FBXW8

UniProt ID: Q8N3Y1
Organism: Homo sapiens
Review Status: COMPLETE
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Gene Description

FBXW8 (FBW8, FBX29) is an F-box/WD40-repeat protein that serves as the substrate-recognition subunit of a distinctive vertebrate-specific cullin-RING ubiquitin ligase. Unlike most F-box proteins, which assemble into the canonical SCF (SKP1-CUL1) ligase, FBXW8 is the exclusive F-box partner of CUL7, forming the CUL7-RING(FBXW8) (CRL7(FBXW8)) complex composed of CUL7, SKP1, RBX1 and FBXW8. Structural and biochemical work shows that CUL7 binds FBXW8 through an unusual F-box-independent mode and that, within CRL7(FBXW8), the RBX1 RING domain is held in an orientation incompatible with charging E2~ubiquitin/E2~NEDD8; the complex therefore lacks intrinsic catalytic activity and instead acts as a substrate receptor that couples, via SKP1-FBXW8, to a separately neddylated CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module that performs ubiquitin transfer. As an adaptor, FBXW8 selects substrates for polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. Documented substrates include insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1), recognized after S6-kinase phosphorylation in an mTOR-dependent manner (linking FBXW8 to insulin/IGF-1 signaling and cellular senescence); the Golgi stacking protein GORASP1/GRASP65, whose degradation, together with the scaffold OBSL1 that localizes CUL7(FBXW8) to the Golgi, controls Golgi morphology and dendrite patterning in neurons; the Ste20-family kinase MAP4K1/HPK1, recognized when autophosphorylated; phosphorylated cyclin D1 (CCND1), recognized after ERK/MAPK-dependent Thr286 phosphorylation and degraded in the cytoplasm during S phase; the chromatin-associated MRFAP1, degraded around anaphase-telophase; and adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL/PNPLA2), K48-polyubiquitinated by a Golgi-localized CUL7-FBXW8 complex to restrain lipolysis. FBXW8 carries a polybasic N-terminal region that binds Golgi phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PtdIns4P), coupling intracellular glucose status to recruitment of the CUL7-FBXW8 ligase to the Golgi. FBXW8 is also an associated component of the CUL7-OBSL1-CCDC8 "3M complex" implicated in microtubule and genome integrity and growth (3M syndrome), and is required in mouse models for placental development and fetal growth. FBXW8 is a cytoplasmic protein that also localizes to the perinuclear region and Golgi apparatus.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0060271 cilium assembly
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Phylogenetic (IBA) assignment of cilium assembly involvement, inferred from the FBXW family. Human FBXW8 has no direct experimental evidence for ciliogenesis (that role is documented for its paralog FBXW5 via kinesin-13 degradation).
Reason: Plausible family-level inference but unsupported by direct human FBXW8 evidence; the well-characterized functions are CUL7-dependent degradation of IRS1, GORASP1, HPK1 and cyclin D1.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Substrate-recognition component of the Cul7-RING(FBXW8) ubiquitin ligase complex
GO:0016567 protein ubiquitination
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Phylogenetic assignment of protein ubiquitination, the general process FBXW8 participates in as a substrate-recognition adaptor of CRL7(FBXW8).
Reason: Correct but generic; the SCF/CUL7-dependent proteasomal catabolic process annotations are more specific.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
mediates the ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of target proteins
GO:0031467 Cul7-RING ubiquitin ligase complex
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Phylogenetic assignment of CUL7-RING complex membership, the core complex for FBXW8 as the exclusive F-box partner of CUL7.
Reason: Core complex; FBXW8 is the substrate-recognition subunit of CRL7(FBXW8), supported by IDA and structural evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Component of the Cul7-RING(FBXW8) complex consisting of CUL7, RBX1, SKP1 and FBXW8
GO:0005814 centriole
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Phylogenetic (IBA) assignment of centriolar localization/activity, inferred from family members. Human FBXW8 evidence places it in cytoplasm/perinuclear/Golgi; CUL7 (its partner) has reported centrosomal localization within the 3M complex.
