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HUWE1

Chr Xp11.22

HECT, UBA and WWE domain containing E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 1

Aliases:
Ib772, KIAA0312, UREB1
MANE:
ENST00000262854.11

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • DDG2P

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Fetal anomalies

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • Intellectual disability

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Rare syndromic craniosynostosis or isolated multisuture synostosis

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • intellectual disability, X-linked syndromic, Turner type

    0.82
  • neurodegenerative disease

    0.56
  • hereditary disease

    0.49
  • Intellectual disability

    0.48
  • X-linked intellectual disability, Turner type

    0.46
  • type 2 diabetes mellitus

    0.41
  • non-syndromic X-linked intellectual disability

    0.40
  • Global developmental delay

    0.37
  • complex neurodevelopmental disorder

    0.37
  • X-linked non-syndromic intellectual disability

    0.37

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase HUWE1

E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase which mediates ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of target proteins (PubMed:15567145, PubMed:15767685, PubMed:15989957, PubMed:17567951, PubMed:18488021, PubMed:19037095, PubMed:19713937, PubMed:20534529, PubMed:30217973). Regulates apoptosis by catalyzing the polyubiquitination and degradation of MCL1 (PubMed:15989957). Mediates monoubiquitination of DNA polymerase beta (POLB) at 'Lys-41', 'Lys-61' and 'Lys-81', thereby playing a role in base-excision repair (PubMed:19713937). Also ubiquitinates the p53/TP53 tumor suppressor and core histones including H1, H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 (PubMed:15567145, PubMed:15767685, PubMed:15989956). Ubiquitinates MFN2 to negatively regulate mitochondrial fusion in response to decreased stearoylation of TFRC (PubMed:26214738). Ubiquitination of MFN2 also takes place following induction of mitophagy; AMBRA1 acts as a cofactor for HUWE1-mediated ubiquitination (PubMed:30217973). Regulates neural differentiation and proliferation by catalyzing the polyubiquitination and degradation of MYCN (PubMed:18488021). May regulate abundance of CDC6 after DNA damage by polyubiquitinating and targeting CDC6 to degradation (PubMed:17567951). Mediates polyubiquitination of isoform 2 of PA2G4 (PubMed:19037095). Acts in concert with MYCBP2 to regulate the circadian clock gene expression by promoting the lithium-induced ubiquitination and degradation of NR1D1 (PubMed:20534529). Binds to an upstream initiator-like sequence in the preprodynorphin gene (By similarity). Mediates HAPSTR1 degradation, but is also a required cofactor in the pathway by which HAPSTR1 governs stress signaling (PubMed:35776542). Acts as a regulator of the JNK and NF-kappa-B signaling pathways by mediating assembly of heterotypic 'Lys-63'-/'Lys-48'-linked branched ubiquitin chains that are then recognized by TAB2: HUWE1 mediates branching of 'Lys-48'-linked chains of substrates initially modified with 'Lys-63'-linked conjugates by TRAF6 (PubMed:27746020). 'Lys-63'-/'Lys-48'-linked branched ubiquitin chains protect 'Lys-63'-linkages from CYLD deubiquitination (PubMed:27746020). Ubiquitinates PPARA in hepatocytes (By similarity)

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

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