Modified RING finger, HC subclass (C2H2C4-type), found in protein MDM4 and similar proteins
MDM4, also known as double minute 4 protein (Hdm4), MDM2-like p53-binding protein, protein MDMX, HDMX, or p53-binding protein MDM4, exerts its oncogenic activity predominantly by binding p53 tumor suppressor and blocking its transcriptional activity. MDM4 is phosphorylated and destabilized in response to DNA damage stress. It can also be specifically dephosphorylated by directly interacting with protein phosphatase 1 (PP1), which may increase its stability and thus inhibit p53 activity. Meanwhile, MDM4 has a p53-independent role in tumorigenesis and cell growth regulation. MDM4 contains an N-terminal p53-binding domain and a C-terminal modified C2H2C4-type RING-HC finger responsible for its hetero-oligomerization, which is crucial for the suppression of P53 activity during embryonic development and the recruitment of E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes. MDM4 also harbors a RanBP2-type zinc finger (zf-RanBP2) domain near the central acidic region.
Comment:The third conserved zinc-binding residue, cysteine, is replaced by histidine in this family.
Comment:consensus of the typical C3HC4-type RING-HC finger: C-X2-C-X(9-39)-C-X(1-3)-H-X(2-3)-C-X2-C-X(4-48)-C-X2-C, X is any amino acid and the number of X residues varies in different fingers.
Comment:A RING finger typically binds two zinc atoms, with its Cys and/or His side chains in a unique "cross-brace" arrangement.
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