Deletion of the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Ubc2 confers resistance to methylmercury in budding yeast by promoting Whi2 degradation

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  • Hwang Gi-Wook
    Laboratory of Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University
  • Mastuyama Fujio
    Laboratory of Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University
  • Takahashi Tsutomu
    Laboratory of Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University
  • Lee Jin-Yong
    Laboratory of Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University
  • Naganuma Akira
    Laboratory of Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University

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Abstract

Ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes involved in sensitivity to methylmercury in yeast were identified by deletion analysis, which showed that Ubc2- or Ubp13-deficiency conferred resistance to methylmercury. Whi2, which was previously shown to be associated with increased methylmercury toxicity and is intracellularly degraded via the ubiquitin-proteasome system, was expressed at significantly lower levels in Ubc2-deficient yeast than in wild-type yeast. Ubc2/Whi2 double-deficient yeast showed neither an additive nor synergistic increase in methylmercury resistance. Our results indicate that Ubc2 may increase the sensitivity to methylmercury in yeast by inhibiting the proteasomal degradation of Whi2.

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