| 2000 |
Human RAD18 protein physically interacts with HHR6A (UBE2A) and HHR6B (UBE2B), forming stable protein complexes when co-expressed in yeast cells, purified to near homogeneity; this interaction is proposed to be critical for lesion bypass mechanisms. |
Co-expression in yeast, protein complex purification to near homogeneity |
Nucleic acids research |
Medium |
10908344
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| 2008 |
Human RAD18 complexed with RAD6B (UBE2B) preferentially binds forked and single-stranded DNA structures at stalled replication forks; the SAP domain of RAD18 (residues 248–282) is essential for this DNA binding and for PCNA monoubiquitination and recruitment of DNA polymerase eta to damage sites. |
DNA binding assays with purified protein complexes, SAP domain mutagenesis, in vivo localization, UV sensitivity rescue assays |
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms |
High |
18363965
|
| 1999 |
RAD6B (HHR6B/UBE2B) mediates ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis of the cAMP transcriptional repressors hICERIIγ and hATF5 in mammalian cells, requiring an active ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme; loss of murine Rad6B (mHR6B−/−) or dominant-negative Cdc34 elevates endogenous ICER protein levels, linking RAD6B to regulation of cAMP-induced transcription. |
Yeast-based genetic interaction screen, transfection assays in mammalian cells, analysis of Rad6B-null (mHR6B−/−) mice |
Molecular and cellular biology |
Medium |
10373550
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| 2004 |
RAD6B (UBE2B) protein expression is cell cycle regulated with maximal levels in late S/G2 phases; upon DNA damage (adriamycin, cisplatin), RAD6B redistributes from nucleoplasm to chromatin along with RAD18, PCNA, phosphohistone H3, and p53; RAD6B overexpression confers chemoresistance and enhanced post-replication repair (PRR) capacity, while antisense depletion causes chemosensitivity and loss of PRR. |
Cell cycle synchronization, in vivo chromatin crosslinking/fractionation, stable overexpression and antisense knockdown, PRR assay, drug sensitivity assays |
Oncogene |
Medium |
14981545
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| 2006 |
The human RAD6B (UBE2B) gene is a direct transcriptional target of TCF-4/β-catenin/p300; Rad6B promoter activity is repressed in normal MCF10A cells due to absence of transcriptionally active β-catenin on TCF binding sequences, and is constitutively active in metastatic MDA-MB-231 cells. Coexpression of β-catenin and p300 derepresses Rad6B promoter in MCF10A cells. |
EMSA, Western blot of EMSA, UV cross-linking, chromatin immunoprecipitation assay, luciferase reporter assay |
Molecular cancer research : MCR |
Medium |
17050667
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| 2008 |
Rad6B (UBE2B) overexpression in MCF10A breast cells induces β-catenin accumulation and stabilization via K63-linked polyubiquitination that renders β-catenin insensitive to 26S proteasome degradation; Rad6B silencing suppresses β-catenin mono- and polyubiquitination and transcriptional activity; in vitro ubiquitination assays confirm Rad6B directly mediates β-catenin polyubiquitination. |
Rad6B overexpression/siRNA knockdown in multiple cell lines, in vitro ubiquitination assay, cycloheximide chase, proteasome inhibitor treatment, TOP/Flash reporter assay, chromatin immunoprecipitation |
Cancer research |
High |
18339854
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| 2012 |
Rad6B (UBE2B) directly ubiquitinates β-catenin at lysine 394 (within Armadillo repeats 5–7); amino acids 131–181 of β-catenin and amino acids 50–116 of Rad6B are required for their interaction; K394R mutation in β-catenin abrogates ~50% of Rad6B-induced ubiquitination and significantly reduces β-catenin transcriptional activity and steady-state levels. |
GST pulldown with deletion mutants, co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro and in vivo ubiquitination assays, site-directed mutagenesis (Lys→Arg), TOP/Flash reporter assay |
Biochimica et biophysica acta |
High |
22705350
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| 2013 |
Ube2b (UBE2B) is a direct transcriptional target of androgen receptor (AR) in Sertoli cells; ligand-bound AR directly binds the androgen-responsive element in the Ube2b promoter, upregulates UBE2B expression, and promotes H2A ubiquitylation; UBE2B knockdown blocks testosterone-induced H2A ubiquitylation. |
Luciferase reporter assay, EMSA, ChIP, qRT-PCR, Western blot, immunohistochemistry in Sertoli cell-specific AR knockout (S-AR−/y) mice |
Biology of reproduction |
Medium |
23863405
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| 2015 |
UBE2B is the predominant E2 enzyme involved in myofibrillar protein loss under catabolic conditions in C2C12 myotubes; UBE2B knockdown decreases total ubiquitin conjugates by 18% and K48-linked ubiquitin conjugates (proteasome substrates) by 28% under dexamethasone-induced catabolism, indicating a direct role in ubiquitin-proteasome-dependent muscle protein breakdown. |
