient sedimentation, ubiquitin-conjugate binding assay |
Molecular biology of the cell |
Medium |
9017604
|
| 1999 |
hHR23B and hHR23A interact specifically with S5a (PSMD4), a subunit of the human 26S proteasome, via the ubiquitin-like (UbL) domain of hHR23; co-sedimentation in glycerol gradients of HeLa extracts confirms in vivo association; hHR23B inhibits degradation of ubiquitinated lysozyme in reticulocyte lysate, linking hHR23 to the proteasomal proteolytic pathway. |
Yeast two-hybrid, glycerol gradient centrifugation, co-precipitation with deletion mutants, in vitro degradation assay |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
10488153
|
| 1999 |
Double deletion of RAD23 and RPN10 (S5a ortholog) in S. cerevisiae causes pleiotropic defects (slow growth, cold sensitivity, G2/M delay, canavanine sensitivity) not seen in single mutants; a Rad23 mutant unable to bind the proteasome (ΔUbL) fails to suppress these defects, and the double mutant accumulates multiubiquitinated proteins and stabilizes a specific proteolytic substrate, demonstrating overlapping roles of Rad23 and Rpn10 in proteasomal substrate delivery. |
Yeast genetics (double deletion, epistasis), pulse-chase, western blot for ubiquitin conjugates, flow cytometry (cell cycle) |
Genetics |
High |
10471701
|
| 2000 |
The fission yeast Rpn10 ortholog Pus1 is not essential for viability but is synthetically lethal with mts3 (Rpn12), pad1 (Rpn11), and mts4 (Rpn1) mutations; overexpression of wild-type Pus1 rescues mts3-1, whereas a polyubiquitin-binding-deficient mutant cannot, demonstrating that the polyubiquitin-binding activity of Rpn10 is essential when other proteasomal functions are compromised. Pus1 and Mts3 interact in vitro. |
Genetic epistasis (synthetic lethality), multicopy suppression, in vitro polyubiquitin binding assay, in vitro protein interaction |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
10809753
|
| 2000 |
Mouse Rpn10 mRNA is alternatively spliced to generate at least five isoforms (Rpn10a–e); Rpn10a is ubiquitously expressed while Rpn10e is embryo/brain-specific. Both isoforms incorporate into 26S proteasome with similar affinity for multiubiquitylated lysozyme in vitro, but exert markedly divergent effects on B-type cyclin destruction in Xenopus egg extracts, demonstrating that alternative splicing generates functionally distinct proteasome forms. |
RT-PCR/cDNA cloning, Xenopus egg extract cyclin destruction assay, in vitro binding assay with [125I]-ubiquitylated lysozyme |
The EMBO journal |
High |
10921894
|
| 2001 |
Immobilized GST-S5a affinity chromatography purifies polyubiquitinated proteins (requiring chains of ≥4 ubiquitins) from mammalian tissue extracts; the major non-ubiquitinated S5a-binding protein purified from human placental extracts is hHR23B, interacting via its N-terminal UbL domain. |
GST pulldown affinity chromatography, 2D gel electrophoresis, western blot, Edman degradation protein sequencing |
Proteomics |
Medium |
11677784
|
| 2002 |
NMR structures of the UbL domains of hPLIC-2 and hHR23a reveal that S5a binds these UbL modules using surfaces overlapping with ubiquitin's S5a-contact surface; the S5a-binding surface on hPLIC-2's UbL is required for its proteasome interaction, identifying the molecular basis for how polyubiquitinated proteins are targeted to the proteasome via UbL-UIM interactions. |
NMR spectroscopy (solution structure determination), homology modeling, NMR chemical shift perturbation mapping, GST pulldown |
Biochemistry |
High |
11827521
|
| 2002 |
Triple deletion of RAD23, DSK2, and RPN10 in S. cerevisiae causes massive accumulation of polyubiquitinated proteins; Dsk2, Rad23, and Rpn10 have different capacities to bind multiubiquitin chains in vitro; Ddi1 has similar chain-binding activity to Rad23 and Dsk2, establishing cooperative redundancy among these ubiquitin-like proteins and Rpn10 in ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis. |
Yeast genetics (triple deletion), western blot for ubiquitin conjugates, in vitro multiubiquitin chain binding assay |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
12051757
|
| 2003 |
