RING-CH finger, H2 subclass (C4HC3-type), found in membrane-associated RING-CH2 (MARCH2)
MARCH2, also known as membrane-associated RING finger protein 2, membrane-associated RING-CH protein II (MARCH-II), or RING finger protein 172 (RNF172), is a Golgi-localized, membrane-associated E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase that is involved in endosomal trafficking through the binding of syntaxin 6 (STX6). It is involved in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-associated ligand (CAL)-mediated ubiquitination and lysosomal degradation of mature CFTR through the association with adaptor proteins CAL and STX6. It also reduces the surface expression of CD86 and the transferrin receptor TFRC and regulates cell surface carvedilol-bound beta2-adrenergic receptor (beta2AR) expression. Moreover, MARCH2 interacts with and ubiquitinates PDZ domains polarity determining scaffold protein DLG1 through its PDZ-binding motif, suggesting it may function as a molecular bridge with ubiquitin ligase activity connecting endocytic tumor suppressor proteins such as syntaxins to DLG1. MARCH2 contains a C4HC3-type RING-CH finger, also known as vRING or RINGv, a variant of C3H2C3-type RING-H2 finger, in the N-terminal cytoplasmic region, two transmembrane domains in the middle region, and a PDZ-binding motif at the C-terminus.
Comment:based on the structure of human MARCH8 with bound Zn2+ ions through its RING-CH finger
Comment:RING-CH finger (C4HC3-type)
Comment:A RING finger typically binds two zinc atoms, with its Cys and/or His side chains in a unique "cross-brace" arrangement.
Comment:The RING fingers found in MARCH proteins have an unusual arrangement of zinc-coordinating residues: The conserved helix complete with tryptophan at the C-terminal end is present but the cysteines and histidines are arranged in the sequence as C4HC3-type, rather than the typical C3H2C3-type in RING-H2 finger.
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