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. 2017 Apr 26;7:1175. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01344-9

Figure 4.

Figure 4

CRL4BDCAF11 E3 ligase ubiquitinated p21 at K16, K154, K161 and K163. (A) Possible ubiquitination sites of p21. The amino acid sequence of p21 contains six lysines. (B,C) CRL4BDCAF11 E3 ligase ubiquitinated p21 at K16, K154, K161 and K163 in vitro. Purified His-p21 and p21 mutants, including p21K16R, p21K75R, p21K141R, p21K154R, p21K161R, p21K163R, p21K154R K161R K163R, p21K16R K161R K163R, p21K16R K154R K163R, p21K16R K154R K161R and p21K16R K154R K161R K163R, were incubated with E1, E2, and CUL4B-Flag in ubiquitination reaction buffer, followed by immunoblotting for p21. (D) CRL4BDCAF11 E3 ligase ubiquitinated p21 in vivo. U2OS cells were transfected with p21-Flag and HA-Ubiquitin, followed by retroviral infection of CUL4B shRNA. After 48 h, cells were lysed, immunoprecipitated with Flag antibody, and then probed with anti-HA antibody for ubiquitinated p21. Right, demonstrated knockdown of CUL4B by shRNA. (E) CRL4BDCAF11 E3 ligase ubiquitinated p21 at K16, K154, K161 and K163 in vivo. U2OS cells were transfected with HA-Ubiquitin and p21-Flag or mutations, including p21K75R-Flag, p21K141R-Flag, p21K154R K161R K163R-Flag (K16), p21K16R K161R K163R-Flag (K154), p21K16R K154R K163R-Flag (K161), p21K16R K154R K161R-Flag (K163) and p21K16R K154R K161R K163R-Flag (4 M). After 48 h, cells were lysed, immunoprecipitated with Flag antibody, and then probed with anti-HA antibody for ubiquitinated p21.