UBA5 (human), recombinant protein

Protein function: E1-like enzyme which specifically catalyzes the first step in ufmylation (PubMed:15071506, PubMed:18442052, PubMed:25219498, PubMed:20368332, PubMed:27653677, PubMed:26929408, PubMed:27545674, PubMed:30412706, PubMed:27545681). Activates UFM1 by first adenylating its C-terminal glycine residue with ATP, and thereafter linking this residue to the side chain of a cysteine residue in E1, yielding a UFM1- E1 thioester and free AMP (PubMed:20368332, PubMed:27653677, PubMed:26929408, PubMed:30412706). Activates UFM1 via a trans-binding mechanism, in which UFM1 interacts with distinct sites in both subunits of the UBA5 homodimer (PubMed:27653677). Trans-binding also promotes stabilization of the UBA5 homodimer, and enhances ATP-binding (PubMed:29295865). Transfer of UFM1 from UBA5 to the E2-like enzyme UFC1 also takes place using a trans mechanism (PubMed:27653677). Ufmylation is involved in reticulophagy (also called ER-phagy) induced in response to endoplasmic reticulum stress (PubMed:32160526). Ufmylation is essential for erythroid differentiation of both megakaryocytes and erythrocytes. [The UniProt Consortium]