NMR spectroscopy of full-length hHR23a (40 kDa) reveals four structured domains connected by flexible linkers; the N-terminal UbL domain interacts intramolecularly with the two UBA domains, giving hHR23a a closed conformation. Binding of the proteasomal subunit S5a disrupts these intramolecular interactions, causing hHR23a to adopt an open conformation, demonstrating that S5a regulates hHR23a protein structure. |
NMR spectroscopy (structure determination, residual dipolar coupling, chemical shift perturbation), SAXS-like analysis |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
14557549
|
| 2003 |
NMR structure of the UbL domain of hHR23B and NMR chemical shift perturbation mapping reveal that UbL and ubiquitin share similar surfaces for binding the UBA1, UBA2, and PUbS2 (S5a polyubiquitin-binding site 2) domains; UBA domains bind ubiquitin at Lys-48 (required for multiubiquitin assembly), explaining inhibition of multiubiquitination by hHR23B; intramolecular UbL-UBA interaction is also demonstrated. |
NMR spectroscopy (structure determination, chemical shift perturbation) |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
12832454
|
| 2003 |
Deletion of S5a/Rpn10/p54 in Drosophila causes larval-pupal lethality, multiple mitotic defects, accumulation of high-molecular-weight ubiquitinated proteins, and massive accumulation of defective 26S proteasome particles; deletion does not destabilize the 19S regulatory complex assembly; lethality reflects depletion of maternally provided proteasome and sudden increased proteolytic demand at pupation, establishing an essential role for S5a/Rpn10 in higher eukaryotes. |
Drosophila genetics (null deletion), immunofluorescence, western blot, electron microscopy of proteasome particles, cell cycle analysis |
Journal of cell science |
High |
12584246
|
| 2003 |
The crystal/NMR structure of S5a's two ubiquitin-interacting motifs (UIMs) bound to the UbL domain of HR23B reveals that UbL presents one hydrophobic and two polar contact sites for UIM interaction; a histidine residue in ubiquitin (absent in UbL) interferes with UIM/UBA binding in a pH-dependent manner, identifying a regulatory mechanism for ubiquitin vs. UbL discrimination. |
NMR spectroscopy (structure determination, chemical shift perturbation), site-directed mutagenesis, binding affinity measurements |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
14585839
|
| 2004 |
S5a/Rpn10 directly recognizes ubiquitin chains via its UIM; Rad23 recognizes chains indirectly as a reversibly bound proteasome cofactor. A block substitution in the UIM of RPN10 combined with RAD23 null mutation causes synthetic protein degradation defects in vivo. Rad23 and Ubp6 both bind Rpn1 via N-terminal UbL domains but do not compete with each other, suggesting Rpn1 acts as a scaffold for multiple ubiquitin-handling proteins. |
Purified biochemical system (in vitro ubiquitin chain binding), yeast genetics (double mutant), co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro binding assay |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
15117949
|
| 2005 |
Crystal structure of S5a(196–306) alone and complexed with two monoubiquitin molecules reveals that the two UIMs of S5a have different ubiquitin-binding mechanisms and distinct specificities for ubiquitin-like domains; S5a(196–306) binds K63-linked and K48-linked polyubiquitin chains, preferring longer chains in both cases, providing a structural model for polyubiquitin recognition by the proteasome. |
X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, ITC (isothermal titration calorimetry) |
Journal of molecular biology |
High |
15826667
|
| 2005 |
Proteomic analysis of polyubiquitin conjugates accumulating in rpn10Δ yeast identifies 54 proteins uniquely recovered from rpn10Δ cells (including Sic1 and Gcn4), establishing that the Rpn10 substrate receptor contributes to the turnover of multiple proteasome targets beyond cell-cycle regulators. |
Quantitative mass spectrometry of polyubiquitin conjugates, IMAC enrichment, H6-ubiquitin pulldown, pulse-chase |
Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP |
High |
15699485
|
| 2005 |
NUB1 interacts directly with S5a (PSMD4) through its C-terminal region (residues 536–584), not its UbL domain, as shown by GST pulldown and yeast two-hybrid; the UbL domain of NUB1 is required for its function but not for S5a binding, establishing a distinct docking mechanism for NUB1 at the proteasome. |
