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HdmX stimulates Hdm2-mediated ubiquitination and degradation of p53

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Linares, Laëtitia K., Hengstermann, Arnd, Ciechanover, Aaron, Müller, Stefan, Scheffner, Martin·2003·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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The RING finger proteins HdmX and Hdm2 share significant structural and functional similarity. Hdm2 is a member of the RING finger family of ubiquitin-protein ligases E3 and targets the tumor suppressor protein p53 for degradation. Although HdmX also binds to p53, HdmX does not induce p53 degradation. Moreover, HdmX has been reported to interfere with p53 degradation in overexpression experiments. To obtain insight into the mechanism by which HdmX interferes with p53 degradation, we studied the effect of HdmX on the E3 activity of Hdm2 in vitro. Surprisingly, this revealed that HdmX stimulates Hdm2-mediated ubiquitination of p53 and that HdmX facilitates ubiquitination of Hdm2 and vice versa. In addition, down-regulation of HdmX expression within cells results in the accumulation of both p53 and Hdm2. Because HdmX alone does not have appreciable E3 activity, these data indicate that HdmX acts as a stimulator, rather than as an inhibitor, of the E3 activity of Hdm2 and that, at least under certain conditions, HdmX is actively involved in the degradation of both p53 and Hdm2.

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  • Mdm4 stimulates Mdm2-mediated polyubiquitination of p53.

    “Mdm4 further contributes to Mdm2 stability by disrupting self-ubiquitination of the latter (Stad et al., 2001), while also stimulating Mdm2-mediated polyubiquitination of p53 (Linares et al., 2003).”

    From USP7 Is a Master Regulator of Genome Stability (2020) · cites this paper as Linares et al., 2003

  • Mdmx shows little intrinsic ubiquitin ligase activity towards p53.

    “Despite conservation of the C2H2C4 RING domain, Mdmx shows little intrinsic ubiquitin ligase activity towards p53 [10].”

    From The p53 orchestra: Mdm2 and Mdmx set the tone (2010) · cites this paper as [10]

  • The Mdm2-Mdmx hetero-oligomer is a more effective ligase for p53 in vitro than Mdm2 alone.

    “Together with the observation that the Mdm2–Mdmx hetero-oligomer is a more effective ligase for p53 in vitro than Mdm2 alone [10], this has led to a model in which the Mdm2–Mdmx ligase complex is more efficient in targeting p53 for ubiquitylation and degradation.”

    From The p53 orchestra: Mdm2 and Mdmx set the tone (2010) · cites this paper as [10]

  • MDMX does not homo-oligomerize and has no intrinsic ubiquitin ligase function, but can increase or decrease MDM2 ubiquitin ligase activity depending on MDMX abundance.

    “By contrast, MDMX does not homo-oligomerize and has no intrinsic ubiquitin ligase function, although it can increase or decrease MDM2 ubiquitin ligase activity depending on MDMX abundance16.”

    From MDM2, MDMX and p53 in oncogenesis and cancer therapy (2013) · cites this paper as [16]

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  1. Hengstermann, A., Linares, L. K., Ciechanover, A., Whitaker, N. J. & Scheffner, M. (2001) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98, 1218-1223.

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Authors
Linares, L. K., Hengstermann, A., Ciechanover, A., Müller, S., & Scheffner, M.
Affiliations
  • Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 52, 50931 Cologne, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry and The Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (IL)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2003-09-24
Volume
100
Issue
21
Pages
12009-12014
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2046135777
Cited by
361
References
38
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FWCI
4.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • KOPS (University of Konstanz) (submittedVersion)
Funders
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Heat shock proteins research
Keywords
HDMX, MDM2, p53 degradation, ubiquitination, E3 ubiquitin ligase, RING finger protein, protein degradation, tumor suppressor, protein-protein interaction, p53 accumulation
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Base Sequence, Cell Line, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Nuclear Proteins, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Transfection, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Ubiquitin, RNA, Small Interfering, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2, In Vitro Techniques

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