Parkin His302 is required for optimal activation of Parkin ubiquitin E3 ligase activity at mitochondria in response to PINK1 activation by CCCP.
Wild-type HeLa cells were transfected with untagged wild-type (WT), and Ser65Ala (S65A)-, His302Ala (H302A)- or Cys431Phe (C431F)-mutant Parkin and stimulated with 10 μM of CCCP or DMSO for 6 h. Mitochondrial enriched extracts were incubated with a ubiquitin-binding resin derived from His-Halo-Ubiquilin UBA-domain tetramer (UBAUBQLN1). Captured ubiquitylated proteins were subjected to immunoblotting with CISD1 and ubiquitin antibodies. In parallel, mitochondrial input extracts were immunoblotted with Tomm70 antibody.