GST pulldown, yeast two-hybrid, deletion mutagenesis |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
16171779
|
| 2006 |
Knockdown of the C. elegans rpn-10 gene (but not other proteasome subunit genes) sexually transforms hermaphrodites to females by eliminating hermaphrodite spermatogenesis; feminization is rescued by knockdown of tra-2, indicating RPN-10 controls sex determination via the TRA-2-mediated pathway; TRA-2 protein accumulates in rpn-10-defective worms; co-knockdown of rpn-10 and ufd-2 (ubiquitin ligase) overcomes germline-masculinizing effects, placing RPN-10 in a specific ubiquitin-dependent sex determination pathway. |
RNAi knockdown (C. elegans), genetic epistasis, western blot for TRA-2 accumulation |
Molecular biology of the cell |
High |
17050737
|
| 2007 |
NMR mapping of the interaction between the UIM of S5a and K48-linked or K63-linked di-ubiquitin shows that UIM binding involves a conformational transition in K48-linked di-ubiquitin that opens the hydrophobic interdomain interface, allowing UIM to enter and bind the same hydrophobic patch as in monoubiquitin:UIM complexes; up to two UIM molecules can bind di-ubiquitin with essentially the same interface for both chain types. |
NMR spectroscopy (chemical shift perturbation, titration), stoichiometry analysis |
Journal of molecular biology |
High |
17368669
|
| 2009 |
S5a/PSMD4 can be ubiquitinated by all types of E3 ligases tested (RING, U-box, HECT) using UbcH5-related E2s but not by UbcH1 or UbcH13/Uev1a; ubiquitination requires S5a's UIM domains (UIM-deleted mutant is not ubiquitinated) and occurs through S5a binding to ubiquitin chains on E3s or substrates, rather than through conventional degron recognition; S5a is rapidly degraded in vivo, linking UIM-mediated ubiquitin-chain binding to S5a's own turnover. |
In vitro ubiquitination assays with multiple E3/E2 combinations, mutagenesis (UIM deletion, UIM-GST fusion), pulse-chase in vivo |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
19240029
|
| 2009 |
NMR spectroscopy reveals that the parkin UbL domain preferentially binds UIM I of S5a, with K48A substitution in parkin UbL strongly diminishing this interaction; in contrast, parkin recruits Eps15 using both UIM sequences and a larger interaction surface including β1 and β2 strands, demonstrating that the parkin UbL domain uses differential surfaces to recognize the S5a proteasomal subunit versus a ubiquitination substrate. |
NMR spectroscopy (structure determination, chemical shift perturbation), mutagenesis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
19875440
|
| 2010 |
Rpn10/S5a is monoubiquitinated in vivo at its UIM; monoubiquitination inhibits the UIM's ability to interact with ubiquitinated substrates and shuttling factors. Rsp5 (NEDD4 family E3 ligase) catalyzes Rpn10 monoubiquitination while Ubp2 (deubiquitinase) reverses it; monoubiquitination decreases under stress conditions, identifying a regulated mechanism of proteasome ubiquitin-receptor availability. |
In vivo ubiquitination assays, mass spectrometry, genetic deletion of Rsp5/Ubp2, substrate-binding assays, stress experiments |
Molecular cell |
High |
20542005
|
| 2010 |
PSMD4 (S5a/Rpn10) is localized to the acrosomal surface of porcine sperm; a monoclonal anti-PSMD4 antibody blocks sperm-zona pellucida (ZP) penetration but not binding during in vitro fertilization; mutant ubiquitins (Ub+1 and Ub5+1) refractory to 19S processing also inhibit fertilization; PSMD4 co-immunoprecipitates with acrosin inhibitor (AI), and ubiquitinated AI species are isolated from sperm, establishing that PSMD4-mediated substrate recognition is required for sperm-ZP penetration. |
Immunofluorescence localization, antibody blocking in IVF, co-immunoprecipitation, proteomic analysis, affinity purification of ubiquitinated proteins, fractionation |
Cell and tissue research |
Medium |
20526895
|
| 2010 |
The structure of full-length S. pombe Rpn10 is determined by X-ray crystallography (VWA domain) and NMR (full-length characterization); the single UIM of SpRpn10 forms a 1:1 complex with K48-linked di-ubiquitin and binds it selectively over monoubiquitin and K63-linked di-ubiquitin; SpRpn10's UIM also binds SpRpn12 (lid subunit) with comparable affinity, the first observation of a UIM binding a non-ubiquitin fold, suggesting Rpn12 modulates Rpn10's ubiquitin receptor activity. |
