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The F-box protein family
E T Kipreos et al. Genome Biol. 2000.
Abstract
The F-box is a protein motif of approximately 50 amino acids that functions as a site of protein-protein interaction. F-box proteins were first characterized as components of SCF ubiquitin-ligase complexes (named after their main components, Skp I, Cullin, and an F-box protein), in which they bind substrates for ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis. The F-box motif links the F-box protein to other components of the SCF complex by binding the core SCF component Skp I. F-box proteins have more recently been discovered to function in non-SCF protein complexes in a variety of cellular functions. There are 11 F-box proteins in budding yeast, 326 predicted in Caenorhabditis elegans, 22 in Drosophila, and at least 38 in humans. F-box proteins often include additional carboxy-terminal motifs capable of protein-protein interaction; the most common secondary motifs in yeast and human F-box proteins are WD repeats and leucine-rich repeats, both of which have been found to bind phosphorylated substrates to the SCF complex. The majority of F-box proteins have other associated motifs, and the functions of most of these proteins have not yet been defined.
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Figure 1
The F-box consensus sequence. The consensus was derived from the alignment of 234 sequences used to create the Pfam F-box profile [30]; the single-letter amino-acid code is used. Bold and underlined capital letters signify residues found in over 40% of the F-box sequences; bold, non-underlined, capital letters signify residues found in 20-40% of the F-boxes; bold lower case letters indicate residues found in 15-19% of the F-boxes; and non-bold lower case letters indicate residues found in 10-14% of the F-boxes. A minority of F-boxes contain small insertions in the alignment after positions 11 or 24, or small (1-3 residue gaps) at various locations.
Figure 2
F-box protein functions. (a) The SCF complex. The F-box protein is linked to the SCF complex via interaction between the F-box and Skp1. A ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (Ubc) binds to the SCF complex and transfers ubiquitin (Ub) onto substrates bound by the F-box protein. When the substrate becomes poly-ubiquitinated, it is degraded by the 26S proteasome. (b) Skp1 binds to the F-box of Ctf13, facilitating Ctf13 phosphorylation, which allows Ctf13 to form the structural core of the CBF3 centromere-binding complex. (c) The F-box of Elongin A binds Elongin C (El C). The association of Elongins B and C with A increases Elongin A transcriptional activity. (d) The FOG-2/GLD-1 complex binds the 3' UTR of tra-2 mRNA to translationally repress it. The function of the F-box of FOG-2 is currently unknown. (e) Cyclin F binds to cyclin B1-cdc2 through a direct association of the cyclin F 'cyclin box' with the CRS domain of cyclin B1, and may be required for cyclin B1 nuclear localization. The function of the F-box of cyclin F is unknown. NLS, nuclear localization signal.
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