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Using the U-box E3 ligase CHIP [C-terminus of the Hsc (heat-shock cognate) 70-interacting protein] and the RING E3 ligase TRAF6 (tumour-necrosis-factor-receptor-associated factor 6) with the E2s Ubc13 (ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme 13)\u2013Uev1a (ubiquitin E2 variant 1a) and UbcH5a, in the present study we demonstrate that Ubc13\u2013Uev1a supports the formation of free Lys63-linked polyubiquitin chains not attached to CHIP or TRAF6, whereas UbcH5a catalyses the formation of polyubiquitin chains linked to CHIP and TRAF6 that lack specificity for any lysine residue of ubiquitin. Therefore the abilities of these E2s to ubiquitinate a substrate and to elongate polyubiquitin chains of a specific topology appear to be mutually exclusive. Thus two different classes of E2 may be required to attach a polyubiquitin chain of a particular topology to a substrate: the properties of one E2 are designed to mono-ubiquitinate a substrate with no or little inherent specificity for an acceptor lysine residue, whereas the properties of the second E2 are tailored to the elongation of a polyubiquitin chain using a defined lysine residue of ubiquitin.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1042\/bj20071338","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,1,15]],"date-time":"2008-01-15T11:06:26Z","timestamp":1200395186000},"page":"723-729","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1042\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":93,"title":["Two different classes of E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes are required for the mono-ubiquitination of proteins and elongation by polyubiquitin chains with a specific topology"],"prefix":"10.1042","volume":"409","author":[{"given":"Mark","family":"Windheim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, U.K."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mark","family":"Peggie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Signal Transduction Therapy, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, U.K."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Philip","family":"Cohen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, U.K."},{"name":"Division of Signal Transduction Therapy, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, U.K."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"288","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2008,1,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021112213435030000_B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"55","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bbamcr.2004.09.019","article-title":"Ubiquitin: structures, functions, mechanisms","volume":"1695","author":"Pickart","year":"2004","journal-title":"Biochim. 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