X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), surface plasmon resonance |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
20739285
|
| 2011 |
In Arabidopsis, the null rpn10-2 mutant shows decreased double-capped proteasomes and increased 20S core complexes, indicating RPN10 is required for proper 26S proteasome assembly; a RPN10 variant defective in ubiquitylated substrate recognition rescues all rpn10-2 phenotypes, demonstrating that the proteasome assembly/structural function (not substrate recognition) is primarily responsible for null phenotypes, while multiple redundant recognition pathways exist in plants. |
T-DNA knockout, RNAi knockdown, proteasome sedimentation analysis, plant phenotype rescue with domain mutants |
The Plant cell |
High |
21764993
|
| 2012 |
FAT10 and NUB1L dock with the 26S proteasome through hRpn10/S5a (PSMD4) via its VWA domain (not the UIM); NUB1L can additionally bind Rpn1/S2. Human Rpn10's VWA domain is sufficient to enable FAT10 degradation in Rpn10-deficient yeast. Depletion of hRpn10 in human cells causes accumulation of FAT10 conjugates, establishing the VWA domain of hRpn10 as a ubiquitin-independent receptor for ubiquitin-like proteins within the proteasome. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, yeast complementation, RNAi knockdown in human cells, VWA domain deletion/mutation analysis |
Nature communications |
High |
22434192
|
| 2012 |
In vivo ubiquitylation of Drosophila p54/Rpn10 occurs at the conserved C-terminal lysine cluster; extraproteasomal p54 is extensively multiubiquitylated while proteasome-assembled p54 is only modestly modified. Ubiquitylation of p54 impairs its UIM-mediated interaction with the UbL domains of Dsk2 and Rad23; deletion of the conserved lysine cluster shifts lethality of Δp54 from early pupa to pharate adult, indicating ubiquitylated extraproteasomal p54 has an essential role in the pupa-adult transition. |
In vivo ubiquitylation mass spectrometry, transgenic rescue in Δp54 Drosophila, in vitro UIM-UbL binding assay, proteasome fractionation |
Biochemistry |
High |
22364263
|
| 2013 |
Knockdown of S5a/PSMD4 in human cells inhibits p53 protein degradation and causes accumulation of ubiquitinated p53; overexpression of a dominant-negative S5a lacking UIMs (but still incorporating into proteasome) stabilizes p53; siRNA rescue confirms UIMs are required for maintaining low p53 levels. In contrast, S5a knockdown has no effect on Mdm2 degradation rate, establishing that proteasomal recognition of p53 is selectively S5a-dependent while Mdm2 uses an S5a-independent pathway. S5a depletion causes p53-dependent decrease in cell proliferation. |
siRNA knockdown, dominant-negative overexpression, pulse-chase, ubiquitination assay, proliferation assay |
Oncogene |
High |
24121268
|
| 2013 |
S5a/Rpn10 (PSMD4) localizes to the centrosome in mammalian neurons and is essential for proteasomal activity at centrosomes; loss of S5a reduces centrosomal proteasome activity and impairs dendrite arbor elaboration in rodent brain in vivo; the helix-loop-helix protein Id1 disrupts the interaction of S5a with the proteasomal lid, thereby inhibiting centrosomal proteasome activity and dendrite elaboration. |
Immunofluorescence/subcellular fractionation, in vivo RNAi in rodent brain (in utero electroporation), co-immunoprecipitation, proteasome activity assay at isolated centrosomes |
Cell reports |
High |
23831032
|
| 2013 |
Ube3a (Drosophila UBE3A ortholog) directly ubiquitinates Rpn10 in neuronal cells; among Ube3a substrates identified, only Rpn10 is targeted for degradation upon ubiquitination; overexpression of Ube3a and the C-terminal part of Rpn10 leads to enhanced accumulation of ubiquitinated proteins; genetic interaction between Ube3a and Rpn10 C-terminus is demonstrated in vivo. |
In vitro ubiquitination assay, mass spectrometry substrate screen, western blot for protein levels, Drosophila genetics (in vivo overexpression) |
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS |
Medium |
24292889
|
| 2015 |