E2 expression screen, siRNA knockdown in C2C12 myotubes, quantification of polyUb conjugates and K48-linked ubiquitin conjugates by Western blot |
Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle |
Medium |
27239408
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| 2018 |
RAD6B (UBE2B) polyubiquitinates histones H2A and H2B; loss of RAD6B in male mice results in absence of histone polyubiquitination and male sterility; RNF8 (an E3 ligase) monoubiquitinates H2A and H2B. Senescence also contributes to RAD6B-null male sterility. |
RAD6B and RNF8 knockout mouse models, histone ubiquitination assays, offspring counting for fertility assessment |
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) |
Medium |
28825854
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| 2019 |
RAD6B (UBE2B) is a principal mediator of translesion synthesis (TLS): a RAD6-selective inhibitor (SMI#9) attenuates cisplatin-induced PCNA monoubiquitination, FANCD2 activation (Fanconi anemia pathway marker), TLS polymerase POL η recruitment, and restart of cisplatin-stalled replication forks; RAD6B silencing or SMI#9 also impairs homologous recombination independently of BRCA1 status; RAD6B modulates cisplatin-induced γH2AX via H2AX monoubiquitination. |
RAD6-selective small-molecule inhibitor (SMI#9), RAD6B siRNA knockdown, PCNA ubiquitination assays, DNA fiber assay, DR-GFP-based HR assay, foci formation assays, in vivo xenograft |
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease |
High |
31639439
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| 2019 |
Ube2b (UBE2B) mediates ubiquitination and degradation of DNMT3a in rat dorsal hippocampus following heroin self-administration; Ube2b-dependent DNMT3a degradation leads to demethylation of the CaMKK1 gene promoter, upregulating CaMKK1 and activating CaMKIα/βPIX/Rac1 signaling, which drives actin cytoskeleton remodeling and behavioral plasticity. |
In vivo model (heroin self-administration in rats), ubiquitination assays, co-immunoprecipitation, promoter methylation analysis, protein expression assays (Western blot), behavioral experiments |
Molecular psychiatry |
Medium |
31576007
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| 2022 |
UBE2B forms a heterodimeric complex with E3 ligase RAD18 and together monoubiquitinates ZMYM2 at the expense of its polyubiquitination, thereby stabilizing ZMYM2 protein; RAD18 knockdown impairs UBE2B-induced ZMYM2 monoubiquitination and destabilizes ZMYM2; UBE2B overexpression promotes ovarian cancer xenograft growth in a ZMYM2-dependent manner. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence co-localization, cycloheximide chase assay, siRNA knockdown, ubiquitination assay, xenograft tumor model |
Bioengineered |
Medium |
35313791
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| 2024 |
UBR4 contains a catalytic module comprising a 'hemiRING' zinc finger, a helical-rich UZI subdomain, and an N-terminal affinity region; the crystal/cryo-EM structure of the UBR4 E2–E3 complex reveals atomic-level specificity determinants of the hemiRING toward cognate E2s UBE2A and UBE2B (UBE2B is a bona fide E2 partner of UBR4); the UZI subdomain allosterically modestly activates the Ub-loaded UBE2A/UBE2B∼Ub, and the intrinsically high lysine reactivity of these E2s cooperates with this activation for substrate specificity. |
Structure determination (E2–E3 complex), in vitro ubiquitination assays, mutagenesis, biochemical characterization |
Nature structural & molecular biology |
High |
38182926
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| 2019 |
RAD6B splice variants RAD6BΔexon4 and RAD6Bintron5ins, expressed selectively in melanoma but not normal melanocytes, are translated as 14 and 15 kDa proteins, respectively, and retain functional in vivo ubiquitin-conjugating activity despite their truncated nature. |
RT-PCR splice variant characterization, Western blot, in vivo ubiquitin conjugating activity assay, whole exome sequencing of patient melanomas |
Cells |
Medium |
31683936
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| 2026 |
UBE2B interacts with E3 ligase BIRC2 to catalyze K63-linked ubiquitination of TRAF1, thereby amplifying NF-κB signaling in gastric cancer; NF-κB subunit P65 directly binds the UBE2B promoter creating a feedforward loop; this UBE2B-BIRC2-TRAF1-P65 axis is a self-sustaining mechanism driving NF-κB hyperactivation and tumor proliferation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, K63-ubiquitination assay, chromatin immunoprecipitation assay, luciferase reporter assay, in vitro and in vivo proliferation assays |
Molecular cancer research : MCR |
Medium |
41661096
|
| 2025 |
UBE2B promotes ubiquitination and degradation of U2AF1 (U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 1) in endothelial cells during renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, leading to activation of the p53/p21 signaling pathway, endothelial apoptosis, and inhibited proliferation. |
UBE2B overexpression/knockdown in endothelial cell models, ubiquitination assay, co-immunoprecipitation, Western blot for p53/p21 pathway |
Molecular biology reports |
Low |
41186784
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