| 2010 |
E2-25K/Hip2 (ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme) binds UBB+1 (frameshift mutant ubiquitin) via its MGF motif and residues in α9; this interaction drives synthesis of UBB+1-anchored polyubiquitin chains that inhibit the 26S proteasome and cause neuronal cell death. Mutagenesis of E2-25K residues disrupting UBB+1 binding markedly diminished synthesis of neurotoxic polyubiquitin. |
Crystal structure determination of UBB+1, E2-25K, E2-25K/ubiquitin, and E2-25K/UBB+1 complexes; polyubiquitylation assays with E2-25K mutants; active-site mutagenesis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
20826778
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| 2011 |
The deubiquitinating enzyme UCH-L3 (human ortholog of yeast YUH1) hydrolyzes the C-terminal extension of UBB+1, generating a dysfunctional ubiquitin molecule (UBG76Y). In vitro oxidation of recombinant UCH-L3 impairs its deubiquitinating activity, providing a mechanism for UBB+1 accumulation under oxidative stress. |
In vitro deubiquitinating enzyme assay with recombinant UCH-L3/YUH1 and UBB+1 substrate; oxidative inactivation assay |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
21762696
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| 2007 |
Targeted disruption of the polyubiquitin gene Ubb in mice causes male and female infertility due to arrest of spermatocytes and oocytes during meiotic prophase I, demonstrating that Ubb-derived ubiquitin is consumed during and required for meiotic progression. |
Targeted gene disruption (knockout mouse); histological and cytological analysis of meiotic progression |
Molecular and cellular biology |
High |
18070917
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| 2008 |
Loss of Ubb selectively reduces total ubiquitin levels in the hypothalamus, leading to progressive neurodegeneration of arcuate nucleus neurons and adult-onset obesity with impaired hypothalamic energy balance control, demonstrating that adequate cellular ubiquitin supply is essential for neuronal survival. |
Ubb knockout mouse; quantitative ubiquitin measurement by immunoblot; histological and metabolic phenotyping |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
18299572
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| 2003 |
UBB+1 promotes cytokeratin aggresome (Mallory body-like aggregate) formation in vitro: immunoprecipitated cytokeratin-8 incubated with ubiquitin plus UBB+1 (or proteasome inhibitor) formed CK-8/UBB+1/proteasome subunit-positive aggregates, and hepatocytes transfected with UBB+1 protein developed MB-like aggregates co-staining for CK-8 and ubiquitin. |
In vitro immunoprecipitation reconstitution assay; cell transfection with Chariot-delivered UBB+1 protein; immunofluorescence co-localization |
Experimental and molecular pathology |
Medium |
12710947
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| 2014 |
Disruption of Ubb in neural stem cells leads to upregulation of Notch intracellular domain (NICD) steady-state levels and consequent elevation of Notch target gene expression, which suppresses proneuronal gene expression, inhibits neurogenesis, and promotes premature gliogenesis. |
Ubb knockout mouse; cultured embryonic neural stem cells; immunoblot for NICD; gene expression analysis of Notch target and proneuronal genes |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
25391618
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| 2014 |
Restoration of free ubiquitin levels (but not ubiquitin conjugates) in Ubb−/− neurons via lentivirus-mediated exogenous ubiquitin delivery abolished increased apoptosis and improved neuronal and glial phenotypes, establishing that free ubiquitin pool maintenance (above a threshold) is the cell-autonomous requirement for neuronal survival. |
Lentivirus-mediated ubiquitin rescue in Ubb−/− primary neurons; immunoblot distinguishing free vs. conjugated Ub; apoptosis assay |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
25280998
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| 2013 |
Knockdown of the polyubiquitin gene Ubb (Ubb-KD) with siRNA reduces cellular ubiquitin levels, attenuates TNFα-induced NF-κB activation, stabilizes tumor suppressor p53, and sensitizes cancer cells to stress, placing Ubb-derived ubiquitin as a required component for oncogenic NF-κB signaling and p53 turnover. |
siRNA knockdown; NF-κB reporter assay; p53 immunoblot; cancer cell viability assays; xenograft mouse model |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
24022007
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| 2014 |
UBB+1 expression in astrocytes destabilizes mitochondrial fission-specific proteins Drp1, Fis1, and OPA3 (but not fusion proteins Mfn1, Mfn2, OPA1), inducing mitochondrial elongation/fusion and conferring resistance to H2O2-induced cell death. Proteasome inhibitors prevented the reduction in fission proteins, linking UBB+1-mediated proteasome inhibition to mitochondrial dynamics. |
Ectopic expression of UBB+1 in astrocytic cells; immunocytochemistry; FRAP; immunoblot with various protease/proteasome inhibitors; cell death assay |
PloS one |
Medium |
24941066