Reason: Family-level inference; centrosomal association is documented for the CUL7-OBSL1-CCDC8 3M complex but direct FBXW8 centriolar activity is not established in human.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24793695
regulate the level and centrosomal localization of CUL7
GO:0036064 ciliary basal body
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Phylogenetic assignment of ciliary basal body activity, inferred from the family. Not directly supported for human FBXW8.
Reason: Family-level inference without direct human FBXW8 evidence; documented FBXW8 localizations are cytoplasm, perinuclear region and Golgi.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, perinuclear region {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21572988}.
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Electronic assignment of cytoplasmic localization, consistent with the experimentally documented cytoplasmic localization of FBXW8.
Reason: Correct core localization with experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
GO:0005794 Golgi apparatus
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: Electronic transfer of Golgi localization from UniProt subcellular location, consistent with the experimentally documented Golgi localization where FBXW8 (CUL7) controls Golgi morphology.
Reason: Correct localization; CUL7(FBXW8) localizes to the Golgi complex and regulates Golgi morphology, supported by IDA.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Golgi apparatus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21572988}.
GO:0048471 perinuclear region of cytoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: Electronic transfer of perinuclear localization from UniProt subcellular location, consistent with documented perinuclear/Golgi localization.
Reason: Correct localization with experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, perinuclear region {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21572988}.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:15070733
M-phase kinases induce phospho-dependent ubiquitination of s...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: IntAct interaction with SKP1 (P63208), the adaptor linking FBXW8 into the CRL7 complex. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records the FBXW8-SKP1 interaction but bare protein binding is uninformative; complex membership is captured by the CUL7-RING/SCF complex annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Q8N3Y1; P63208: SKP1; NbExp=6; IntAct=EBI-914770, EBI-307486
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17314511
Large-scale identification of c-MYC-associated proteins usin...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: TAP/MudPIT interaction capturing FBXW8 association with MYC (P01106). Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput interaction; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Q8N3Y1; P01106: MYC; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-914770, EBI-447544
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:27705803
A High-Density Map for Navigating the Human Polycomb Complex...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Polycomb complexome AP-MS map capturing an FBXW8 interaction. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput interaction; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Q8N3Y1; P63208: SKP1; NbExp=6; IntAct=EBI-914770, EBI-307486
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:33961781
Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Cell-specific interactome capturing an FBXW8 interaction. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput interactome; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Q8N3Y1; P63208: SKP1; NbExp=6; IntAct=EBI-914770, EBI-307486
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:40205054
Multimodal cell maps as a foundation for structural and func...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Multimodal cell-map study capturing an FBXW8 interaction. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput interaction; bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Q8N3Y1; P63208: SKP1; NbExp=6; IntAct=EBI-914770, EBI-307486
GO:0005829 cytosol
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: Ortholog-based assignment of cytosolic site of action, consistent with the documented cytosolic localization (phospho-Ser85-dependent for IRS1 ubiquitination).
Reason: Correct localization; FBXW8 acts in the cytosol/cytoplasm, consistent with experimental evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Note=Localizes to the cytosol when phosphorylated at Ser-85, promoting IRS1 ubiquitination.
GO:0006511 ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: Ortholog-based assignment of ubiquitin-dependent catabolism, the core biological process for FBXW8 as a substrate receptor directing targets to degradation.
Reason: Correct core biological process; FBXW8 directs substrates (IRS1, cyclin D1, HPK1) to ubiquitin-dependent degradation. The more specific proteasome-mediated/SCF-dependent catabolic process annotations are also present.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
mediates the ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of target proteins
GO:0016567 protein ubiquitination
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Combined automated assignment of protein ubiquitination, redundant with the IBA/IDA ubiquitination annotations.
Reason: Correct but generic; redundant with more specific catabolic-process annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
PATHWAY: Protein modification; protein ubiquitination.
