Lysine-63-linked ubiquitination is required for endolysosomal degradation of class I molecules
Open Access
- 6 April 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in The EMBO Journal
- Vol. 25 (8), 1635-1645
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.emboj.7601056
Abstract
MHC class I molecules display peptides from endogenous and viral proteins for immunosurveillance by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). The importance of the class I pathway is emphasised by the remarkable strategies employed by different viruses to downregulate surface class I and avoid CTL recognition. The K3 gene product from Kaposi's sarcoma‐associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a viral ubiquitin E3 ligase which ubiquitinates and degrades cell surface MHC class I molecules. We now show that modification of K3‐associated class I by lysine‐63‐linked polyubiquitin chains is necessary for their efficient endocytosis and endolysosomal degradation and present three lines of evidence that monoubiquitination of class I molecules provides an inefficient internalisation signal. This lysine‐63‐linked polyubiquitination requires both UbcH5b/c and Ubc13‐conjugating enzymes for initiating mono‐ and subsequent polyubiquitination of class I, and the clathrin‐dependent internalisation is mediated by the epsin endocytic adaptor. Our results explain how lysine‐63‐linked polyubiquitination leads to degradation by an endolysosomal pathway and demonstrate a novel mechanism for endocytosis and endolysosomal degradation of class I, which may be applicable to other receptors.This publication has 52 references indexed in Scilit:
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