Recognition of UbcH5c and the nucleosome by the Bmi1/Ring1b ubiquitin ligase complex |
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Authors: | Bentley Matthew L Corn Jacob E Dong Ken C Phung Qui Cheung Tommy K Cochran Andrea G |
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Institution: | Department of Early Discovery Biochemistry, Genentech Research and Early Development, South San Francisco, CA, USA. |
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Abstract: | The Polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1) mediates gene silencing, in part by monoubiquitination of histone H2A on lysine 119 (uH2A). Bmi1 and Ring1b are critical components of PRC1 that heterodimerize via their N-terminal RING domains to form an active E3 ubiquitin ligase. We have determined the crystal structure of a complex between the Bmi1/Ring1b RING-RING heterodimer and the E2 enzyme UbcH5c and find that UbcH5c interacts with Ring1b only, in a manner fairly typical of E2-E3 interactions. However, we further show that the Bmi1/Ring1b RING domains bind directly to duplex DNA through a basic surface patch unique to the Bmi1/Ring1b RING-RING dimer. Mutation of residues on this interaction surface leads to a loss of H2A ubiquitination activity. Computational modelling of the interface between Bmi1/Ring1b-UbcH5c and the nucleosome suggests that Bmi1/Ring1b interacts with both nucleosomal DNA and an acidic patch on histone H4 to achieve specific monoubiquitination of H2A. Our results point to a novel mechanism of substrate recognition, and control of product formation, by Bmi1/Ring1b. |
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Keywords: | Bmi1 nucleosome Polycomb repression Ring1b UbcH5c |
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