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. 2024 Jan 15;15:532. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44843-w

Fig. 6. UBR2 induces Lck activation by K63-ubiquitinating Lys99 and Lys276 residues of Lck.

Fig. 6

a Immunoprecipitations of the endogenous Lck with either UBR2 or DUSP22 proteins in the lysates of anti-CD3-stimulated murine primary T cells. b TCR signaling stimulated Lys63-linked ubiquitination and Tyr394 phosphorylation of Lck in murine primary T cells. Endogenous Lck immunocomplexes in the lysates of anti-CD3-stimulated T cells were immunoprecipitated with anti-Lck antibody and then subjected to immunoblotting. c Confocal microscopy analyses of PLA for the ubiquitinated and phosphorylated Lck in TCR-stimulated T cells of wild-type (WT) or UBR2 knockout mice using anti-Lck antibody plus either anti-ubiquitin (Lys63) or anti-phospho-Lck (Tyr394) antibodies. Red fluorescence represents the endogenous Lck proteins containing Lys63-linked ubiquitination or Tyr394 phosphorylation. Cell nuclei were stained with DAPI. d UBR2 induced Lck ubiquitination in vitro. Recombinant His-ubiquitin, E1 (UBE1), E2 (UBE2D3), Flag-Lck, and ATP were co-incubated in the ubiquitination buffer with E3 (Flag-tagged UBR2 or Flag-tagged UBR2 ligase-inactive mutant (C1210/1213A)) proteins. e The Lys99 and Lys276 residues were identified as ubiquitination sites of Lck by mass spectrometry analysis. K(ub), ubiquitinated lysine residue. f Immunoprecipitations of ubiquitinated Flag-tagged Lck with Myc-tagged UBR2 proteins in the lysates of indicated HEK293T transfectants. Flag-tagged Lck proteins were immunoprecipitated with anti-Flag antibody and then immunoblotted with anti-ubiquitin (Lys63) antibody or anti-Flag antibody. g Immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting analysis of Flag-tagged Lck with Tyr394 phosphorylated Lck proteins in the lysates of Jurkat T cells transfected with Flag-Lck (WT) or Flag-Lck (K99/276R) plasmid. h Confocal microscopy analyses of PLA for the ubiquitinated Lck and Tyr394-phosphorylated Lck in TCR-stimulated Jurkat transfectants using anti-Lck plus anti-ubiquitin (Lys63) and anti-phospho-Lck (Tyr394) antibodies, respectively. Red fluorescence represents the endogenous Lck proteins containing Lys63-linked ubiquitination or Tyr394 phosphorylation. Cell nuclei were stained with DAPI. i Double mutations (K99/276R) of Lck inhibited phosphorylation of Lck at Tyr394 residue by in vitro kinase assay. j In vitro ubiquitin E3 ligase assay in combination with kinase assay showed that ubiquitination-deficient Lck inhibited Lys63-linked polyubiquitination-induced trans-autophosphorylation of Lck by UBR2. Arrow, intact UBR2 protein; asterisk, degraded UBR2 protein.