GO:0019005 SCF ubiquitin ligase complex
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Ortholog-based assignment of SCF complex membership. FBXW8's defining complex is CRL7(FBXW8)/CUL7-RING; however, structural data show its catalytic coupling occurs via SKP1-FBXW8 to a CUL1-RBX1 module, so an SCF/CUL1 association is justified.
Reason: The primary, well-defined complex is CUL7-RING(FBXW8); SCF/CUL1 membership reflects the catalytic-coupling partnership rather than the canonical receptor assembly.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:35982156
CRL7 serves as a substrate receptor linked via SKP1-FBXW8 to a neddylated CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module mediating ubiquitination
GO:0031467 Cul7-RING ubiquitin ligase complex
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: Ortholog-based assignment of CUL7-RING complex membership, the defining core complex of FBXW8.
Reason: Core complex; redundant with IDA and structural evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Component of the Cul7-RING(FBXW8) complex consisting of CUL7, RBX1, SKP1 and FBXW8
GO:0032436 positive regulation of proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Ortholog-based assignment of positive regulation of proteasomal catabolism, consistent with FBXW8 driving substrate degradation. Somewhat redundant with the direct catabolic-process annotations.
Reason: Correct in spirit (FBXW8 promotes substrate degradation) but the direct proteasome-mediated catabolic process annotations are more accurate; FBXW8 directly mediates rather than regulates degradation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
mediates the ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of target proteins
GO:1990756 ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: Ortholog-based assignment of substrate-adaptor activity, the core molecular function of FBXW8 as the substrate-recognition subunit of CRL7(FBXW8).
Reason: Core molecular function; FBXW8 is the substrate-specific adaptor that recognizes IRS1, GORASP1, HPK1 and cyclin D1, supported by IDA.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Substrate-recognition component of the Cul7-RING(FBXW8) ubiquitin ligase complex
GO:0005829 cytosol
IDA
GO_REF:0000052
ACCEPT
Summary: Immunofluorescence (HPA) evidence for cytosolic localization, consistent with the documented cytoplasmic/cytosolic localization.
Reason: Correct localization with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
GO:0019005 SCF ubiquitin ligase complex
NAS
PMID:35982156
Structure of CRL7(FBXW8) reveals coupling with CUL1-RBX1/ROC...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ComplexPortal/NAS assertion of SCF complex membership, reflecting the structural finding that CRL7(FBXW8) couples via SKP1-FBXW8 to a CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module. FBXW8 binds CUL1 through its F-box/SKP1 and CUL7 through F-box-independent regions, bridging a multi-cullin Rbx1-Cul1-Skp1-Fbxw8-Cul7-Rbx1 assembly.
Reason: Justified by the catalytic-coupling partnership with CUL1-RBX1 but the primary receptor complex is CUL7-RING(FBXW8). FBXW8 is the substrate receptor; ubiquitin transfer is catalyzed by the neddylated CUL1-RBX1 module, consistent with the adaptor (not catalytic) nature of F-box proteins.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:35982156
CRL7 serves as a substrate receptor linked via SKP1-FBXW8 to a neddylated CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module mediating ubiquitination
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-deep-research-falcon.md
CUL7 binds FBXW8 in an F-box-independent mode; CRL7^FBXW8 alone lacks auto-neddylation/ubiquitination activity; catalytic coupling occurs to CUL1-RBX1
GO:0031146 SCF-dependent proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
NAS
PMID:35982156
Structure of CRL7(FBXW8) reveals coupling with CUL1-RBX1/ROC...
ACCEPT
Summary: ComplexPortal/NAS assertion of SCF-dependent proteasomal catabolism, consistent with FBXW8 directing substrates to degradation through a CUL1-coupled catalytic module.
Reason: Core biological process; FBXW8 directs substrates to proteasomal degradation, with ubiquitin transfer catalyzed via a coupled CUL1-RBX1 module.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:35982156
CRL7 serves as a substrate receptor linked via SKP1-FBXW8 to a neddylated CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module mediating ubiquitination
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IDA
PMID:18498745
The CUL7 E3 ubiquitin ligase targets insulin receptor substr...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 (CUL7 complex) acts in the cytoplasm to target IRS1 for degradation.
