Table 4. Summary of protein stability and functions of UBA5 variants.
Variants | Thermal stability | ATP-binding defect ‡ | UFM1 activation | UFM1 transthiolation | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group IA | p.Ala371Thr | Decreased | No defect | Normal | Decreased |
p.Asp389Gly | Normal | No defect | Decreased | Decreased | |
p.Asp389Tyr | Normal | No defect | Decreased | Normal | |
Group IB | p.Arg72Cys | Decreased | No defect | Decreased | Normal |
p.Gln312Leu | Local destabilization† | No defect | Normal | Normal | |
Group II | p.Tyr53Phe | Normal | Strong | Decreased | N.A. |
p.Met57Val | Normal | Intermediate | Normal | Normal | |
p.Val260Met | Decreased | Intermediate | Decreased | N.A. | |
Group III | p.Arg55His | Normal | Strong | Near baseline | N.A. |
p.Gly168Glu | N.A.* | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | |
p.Leu254Pro | Decreased | Strong | Near baseline | N.A. | |
p.Cys303Arg | N.A.* | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
Insoluble in protein purification.
See Results and Figure 6B.
Strong, 4–5°C in Tm shift; intermediate, 6–8°C in Tm shift. Reference UBA5 shows 13 °C in Tm shift upon ATP addition.