PMID: 7546294Oct 1, 1995Paper

Caenorhabditis elegans UBC-1, a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme homologous to yeast RAD6/UBC2, contains a novel carboxy-terminal extension that is conserved in nematodes

DNA and Cell Biology
D S LeggettE P Candido

Abstract

The RAD6/UBC2 gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme involved in DNA repair, induced mutagenesis, and sporulation. Here we report the isolation and characterization of the Caenorhabditis elegans RAD6 homolog designated ubc-1. Ubc-1 encodes a 21.5-kD protein that shares considerable identity with RAD6 (66%) as well as with other RAD6 homologs, including Schizosaccharomyces pombe rhp6+ (70%), Drosophila melanogaster Dhr6 (83%), and the two human homologs HHR6A and HHR6B (84% and 83%, respectively). However, UBC-1 is distinct in being the only known RAD6 homolog, other than RAD6 itself, with a carboxy-terminal extension. Analysis of UBC-1 homologs from C. briggsae and Ascaris suum show that the presence of the carboxy-terminal extension is conserved in nematodes. When constitutively expressed from the yeast promoter ADH1, ubc-1 complements the DNA repair functions in a S. cerevisiae rad6 delta mutant. Surprisingly, ubc-1 fails to complement the sporulation function of RAD6, despite its possession of an acidic carboxy-terminal tail. C. elegans UBC-1 is capable of forming a thiol-ester bond with ubiquitin, but, unlike RAD6, is unable to transfer ubiquitin to histone H2B in vitro. Both cis and trans...Continue Reading

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