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Processing of the NF-κB2 precursor p100 to the mature p52 subunit is regulated via a unique pathway. NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK) induces IκB kinase α (IKKα)-mediated phosphorylation of specific serine residues in the C-terminal domain of p100, leading to recruitment of the SCFβ-TrCP ubiquitin ligase. We identified a single lysine residue, K855, that serves as the ubiquitin-anchoring residue required for signal-induced processing of p100. In a reconstituted system containing purified components, p100-K855R could not be ubiquitinated. In a crude extract and cells, only residual, signal-independent ubiquitination and processing were retained. Importantly, K855 is located in a site homologous to K22 that serves as an ubiquitination site in IκBα. This suggests a common recognition mechanism for the two molecules. In contrast, p105, the p100 homologue, lacks a similar Lys residue. We also demonstrate that the NEDD8 pathway is essential for the SCFβ-TrCP activity. In a reconstituted system, efficient ubiquitination of p100 required all three components of the pathway – E1, the UBC12 E2 and NEDD8. Experiments in reconstituted systems and in cells demonstrated that SCFβ-TrCP, which contains a mutant Cul-1 that cannot be NEDDylated, cannot stimulate ubiquitination and processing. Similarly, dominant negative UBC12 inhibits, in a reversible manner, both ubiquitination and processing of p100.
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This research was supported by grants from CapCure Israel – Centers of Excellence Program, the Israel Science Foundation – Centers of Excellence Program, and the German–Israeli Project Cooperation (DIP), AC is an Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) Professor. Infrastructural equipment was purchased with support of the Wolfson Charitable Fund Center of Excellence for studies on Turnover of Cellular Proteins and its Implications to Human Diseases (to AC). REA was supported by Fellowships from the Center of Absorption in Science, Ministry of Immigrant Absorption of Israel, and the Ali-Kaufman Foundation.
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Amir, R., Haecker, H., Karin, M. et al. Mechanism of processing of the NF-κB2 p100 precursor: identification of the specific polyubiquitin chain-anchoring lysine residue and analysis of the role of NEDD8-modification on the SCFβ-TrCP ubiquitin ligase. Oncogene 23, 2540–2547 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1207366
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