Liver-specific deletion of both Rpn10 and Rpn13 in mice causes severe liver injury with massive accumulation of ubiquitin conjugates, whereas single deletions show only modest impairment; mHR23B and ubiquilin/Plic-1/4 fail to bind the proteasome in the absence of both Rpn10 and Rpn13, establishing that these two subunits are the main docking receptors for UBL-UBA shuttle proteins in mammals and act redundantly in ubiquitinated protein recognition and homeostasis. |
Liver-specific conditional knockout (Cre-lox), western blot for ubiquitin conjugates, co-immunoprecipitation, liver histology, re-expression rescue |
PLoS genetics |
High |
26222436
|
| 2015 |
Rpn10 monoubiquitination decreases both Rpn10-proteasome and Rpn10-Dsk2 associations; this facilitates formation of Dsk2-proteasomes in vivo, switching the proteasome between an 'Rpn10-high/Dsk2-low' and 'Rpn10-low/Dsk2-high' state; functional yeast proteasomes can associate and dissociate with Rpn10 dynamically. |
In vivo ubiquitination assays, quantitative co-immunoprecipitation, yeast genetics with UIM/UBL mutants |
The Biochemical journal |
High |
26450923
|
| 2015 |
In Arabidopsis, autophagic turnover of inactive 26S proteasomes (proteaphagy) requires the proteasome subunit RPN10, which simultaneously binds ATG8 (via an AIM motif) and ubiquitin (via UIM), acting as a selective autophagy receptor targeting ubiquitylated, inhibited proteasomes for vacuolar delivery; proteasome inhibition stimulates comprehensive ubiquitylation of the complex prior to proteaphagy. |
GFP-proteasome imaging in Arabidopsis, autophagy pathway genetic analysis (ATG mutants), co-immunoprecipitation of RPN10 with ATG8 and ubiquitin, nitrogen starvation and proteasome inhibitor experiments |
Molecular cell |
High |
26004230
|
| 2016 |
Crystal structure of ubiquitylated Rpn10 (K84 ubiquitylation site) reveals a novel ubiquitin-binding patch directing K84 modification; superimposition onto proteasome EM models shows that the conjugated ubiquitin clashes with Rpn9, suggesting ubiquitylation releases Rpn10 from the proteasome; in vitro, ubiquitylation of immobilized-proteasome Rpn10 dissociates it from the complex while unmodified Rpn10 remains associated; in vivo, Rpn10-K84R mutant is stably associated with Rpn9, confirming that ubiquitylation promotes cyclic Rpn10 dissociation from the proteasome. |
X-ray crystallography (bacterial ubiquitylation system), cryo-EM model superimposition, in vitro proteasome dissociation assay, in vivo co-immunoprecipitation with K84R mutant |
Nature communications |
High |
27698474
|
| 2016 |
Cytoplasmic Nrf2 (cNrf2) persistently increases PSMD4 expression via the HIF1α/β-catenin axis; in a feed-forward loop, elevated PSMD4 reciprocally enhances Nrf2 nuclear export by increasing CRM1 expression through p53 degradation; this cascade promotes tumor invasion and growth in colorectal cancer cells and xenograft models, which is suppressed by the proteasomal inhibitor carfilzomib or the β-catenin inhibitor XAV939. |
Cell line overexpression/knockdown, reporter assays, western blot for pathway components, xenograft mouse model with inhibitor treatment, immunohistochemistry |
Free radical biology & medicine |
Medium |
27033953
|
| 2017 |
PSMD4 is amplified and overexpressed in breast cancer; knockdown of PSMD4 in amplified breast cancer cells results in knockdown of PARP1 protein; breast cancer cells with PSMD4 copy-number gain are significantly more sensitive to talazoparib (PARP inhibitor); loss of PSMD4 amplicon during acquired PARPi resistance correlates with PSMD4 downregulation and decreased PARP1, establishing PSMD4 as a regulator of PARP1 protein levels. |
Array-CGH, siRNA knockdown, western blot, cell viability assay, comparison of sensitive vs. resistant cell lines |
Genes, chromosomes & cancer |
Medium |
28316110
|
| 2019 |
Rpn10 promotes proliferation in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells; Rpn10 knockdown induces G1 phase cell cycle arrest; Rpn10 directly promotes PTEN degradation through the ubiquitin-proteasome system; HIF1α directly binds the Rpn10 promoter and increases its expression in HCC; the PTEN/Akt signaling pathway mediates Rpn10's effect on cell proliferation, as active Akt overexpression rescues Rpn10-knockdown growth suppression. |
siRNA knockdown, overexpression of active Akt (rescue), cell cycle analysis, ChIP (HIF1α on Rpn10 promoter), pulse-chase/cycloheximide chase for PTEN stability, western blot |
Cancer letters |
Medium |
30673593
|