Biology:CBLL1

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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The E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase Hakai (HAKAI) also known as Casitas B-lineage lymphoma-transforming sequence-like protein 1 (CBLL1) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CBLL1 gene.[1] This gene encodes an E3 ubiquitin ligase for the E-cadherin complex and mediates its ubiquitination, endocytosis, and degradation in the lysosomes. The encoded protein contains a RING-finger domain and is also thought to have a role in control of cell proliferation.

Function

Hakai functions as a RING finger domain-containing E3 ubiquitin ligase for E-cadherin. Hakai mediates E-cadherin ubiquitination and its degradation by proteasomes. "Hakai" means "destruction" in Japanese. Proteosomal degradation of E-cadherin can be regulated by phosphorylation. The Hakai binding site is a part of the E-cadherin cytoplasmic domain that contains several tyrosines.[2] Tyrosine kinases such as Src and Met can phosphorylate E-cadherin and enhance Hakai binding to E-cadherin.[3] Two lysines of the E-cadherin cytoplasmic domain have been shown to be sites for ubiquitination.[4] Hakai also interacts with polypyrimidine tract-binding protein-associated splicing factor.[5]

See also

  • CBL (gene); the gene name "CBLL1" comes from "Cbl-like protein 1"

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.