Reason: Correct cytoplasmic site of action with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IDA
PMID:17205132
A critical role for FBXW8 and MAPK in cyclin D1 degradation ...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that the majority of FBXW8 is expressed in the cytoplasm where it mediates cyclin D1 degradation.
Reason: Correct cytoplasmic site of action with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17205132
The majority of FBXW8 is expressed in the cytoplasm during G1 and S phase
GO:0031467 Cul7-RING ubiquitin ligase complex
IDA
PMID:17205132
A critical role for FBXW8 and MAPK in cyclin D1 degradation ...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 is a component of the CUL7-RING E3 ligase that ubiquitinates cyclin D1. Core complex.
Reason: Core complex membership with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Component of the Cul7-RING(FBXW8) complex consisting of CUL7, RBX1, SKP1 and FBXW8
GO:0043161 proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
IDA
PMID:17205132
A critical role for FBXW8 and MAPK in cyclin D1 degradation ...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 mediates cyclin D1 degradation via the proteasome. Core biological process.
Reason: Core biological process with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17205132
This is mediated by phosphorylation at Thr286 through the activity of the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK cascade and the F-box protein FBXW8, which is an E3 ligase
GO:1990756 ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity
IDA
PMID:17205132
A critical role for FBXW8 and MAPK in cyclin D1 degradation ...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 functions as the substrate-recognition adaptor for cyclin D1. Core molecular function.
Reason: Core molecular function with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17205132
Increased cyclin D1 degradation is linked to association with FBXW8 in the cytoplasm
GO:1990756 ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity
IDA
PMID:24362026
The CUL7/F-box and WD repeat domain containing 8 (CUL7/Fbxw8...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 recognizes and binds autophosphorylated MAP4K1/HPK1 as a substrate adaptor. Core molecular function.
Reason: Core molecular function with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24362026
We found that the CUL7/Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase targeted HPK1 for degradation via the 26 S proteasome. The ubiquitination of HPK1 required its kinase activity and autophosphorylation
GO:0046627 negative regulation of insulin receptor signaling pathway
IDA
PMID:18498745
The CUL7 E3 ubiquitin ligase targets insulin receptor substr...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 (CUL7 complex) degrades IRS1, negatively regulating insulin/IGF-1 signaling.
Reason: Supported core biological role; CUL7(FBXW8) targets IRS1 for degradation, dampening downstream AKT/MEK-ERK signaling.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18498745
we identified insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1), a critical mediator of the insulin/insulin-like growth factor 1 signaling, as a proteolytic target of the CUL7 E3 ligase
GO:0005829 cytosol
IDA
PMID:18498745
The CUL7 E3 ubiquitin ligase targets insulin receptor substr...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 acts in the cytosol for IRS1 ubiquitination.
Reason: Correct cytosolic site of action with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Note=Localizes to the cytosol when phosphorylated at Ser-85, promoting IRS1 ubiquitination.
GO:0006511 ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
IDA
PMID:18498745
The CUL7 E3 ubiquitin ligase targets insulin receptor substr...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 (CUL7 complex) targets IRS1 for ubiquitin-dependent degradation. Core biological process.
Reason: Core biological process with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18498745
a key role for the CUL7 E3 in targeting IRS-1 for degradation
GO:1990756 ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity
IDA
PMID:18498745
The CUL7 E3 ubiquitin ligase targets insulin receptor substr...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 is the substrate-targeting subunit recognizing IRS1. Core molecular function.
