CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Zinc/RING finger domain, C3HC4 (zinc finger)
Functional Family E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase RNF4

Enzyme Information

2.3.2.27
RING-type E3 ubiquitin transferase.
based on mapping to UniProt O88846
S-ubiquitinyl-[E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme]-L-cysteine + [acceptor protein]-L-lysine = [E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme]-L-cysteine + N(6)- ubiquitinyl-[acceptor protein]-L-lysine.
-!- RING E3 ubiquitin transferases serve as mediators bringing the ubiquitin-charged E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (EC 2.3.2.23) and an acceptor protein together to enable the direct transfer of ubiquitin through the formation of an isopeptide bond between the C-terminal glycine residue of ubiquitin and the epsilon-amino group of an L-lysine residue of the acceptor protein. -!- Unlike EC 2.3.2.26 the RING-E3 domain does not form a catalytic thioester intermediate with ubiquitin. -!- Many members of the RING-type E3 ubiquitin transferase family are not able to bind a substrate directly, and form a complex with a cullin scaffold protein and a substrate recognition module (the complexes are named CRL for Cullin-RING-Ligase). -!- In these complexes, the RING-type E3 ubiquitin transferase provides an additional function, mediating the transfer of a NEDD8 protein from a dedicated E2 carrier to the cullin protein (see EC 2.3.2.32). -!- Cf. EC 2.3.2.31.

UniProtKB Entries (2)

O88846
RNF4_RAT
Rattus norvegicus
E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase RNF4
P0CG48
UBC_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Polyubiquitin-C

PDB Structure

PDB 5AIU
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Structural Basis for the Ring Catalyzed Synthesis of K63 Linked Ubiquitin Chains
Branigan, E., Plechanovova, A., Jaffray, E., Naismith, J.H., Hay, R.T.
Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol.