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    FEBS Lett. 2004 Jan 16;557(1-3):209-14.

    NIRF is a ubiquitin ligase that is capable of ubiquitinating PCNP, a PEST-containing nuclear protein.

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    Department of Biochemistry, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.

    Abstract

    We previously reported the association of a novel Np95/ICBP90-like RING finger protein (NIRF) with a novel PEST-containing nuclear protein (PCNP). NIRF is a nuclear protein with a ubiquitin-like domain, a PHD finger, a YDG/SRA domain, Rb-binding motifs and a RING finger. In this study, we showed that NIRF has auto-ubiquitination activity, the hallmark of a ubiquitin ligase. PCNP was readily ubiquitinated in 293 and COS-7 cells, and NIRF ubiquitinated PCNP in vitro as well as in vivo. Considering that NIRF is implicated in cell cycle regulation, these findings suggest that NIRF and PCNP are a ubiquitin ligase and its substrate, respectively, and may constitute a novel signaling pathway with some relation to cell proliferation.

    PMID:
    14741369
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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