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Review
. 2007 Mar 15;1(1):13-22.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2007.02.003.

Bacterial interference of ubiquitination and deubiquitination

Anne Rytkönen  1 , David W Holden
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Review

Bacterial interference of ubiquitination and deubiquitination

Anne Rytkönen et al. Cell Host Microbe. .

Abstract

Ubiquitination and deubiquitination regulate several essential cellular processes such as protein degradation, cell-cycle progression, signaling, and DNA repair. Given the importance of these processes, it is not surprising that many microbes have developed the means to interfere with different stages of ubiquitin pathways to promote their survival and replication. This review focuses on virulence proteins of bacterial pathogens that mediate these effects and summarizes our current understanding of their actions.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Schematic Figure of Ubiquitin Activation, Conjugation, and Deconjugation E1 enzymes activate the C terminus of ubiquitin in an ATP-dependent manner, which directs ubiquitin to an E2 enzyme. E3 ligases transfer ubiquitin either from the E2 to a thioester linkage on the E3, and then to the substrate, or by acting as adaptors that bind to E2 proteins and substrates separately, and facilitate direct transfer of Ub from the E2 protein to the substrate. Chains of four or more Ub molecules linked through lysine 48 (K48) of ubiquitin target the modified protein for proteasomal degradation, whereas K63-linked polyubiquitin chains regulate several cellular processes, such as DNA repair, signaling, endocytosis, vesicular trafficking, and cell-cycle progression. Ubiquitin deconjugation is a reversible process catalyzed by deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs). These play an important role in processing Ub precursors, proofreading Ub protein conjugates, and removing Ub from substrate proteins.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Examples of Interference of Mammalian Ub Pathways by Bacterial Pathogens YopJ/P, a Yersinia T3S effector protein with DUB and acetyltransferase activity, is translocated into host cells, where it interferes with the NF-κB pathway through inhibition of MKKs (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases) and IKKβ and possibly by deubiquitinating ubiquitinated IκB-α. YopJ plays an important role in inhibiting the inflammatory response and induces apoptosis in macrophages. Shigella also inhibits host immune responses. Following translocation into host cells, OspG acts as a kinase and blocks TNF-induced IκBα degradation, conceivably by phosphorylating a component of SCFβ-TrCP complex. IpaH9.8, another Shigella effector, functions as an E3 Ub ligase that interferes with the pheromone response signaling pathway in yeast by ubiquitinating the MAPKK Ste7. To facilitate invasion and intracellular survival, Salmonella translocates two sets of effector proteins into the host cells. The Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI-1) T3S system translocates effector proteins across the host-cell plasma membrane. Several of these effectors are ubiquitinated following translocation, but one, SopA, functions as a HECT-like E3 Ub ligase that preferentially uses the inflammation-associated E2s UbcH5a, UbcH5c, and UbcH7 for ubiquitination in vitro. SopA induces a host inflammatory response by promoting polymorphonuclear leukocyte transepithelial migration. Following uptake, Salmonella translocates another set of effectors across the Salmonella-containing vacuole via the SPI-2 T3S system. SseL is translocated approximately 6 hr postuptake and acts as a DUB in vivo to trigger a delayed cytotoxic effect in macrophages.
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