Reaction: S-[NEDD8-protein]-yl-[E2 NEDD8-conjugating enzyme]-L-cysteine + [cullin]-L-lysine = [E2 NEDD8-conjugating enzyme]-L-cysteine + N6-[NEDD8-protein]-yl-[cullin]-L-lysine
Glossary: NEDD = Neural-precursor-cell Expressed Developmentally Down-regulated protein
Other name(s): RBX1 (gene name)
Systematic name: S-[NEDD8-protein]-yl-[E2 NEDD8-conjugating enzyme]-L-cysteine:cullin [NEDD8-protein] transferase (isopeptide bond-forming; RING-type)
Comments: Some RING-type E3 ubiquitin transferase (EC 2.3.2.27) are not able to bind a substrate protein directly. Instead, they form a complex with a cullin scaffold protein and a substrate recognition module, which is named CRL for Cullin-RING-Ligase. The cullin protein needs to be activated by the ubiquitin-like protein NEDD8 in a process known as neddylation. The transfer of NEDD8 from a NEDD8-specific E2 enzyme onto the cullin protein is a secondary function of the RING-type E3 ubiquitin transferase in the CRL complex. The process requires auxiliary factors that belong to the DCN1 (defective in cullin neddylation 1) family.
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