UBA7
Function
E1-activating enzyme that catalyzes the covalent conjugation of the ubiquitin-like protein product of ISG15 to additional interferon stimulated proteins (ISGs) as well as other cellular proteins such as P53 in a process termed protein ISGylation (PubMed:27545325). Plays an essential role in antiviral immunity together with ISG15 by restricting the replication of many viruses including rabies virus, influenza virus, sindbis virus, rotavirus or human cytomegalovirus (PubMed:16254333, PubMed:19073728, PubMed:29056542, PubMed:29743376, PubMed:37722521). For example, ISG15 modification of influenza A protein NS1 disrupts the association of the NS1 with importin-alpha leading to NS1 nuclear import inhibition (PubMed:20133869). ISGylation of human cytomegalovirs protein UL26 regulates its stability and inhibits its activities to suppress NF-kappa-B signaling (PubMed:27564865).
Pathway
Protein modification; protein ubiquitination.
Post-translational modifications
ISGylated.
Ubiquitinated by RNF170.
Sequence Similarities
Belongs to the ubiquitin-activating E1 family.
Tissue Specificity
Expressed in a variety of normal and tumor cell types, but is reduced in lung cancer cell lines.
Cellular localization
- Cytoplasm
- Nucleus
Alternative names
UBE1L, UBE2, UBA7, Ubiquitin-like modifier-activating enzyme 7, Ubiquitin-activating enzyme 7, D8, Ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1 homolog