Reason: Core molecular function with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18498745
the Cullin 7 (CUL7) E3 ubiquitin ligase complex containing the Fbw8-substrate-targeting subunit
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:18498745
The CUL7 E3 ubiquitin ligase targets insulin receptor substr...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: IntAct interaction(s) from the IRS1 degradation study. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records real complex/substrate interactions but bare protein binding is uninformative; substrate relationship captured by the catabolic-process annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18498745
the Cullin 7 (CUL7) E3 ubiquitin ligase complex containing the Fbw8-substrate-targeting subunit
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:24362026
The CUL7/F-box and WD repeat domain containing 8 (CUL7/Fbxw8...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: IntAct interaction with MAP4K1/HPK1 from the HPK1 degradation study; a real substrate interaction. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records the functionally meaningful FBXW8-HPK1 substrate interaction but bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24362026
Wild-type protein phosphatase 4 (PP4), but not the phosphatase-dead PP4 mutant, PP4-RL, inhibits the interaction of Fbxw8 with HPK1
GO:0008283 cell population proliferation
IDA
PMID:24362026
The CUL7/F-box and WD repeat domain containing 8 (CUL7/Fbxw8...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Evidence that FBXW8-mediated HPK1 degradation promotes pancreatic cancer cell proliferation.
Reason: A downstream physiological consequence of FBXW8 substrate degradation rather than a core molecular/biological function; relevant to cancer biology.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24362026
CUL7/Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase promotes pancreatic cancer cell proliferation
GO:0016567 protein ubiquitination
IDA
PMID:24362026
The CUL7/F-box and WD repeat domain containing 8 (CUL7/Fbxw8...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 promotes ubiquitination of HPK1. The general ubiquitination process.
Reason: Correct but generic; the proteasome-mediated catabolic process annotation is more specific.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24362026
We found that the CUL7/Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase targeted HPK1 for degradation via the 26 S proteasome
GO:0031467 Cul7-RING ubiquitin ligase complex
IDA
PMID:18498745
The CUL7 E3 ubiquitin ligase targets insulin receptor substr...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 is a component of the CUL7-RING ligase targeting IRS1. Core complex.
Reason: Core complex membership with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18498745
the Cullin 7 (CUL7) E3 ubiquitin ligase complex containing the Fbw8-substrate-targeting subunit, Skp1, and the ROC1 RING finger protein
GO:0031467 Cul7-RING ubiquitin ligase complex
IDA
PMID:24362026
The CUL7/F-box and WD repeat domain containing 8 (CUL7/Fbxw8...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 is a component of the CUL7-RING ligase targeting HPK1. Core complex.
Reason: Core complex membership with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24362026
We found that the CUL7/Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase targeted HPK1 for degradation via the 26 S proteasome
GO:1990393 3M complex
IDA
PMID:24793695
The 3M complex maintains microtubule and genome integrity.
ACCEPT
Summary: Evidence that FBXW8 is an associated component of the CUL7-OBSL1-CCDC8 3M complex implicated in microtubule and genome integrity.
Reason: Supported; FBXW8 associates with the 3M complex (via CUL7), which functions in microtubule/genome integrity and growth (3M syndrome).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24793695
CUL7, OBSL1, and CCDC8 proteins form a 3M complex that functions in maintaining microtubule and genome integrity and normal development
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21572988
An OBSL1-Cul7Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase signaling mechanism regu...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: IntAct interactions from the OBSL1-CUL7(FBXW8) Golgi/dendrite study (e.g. OBSL1, GORASP1). Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records real complex/substrate interactions (OBSL1, GORASP1) but bare protein binding is uninformative.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21572988
OBSL1 forms a physical complex with the scaffold protein Cul7 and thereby localizes Cul7 at the Golgi apparatus
GO:0007030 Golgi organization
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: Sequence-similarity transfer of Golgi organization involvement, supported directly in human by the OBSL1-CUL7(FBXW8)/GORASP1 study.
Reason: Supported core role; CUL7(FBXW8) regulates Golgi morphology via GORASP1 degradation (also IGI-supported in PMID:21572988).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21572988
Inhibition of Cul7(Fbxw8) also dramatically impairs the morphology of the Golgi complex, leading to deficient secretory trafficking in neurons
GO:0007030 Golgi organization
IGI
PMID:21572988
An OBSL1-Cul7Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase signaling mechanism regu...
ACCEPT
Summary: Genetic-interaction evidence (with OBSL1/GORASP1) that CUL7(FBXW8) controls Golgi morphology. Core biological role.
