UBA4

Summary

Gene Symbol: UBA4
Description: Uba4p
Alias: YHR1, Uba4p
Species: Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288c

Top Publications

  1. Furukawa K, Mizushima N, Noda T, Ohsumi Y. A protein conjugation system in yeast with homology to biosynthetic enzyme reaction of prokaryotes. J Biol Chem. 2000;275:7462-5 pubmed
    ..At the first step of this reaction, Urm1 forms a thioester with a novel E1-like protein, Uba4. Deltaurm1 and Deltauba4 cells showed a temperature-sensitive growth phenotype...
  2. Schmitz J, Chowdhury M, Hänzelmann P, Nimtz M, Lee E, Schindelin H, et al. The sulfurtransferase activity of Uba4 presents a link between ubiquitin-like protein conjugation and activation of sulfur carrier proteins. Biochemistry. 2008;47:6479-89 pubmed publisher
    ..of several sulfur-containing cofactors, we have characterized the human Urm1 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Uba4 proteins, which are very similar in sequence to MOCS2A and MOCS3, respectively, two proteins essential for the ..
  3. Huang B, Lu J, Byström A. A genome-wide screen identifies genes required for formation of the wobble nucleoside 5-methoxycarbonylmethyl-2-thiouridine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. RNA. 2008;14:2183-94 pubmed publisher
    ..In addition to earlier described mutants, formation of the s(2) group was also abolished in urm1, uba4, and ncs2 mutants and decreased in the yor251c mutant...
  4. Goehring A, Rivers D, Sprague G. Urmylation: a ubiquitin-like pathway that functions during invasive growth and budding in yeast. Mol Biol Cell. 2003;14:4329-41 pubmed
    ..Moreover, these five genes have a role in invasive growth and display genetic interactions with the TOR pathway. In summary, our results suggest the urmylation pathway is involved in nutrient sensing and budding. ..
  5. Goehring A, Rivers D, Sprague G. Attachment of the ubiquitin-related protein Urm1p to the antioxidant protein Ahp1p. Eukaryot Cell. 2003;2:930-6 pubmed
    ..The attachment of Urm1p to Ahp1p requires the E1 for the urmylation pathway, Uba4p. Loss of the urmylation pathway components results in sensitivity to a thiol-specific oxidant, as does loss of ..
  6. Nakai Y, Nakai M, Hayashi H. Thio-modification of yeast cytosolic tRNA requires a ubiquitin-related system that resembles bacterial sulfur transfer systems. J Biol Chem. 2008;283:27469-76 pubmed publisher
    ..We found that ubiquitin-like protein Urm1 and ubiquitin-activating enzyme-like protein Uba4, as well as Tuc1 and Tuc2, were strictly required for the s(2) modification...
  7. Bailly V, Lauder S, Prakash S, Prakash L. Yeast DNA repair proteins Rad6 and Rad18 form a heterodimer that has ubiquitin conjugating, DNA binding, and ATP hydrolytic activities. J Biol Chem. 1997;272:23360-5 pubmed
  8. Biederer T, Volkwein C, Sommer T. Role of Cue1p in ubiquitination and degradation at the ER surface. Science. 1997;278:1806-9 pubmed
  9. Galan J, Cantegrit B, Garnier C, Namy O, Haguenauer Tsapis R. 'ER degradation' of a mutant yeast plasma membrane protein by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. FASEB J. 1998;12:315-23 pubmed
    ..These findings provide an example of a yeast plasma membrane protein that is routed to the 'ER degradation' pathway, and highlight the versatility of the ubiquitin system. ..

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Publications17

  1. Noma A, Sakaguchi Y, Suzuki T. Mechanistic characterization of the sulfur-relay system for eukaryotic 2-thiouridine biogenesis at tRNA wobble positions. Nucleic Acids Res. 2009;37:1335-52 pubmed publisher
    ..The carboxy-terminus of Urm1p was activated as an acyl-adenylate (-COAMP), then thiocarboxylated (-COSH) by Uba4p. The activated thiocarboxylate can be utilized in the subsequent reactions for 2-thiouridine formation, mediated ..
  2. Han L, Kon Y, Phizicky E. Functional importance of Ψ38 and Ψ39 in distinct tRNAs, amplified for tRNAGln(UUG) by unexpected temperature sensitivity of the s2U modification in yeast. RNA. 2015;21:188-201 pubmed publisher
    ..These results provide evidence for important roles of both Ψ38 and Ψ39 in specific tRNAs, and establish that modification of the wobble position is subject to change under relatively mild growth conditions. ..
  3. Jüdes A, Ebert F, Bär C, Thüring K, Harrer A, Klassen R, et al. Urmylation and tRNA thiolation functions of ubiquitin-like Uba4·Urm1 systems are conserved from yeast to man. FEBS Lett. 2015;589:904-9 pubmed publisher
    The ubiquitin-like protein Urm1 from budding yeast and its E1-like activator Uba4 have dual roles in protein urmylation and tRNA thiolation pathways...
  4. Klassen R, Grunewald P, Thüring K, Eichler C, Helm M, Schaffrath R. Loss of anticodon wobble uridine modifications affects tRNA(Lys) function and protein levels in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS ONE. 2015;10:e0119261 pubmed publisher
    ..which disable mcm5 side chain formation, or removal of components of the thiolation pathway (Ncs2/Ncs6, Urm1, Uba4) are individually tolerated, the combination of both modification defects has been reported to have lethal effects ..
  5. Foster M, Forrester M, Stamler J. A protein microarray-based analysis of S-nitrosylation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009;106:18948-53 pubmed publisher
  6. Amerik AYu -, Swaminathan S, Krantz B, Wilkinson K, Hochstrasser M. In vivo disassembly of free polyubiquitin chains by yeast Ubp14 modulates rates of protein degradation by the proteasome. EMBO J. 1997;16:4826-38 pubmed
    ..We propose that Ubp14 and isopeptidase T facilitate proteolysis in vivo by preventing unanchored ubiquitin chains from competitively inhibiting polyubiquitin-substrate binding to the 26S proteasome. ..
  7. Laxman S, Tu B. Multiple TORC1-associated proteins regulate nitrogen starvation-dependent cellular differentiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS ONE. 2011;6:e26081 pubmed publisher
    ..Our studies also suggest the CEN.PK strain background of S. cerevisiae may be particularly useful for investigations of nitrogen starvation-induced diploid pseudohyphal growth. ..
  8. Jaquenoud M, Gulli M, Peter K, Peter M. The Cdc42p effector Gic2p is targeted for ubiquitin-dependent degradation by the SCFGrr1 complex. EMBO J. 1998;17:5360-73 pubmed
    ..Finally, our data indicate that degradation of Gic2p may be part of a mechanism which restricts cytoskeletal polarization in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. ..