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| 2017 |
The C-terminal 19-residue extension of UBB+1 is highly flexible (by NMR relaxation) but contains a short less-solvent-exposed stretch; it does not establish long-lived contacts with the globular ubiquitin domain yet alters binding to the UBA2 domain and membrane mimics, demonstrating that the frameshift extension changes biomolecular recognition without grossly perturbing ubiquitin structure. |
NMR relaxation and solvent accessibility measurements; thermal stability assay; binding assays with UBA2 domain and membrane mimics |
International journal of biological macromolecules |
Medium |
29175520
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| 2017 |
Elevated REST levels in Ubb−/− neural stem cells suppress neuronal differentiation; knockdown of REST in Ubb−/− cells restored expression of neuronal markers (βIII-tubulin, α-internexin) and reduced apoptosis, placing REST as a downstream mediator of Ub-deficiency-induced neurogenesis failure. |
Ubb knockout cells; siRNA knockdown of REST; immunofluorescence for neuronal markers; apoptosis assay |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
28285139
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| 2018 |
Lentivirus-mediated Ubb knockdown at DIV1 (early differentiation stage) impairs neural stem cell differentiation by activating Notch signaling when it is normally suppressed, whereas Ubb knockdown at DIV7 (after differentiation) has no effect on maturation, demonstrating a stage-specific requirement for Ub in suppressing Notch during NSC differentiation. |
Temporal lentiviral Ubb knockdown at defined days in vitro; Notch signaling readouts; neuronal differentiation markers |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
29422555
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| 2023 |
UBB+1 is secreted via an unconventional autophagosome-mediated pathway: expression of UBB+1 stimulates LC3B-I to LC3B-II conversion (autophagy induction), and ATG5 deficiency inhibits UBB+1 secretion. UBB+1 associates with secretory autophagosome marker SEC22B (by co-IP and SIM microscopy). UBB+1 is ubiquitinated on K11, K29, and K48 in cells (by LC-MS/MS and mutagenesis), but this ubiquitination does not contribute to its secretion. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; 3D structured illumination microscopy; LC-MS/MS; site-directed mutagenesis; ATG5 knockout; LC3B conversion assay |
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Gene regulatory mechanisms |
Medium |
37075976
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| 2025 |
SQSTM1/p62 functions as a ubiquitin receptor for UBB+1, recognizing its ubiquitin domain and loading it into autophagosomes for secretory autophagy. p62 oligomerization prevents UBB+1 aggregation. Both gain- and loss-of-function of p62 suppress UBB+1 secretion; p62 KO causes UBB+1 accumulation in insoluble aggregates. The R-SNARE SEC22B and Q-SNAREs Syntaxin-4 and SNAP23 mediate fusion of UBB+1-containing autophagosomes with the plasma membrane for exocytosis; SEC22B disruption reduces secretion without affecting intracellular turnover. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; p62 knockout and overexpression; SEC22B/STX4/SNAP23 disruption; vesicle secretion assays; immunofluorescence |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
41364760
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| 2012 |
In the locus coeruleus of Ubb−/− mice, Ubc is significantly upregulated and maintains free ubiquitin levels (though total Ub decreases), preventing neuronal dysfunction and degeneration, whereas in the hypothalamus both free and total Ub are reduced, correlating with neurodegeneration—establishing that free Ub maintenance above a threshold determines neuronal vulnerability. |
Ubb knockout mouse; quantitative immunoblot distinguishing free vs. conjugated Ub in dissected brain regions; histological neurodegeneration assessment |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
22285186
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| 2021 |
Low-level UBB+1 expression in yeast activates the autophagy pathway (increased ATG8p transport to vacuole, enhanced vacuolar activity) and reduces intracellular Aβ42/Aβ40 levels, ameliorating amyloid toxicity in an ATG1-dependent manner, placing UBB+1 upstream of autophagy activation. |
Yeast expression system; genome-wide transcriptional analysis; autophagy flux assay (ATG8p-GFP); Aβ toxicity and lifespan assay; atg1Δ epistasis |
Aging |
Medium |
34751669
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| 2024 |
UBB directly interacts with SP1 (specificity protein 1) and thereby controls VEGFA transcription; UBB downregulation in ccRCC releases SP1-dependent VEGFA upregulation. DNMT3A is recruited to the UBB promoter to epigenetically suppress UBB transcription. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (UBB–SP1 interaction); VEGFA reporter/expression assays; chromatin immunoprecipitation for DNMT3A at UBB promoter; siRNA/overexpression in ccRCC cells |
Oncogene |
Medium |
38467852
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