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Identification of a novel K311 ubiquitination site critical for androgen receptor transcriptional activity

McClurg, U, Cork, DM, Darby, Steven, Ryan-Munden, CA, Nakjang, S, Mendes-Côrtes, L, Treumann, A, Gaughan, L and Robson, CN (2016) Identification of a novel K311 ubiquitination site critical for androgen receptor transcriptional activity. Nucleic Acids Research, 45 (4). pp. 1793-1804. ISSN 0305-1048

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Abstract

The androgen receptor (AR) is the main driver ofprostate cancer (PC) development and progression,and the primary therapeutic target in PC. To date,two functional ubiquitination sites have been iden-tified on AR, both located in its C-terminal ligandbinding domain (LBD). Recent reports highlight theemergence of AR splice variants lacking the LBD thatcan arise during disease progression and contributeto castrate resistance. Here, we report a novel N-terminal ubiquitination site at lysine 311. Ubiquitina-tion of this site plays a role in AR stability and is crit-ical for its transcriptional activity. Inactivation of thissite causes AR to accumulate on chromatin and inac-tivates its transcriptional function as a consequenceof inability to bind to p300. Additionally, mutation atlysine 311 affects cellular transcriptome altering theexpression of genes involved in chromatin organiza-tion, signaling, adhesion, motility, development andmetabolism. Even though this site is present in clini-cally relevant AR-variants it can only be ubiquitinatedin cells when AR retains LBD suggesting a role for ARC-terminus in E2/E3 substrate recognition. We reportthat as a consequence AR variants lacking the LBDcannot be ubiquitinated in the cellular environmentand their protein turnover must be regulated via analternate pathway.

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Item ID: 7148
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkw1162
ISSN: 0305-1048
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/7148
Official URL: https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/45/4/1793/260...

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ORCID for Steven Darby: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7226-8634

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Date Deposited: 11 Apr 2017 13:52
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2020 14:45

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Author: Steven Darby ORCID iD
Author: U McClurg
Author: DM Cork
Author: CA Ryan-Munden
Author: S Nakjang
Author: L Mendes-Côrtes
Author: A Treumann
Author: L Gaughan
Author: CN Robson

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Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing
Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing > School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Sciences > Biomedical Sciences

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