TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural and dynamic independence of isopeptide-linked RanGAP1 and SUMO-1
AU - Macauley, Matthew S.
AU - Errington, Wesley J.
AU - Okon, Mark
AU - Schärpf, Manuela
AU - Mackereth, Cameron D.
AU - Schulman, Brenda A.
AU - McIntosh, Lawrence P.
PY - 2004/11/19
Y1 - 2004/11/19
N2 - Although sumoylation regulates a diverse and growing number of recognized biological processes, the molecular mechanisms by which the covalent attachment of the ubiquitin-like protein SUMO can alter the properties of a target protein remain to be established. To address this question, we have used NMR spectroscopy to characterize the complex of mature SUMO-1 with the C-terminal domain of human RanGAP1. Based on amide chemical shift and 15N relaxation measurements, we show that the C terminus of SUMO-1 and the loop containing the consensus sumoylation site in RanGAP1 are both conformationally flexible. Furthermore, the over-all structure and backbone dynamics of each protein remain unchanged upon the covalent linkage of Lys524 in RanGAP1 to the C-terminal Gly97 of SUMO-1. Therefore, SUMO-1 and RanGAP1 behave as "beads-on-a-string," connected by a flexible isopeptide tether. Accordingly, the sumoylation-dependent interaction of RanGAP1 with the nucleoporin RanBP2 may arise through the bipartite recognition of both RanGAP1 and SUMO-1 rather than through a new binding surface induced in either individual protein upon their covalent linkage. We hypothesize that this conformational flexibility may be a general feature contributing to the recognition of ubiquitin-like modified proteins by their downstream effector machineries.
AB - Although sumoylation regulates a diverse and growing number of recognized biological processes, the molecular mechanisms by which the covalent attachment of the ubiquitin-like protein SUMO can alter the properties of a target protein remain to be established. To address this question, we have used NMR spectroscopy to characterize the complex of mature SUMO-1 with the C-terminal domain of human RanGAP1. Based on amide chemical shift and 15N relaxation measurements, we show that the C terminus of SUMO-1 and the loop containing the consensus sumoylation site in RanGAP1 are both conformationally flexible. Furthermore, the over-all structure and backbone dynamics of each protein remain unchanged upon the covalent linkage of Lys524 in RanGAP1 to the C-terminal Gly97 of SUMO-1. Therefore, SUMO-1 and RanGAP1 behave as "beads-on-a-string," connected by a flexible isopeptide tether. Accordingly, the sumoylation-dependent interaction of RanGAP1 with the nucleoporin RanBP2 may arise through the bipartite recognition of both RanGAP1 and SUMO-1 rather than through a new binding surface induced in either individual protein upon their covalent linkage. We hypothesize that this conformational flexibility may be a general feature contributing to the recognition of ubiquitin-like modified proteins by their downstream effector machineries.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M408705200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M408705200
M3 - Article
C2 - 15355965
AN - SCOPUS:10344252317
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 279
SP - 49131
EP - 49137
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 47
ER -