DTL
Developmental stage
Expressed in all fetal tissues examined, included brain, lung, liver, and kidney. Protein levels peak at G1 and decrease through S-phase.
Function
Substrate-specific adapter of a DCX (DDB1-CUL4-X-box) E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase complex required for cell cycle control, DNA damage response and translesion DNA synthesis. The DCX(DTL) complex, also named CRL4(CDT2) complex, mediates the polyubiquitination and subsequent degradation of CDT1, CDKN1A/p21(CIP1), FBH1, KMT5A and SDE2 (PubMed:16861906, PubMed:16949367, PubMed:16964240, PubMed:17085480, PubMed:18703516, PubMed:18794347, PubMed:18794348, PubMed:19332548, PubMed:20129063, PubMed:23478441, PubMed:23478445, PubMed:23677613, PubMed:27906959). CDT1 degradation in response to DNA damage is necessary to ensure proper cell cycle regulation of DNA replication (PubMed:16861906, PubMed:16949367, PubMed:17085480). CDKN1A/p21(CIP1) degradation during S phase or following UV irradiation is essential to control replication licensing (PubMed:18794348, PubMed:19332548). KMT5A degradation is also important for a proper regulation of mechanisms such as TGF-beta signaling, cell cycle progression, DNA repair and cell migration (PubMed:23478445). Most substrates require their interaction with PCNA for their polyubiquitination: substrates interact with PCNA via their PIP-box, and those containing the 'K+4' motif in the PIP box, recruit the DCX(DTL) complex, leading to their degradation. In undamaged proliferating cells, the DCX(DTL) complex also promotes the 'Lys-164' monoubiquitination of PCNA, thereby being involved in PCNA-dependent translesion DNA synthesis (PubMed:20129063, PubMed:23478441, PubMed:23478445, PubMed:23677613). The DDB1-CUL4A-DTL E3 ligase complex regulates the circadian clock function by mediating the ubiquitination and degradation of CRY1 (PubMed:26431207).
Pathway
Protein modification; protein ubiquitination.
Post-translational modifications
Ubiquitinated by the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C). Autoubiquitinated through 'Lys-48'-polyubiquitin chains in a PCNA-independent reaction, allowing proteasomal turnover. Polyubiquitinated by SCF(FBXO11) when not phosphorylated, leading to its degradation. A tight regulation of the polyubiquitination by SCF(FBXO11) is involved in the control of different processes such as TGF-beta signaling, cell cycle progression and exit.
Phosphorylated at Thr-464 by CDK1/Cyclin-B and CDK2/Cyclin-A but not by CDK2/Cyclin-E, MAPK1 or PLK1. Phosphorylation at Thr-464 inhibits the interaction with FBXO11 and decreases upon cell cycle exit induced by TGF-beta or serum starvation.
Sequence Similarities
Belongs to the WD repeat cdt2 family.
Tissue Specificity
Expressed in placenta and testis, very low expression seen in skeletal muscle. Detected in all hematopoietic tissues examined, with highest expression in thymus and bone marrow. A low level detected in the spleen and lymph node, and barely detectable level in the peripheral leukocytes. RA treatment down-regulated the expression in NT2 cell.
Cellular localization
- Nucleus
- Nucleus membrane
- Peripheral membrane protein
- Nucleoplasmic side
- Cytoplasm
- Cytoskeleton
- Microtubule organizing center
- Centrosome
- Chromosome
- Nuclear matrix-associated protein. Translocates from the interphase nucleus to the metaphase cytoplasm during mitosis.
Alternative names
CDT2, CDW1, DCAF2, L2DTL, RAMP, DTL, Denticleless protein homolog, DDB1- and CUL4-associated factor 2, Lethal(2) denticleless protein homolog, Retinoic acid-regulated nuclear matrix-associated protein