A specific subset of E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes regulate Parkin activation and mitophagy differently.

ABSTRACT: Loss-of-function mutations in the genes encoding PINK1 and Parkin (also known as PARK2) are the most common causes of recessive Parkinson's disease. Both together mediate the selective degradation of mitochondrial proteins and whole organelles via the proteasome and the autophagy-lysosome pathway (mitophagy). The mitochondrial kinase PINK1 activates and recruits the E3 ubiquitin ligase Parkin to de-energized mitochondria. However, the cognate E2 co-enzymes of Parkin in this ubiquitin-dependent pathway have not been investigated. Here, we discovered a total of four E2s that either positively or negatively regulate the activation, translocation and enzymatic functions of Parkin during mitochondrial quality control. UBE2D family members and UBE2L3 redundantly charged the RING-HECT hybrid liga

SUBMITTER: Fiesel FC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4132391 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature