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Vol. 11, Issue 7, 2315-2325, July 2000

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*Molecular Biology and Virology Laboratory, The Salk Institute,
10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037;
Polyubiquitination marks proteins for degradation by the 26S
proteasome and is carried out by a cascade of enzymes that includes ubiquitin-activating enzymes (E1s), ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (E2s), and ubiquitin ligases (E3s). The anaphase-promoting complex or
cyclosome (APC/C) comprises a multisubunit ubiquitin ligase that
mediates mitotic progression. Here, we provide evidence that the
Saccharomyces cerevisiae RING-H2 finger protein Apc11
defines the minimal ubiquitin ligase activity of the APC. We found that the integrity of the Apc11p RING-H2 finger was essential for budding yeast cell viability, Using purified, recombinant proteins we showed
that Apc11p interacted directly with the Ubc4 ubiquitin conjugating
enzyme (E2). Furthermore, purified Apc11p was capable of mediating E1-
and E2-dependent ubiquitination of protein substrates, including Clb2p,
in vitro. The ability of Apc11p to act as an E3 was dependent on the
integrity of the RING-H2 finger, but did not require the presence of
the cullin-like APC subunit Apc2p. We suggest that Apc11p is
responsible for recruiting E2s to the APC and for mediating the
subsequent transfer of ubiquitin to APC substrates in vivo.
Center for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z4H4; and
§Graduate Program in Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular
Biology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
21205
C.A.P.J. and A.M.P. contributed equally to
this work.
Corresponding author. E-mail address: hunter{at}salk.edu.
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