ubc-18 Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 ubc-18 [Caenorhabditis elegans] - Gene

Summary

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Official Symbol: ubc-18
Official Full Name: Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 ubc-18
Primary source: WormBase:WBGene00006713
Locus tag: CELE_R01H2.6
See related: AllianceGenome:WB:WBGene00006713
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Caenorhabditis elegans (strain: Bristol N2)
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Nematoda; Chromadorea; Rhabditida; Rhabditina; Rhabditomorpha; Rhabditoidea; Rhabditidae; Peloderinae; Caenorhabditis
Summary: Enables ubiquitin conjugating enzyme activity and ubiquitin protein ligase binding activity. Involved in several processes, including determination of adult lifespan; embryonic digestive tract morphogenesis; and ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process. Acts upstream of or within animal organ morphogenesis. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Is expressed in germ line. Orthologous to several human genes including UBE2L3 (ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 L3) and UBE2L5 (ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 L5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Nov 2024]
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Genomic context

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Location:: chromosome: III

Exon count:: 4

Sequence:: Chromosome: III; NC_003281.10 (7067686..7068570, complement)

Chromosome III - NC_003281.10 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:: NC_003281.10

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Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

genetic and biochemical studies show that UBCH7 (UBC-18) and the RBR E3 HHARI (ARI-1) coordinate with CDC34 (UBC-3) and an SCF E3 complex to ubiquitinate a common substrate, a SKP1-related protein.
Title: Two functionally distinct E2/E3 pairs coordinate sequential ubiquitination of a common substrate in Caenorhabditis elegans development.
UBC-18 plays a distinct role together with ETC-1 in regulating the cytoplasmic level of IFY-1 during meiosis in C. elegans
Title: HECT-E3 ligase ETC-1 regulates securin and cyclin B1 cytoplasmic abundance to promote timely anaphase during meiosis in C. elegans.
results indicate that WWP-1 and UBC-18 function to ubiquitinate substrates that regulate diet-restriction-induced longevity
Title: A conserved ubiquitination pathway determines longevity in response to diet restriction.
LIN-35 and UBC-18 act through distinct mechanisms to negatively regulate SUP-35 expression.
Title: A mechanistic basis for the coordinated regulation of pharyngeal morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans by LIN-35/Rb and UBC-18-ARI-1.
lin-35 and ubc-18 may act in concert to regulate the levels of one or more critical targets during C. elegans development
Title: lin-35/Rb and ubc-18, an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, function redundantly to control pharyngeal morphogenesis in C. elegans.

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Pathways from PubChem

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

R01H2.6 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:316922

Homology

Orthologs from OrthoDB

Gene Ontology Provided by WormBase

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables protein binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed
enables transferase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables ubiquitin conjugating enzyme activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables ubiquitin conjugating enzyme activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables ubiquitin conjugating enzyme activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables ubiquitin protein ligase binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within animal organ morphogenesis	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in determination of adult lifespan	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in embryonic digestive tract morphogenesis	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in protein modification by small protein conjugation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in protein polyubiquitination	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in protein ubiquitination	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in protein ubiquitination	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
is_active_in nucleus	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 ubc-18

NP_498541.1

Confirmed by transcript evidence

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

NC_003281.10 Reference assembly

Range

7067686..7068570 complement

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mRNA and Protein(s)

NM_066140.7 → NP_498541.1 Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 ubc-18 [Caenorhabditis elegans]

See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_498541.1

Status: REVIEWED

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

Q21633

Conserved Domains (1) summary

cd00195
Location:4 → 144

UBCc; Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2, catalytic (UBCc) domain. This is part of the ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation pathway in which a thiol-ester linkage forms between a conserved cysteine and the C-terminus of ubiquitin and complexes with ubiquitin ...