start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=411 cd-vols= no-issue=3 article-no= start-page=555 end-page=561 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2011 dt-pub=20110805 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Ubiquitin chains in the Dsk2 UBL domain mediate Dsk2 stability and protein degradation in yeast en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Ubiquitin-like (UBL)-ubiquitin-associated (UBA) proteins, including Dsk2 and Rad23, act as delivery factors that target polyubiquitinated substrates to the proteasome. We report here that the Dsk2 UBL domain is ubiquitinated in yeast cells and that Dsk2 ubiquitination of the UBL domain is involved in Dsk2 stability, depending on the Dsk2 UBA domain. Also, Dsk2 lacking ubiquitin chains impaired ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation and decreased the interaction of Dsk2 with polyubiquitinated proteins in cells. Moreover, Dsk2 ubiquitination affected ability to restore the temperature-sensitive growth defect of dsk2 Delta. These results indicate that ubiquitination in the UBL domain of Dsk2 has in vivo functions in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in yeast. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=SekiguchiTakeshi en-aut-sei=Sekiguchi en-aut-mei=Takeshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=SasakiToru en-aut-sei=Sasaki en-aut-mei=Toru kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=FunakoshiMinoru en-aut-sei=Funakoshi en-aut-mei=Minoru kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=IshiiTakashi en-aut-sei=Ishii en-aut-mei=Takashi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=SaitohYoh-hei en-aut-sei=Saitoh en-aut-mei=Yoh-hei kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanekoShu-ichi en-aut-sei=Kaneko en-aut-mei=Shu-ichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=KobayashiHideki en-aut-sei=Kobayashi en-aut-mei=Hideki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Center for Faculty Development, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Center for Faculty Development, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University affil-num=7 en-affil= kn-affil=Center for Faculty Development, Okayama University en-keyword=UBL–UBA protein kn-keyword=UBL–UBA protein en-keyword=Dsk2 kn-keyword=Dsk2 en-keyword=UBL domain kn-keyword=UBL domain en-keyword=UBA domain kn-keyword=UBA domain en-keyword=Ubiquitin kn-keyword=Ubiquitin en-keyword=Proteasome kn-keyword=Proteasome END