Reason: Supported core biological role with genetic-interaction evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21572988
Inhibition of Cul7(Fbxw8) also dramatically impairs the morphology of the Golgi complex, leading to deficient secretory trafficking in neurons
GO:0050775 positive regulation of dendrite morphogenesis
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: Sequence-similarity transfer of positive regulation of dendrite morphogenesis, supported directly in human/rat by the CUL7(FBXW8) neuronal study.
Reason: Supported core role in neurons; CUL7(FBXW8) is selectively required for dendrite growth and elaboration.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21572988
Cul7(Fbxw8) is selectively required for the growth and elaboration of dendrites but not axons in primary neurons and in the developing rat cerebellum in vivo
GO:0050775 positive regulation of dendrite morphogenesis
IDA
PMID:21572988
An OBSL1-Cul7Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase signaling mechanism regu...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that CUL7(FBXW8) promotes dendrite growth and elaboration in neurons.
Reason: Supported core role in neuronal morphogenesis with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21572988
Cul7(Fbxw8) is selectively required for the growth and elaboration of dendrites but not axons in primary neurons and in the developing rat cerebellum in vivo
GO:0005794 Golgi apparatus
IDA
PMID:21572988
An OBSL1-Cul7Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase signaling mechanism regu...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that CUL7(FBXW8) localizes to the Golgi complex in brain neurons.
Reason: Correct localization with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21572988
the E3 ubiquitin ligase Cul7(Fbxw8) localizes to the Golgi complex in mammalian brain neurons
GO:0031467 Cul7-RING ubiquitin ligase complex
IDA
PMID:21572988
An OBSL1-Cul7Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase signaling mechanism regu...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 is a component of the CUL7-RING ligase in the Golgi/dendrite study. Core complex.
Reason: Core complex membership with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Component of the Cul7-RING(FBXW8) complex consisting of CUL7, RBX1, SKP1 and FBXW8
GO:0048471 perinuclear region of cytoplasm
IDA
PMID:21572988
An OBSL1-Cul7Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase signaling mechanism regu...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence for perinuclear/Golgi localization of CUL7(FBXW8) in neurons.
Reason: Correct localization with direct experimental support.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, perinuclear region {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21572988}.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8952618
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization within CRL neddylation reactions. Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
Reason: Correct localization, consistent with experimental evidence; CRL-cycle Reactome events are pathway-context annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8952620
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization within CRL neddylation reactions. Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
Reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8955241
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (CAND1 binding to CRL). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
Reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8955289
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (COMMD-CAND1 displacement). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
Reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8956040
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (COP9 signalosome deneddylation). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
Reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8956200
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (DCUN1D3 binding to CRL1). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
Reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-983140
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (Ub transfer to substrate). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
Reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-983147
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (E3 release from polyubiquitinated substrate). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
Reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-983156
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (polyubiquitination of substrate). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
Reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-983157
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (E3 interaction with substrate and E2-Ub). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
Reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.

Core Functions

Substrate-recognition subunit of the vertebrate-specific CUL7-RING(FBXW8) (CRL7(FBXW8)) E3 ubiquitin ligase; selects phosphorylation-marked substrates - IRS1 (after S6-kinase/mTOR phosphorylation), MAP4K1/HPK1 (autophosphorylated), and phospho-cyclin D1 - for polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation, with ubiquitin transfer catalyzed via a coupled CUL1-RBX1 module.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:18498745
    the Cullin 7 (CUL7) E3 ubiquitin ligase complex containing the Fbw8-substrate-targeting subunit
  • PMID:35982156
    CRL7 serves as a substrate receptor linked via SKP1-FBXW8 to a neddylated CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module mediating ubiquitination

Golgi-localized CUL7(FBXW8) substrate receptor. Scaffolded at the Golgi by OBSL1, it mediates degradation of the Golgi stacking protein GORASP1/GRASP65 to control Golgi morphology, secretory trafficking and dendrite elaboration in neurons; recruited to the Golgi via a polybasic N-terminal region that binds Golgi PtdIns4P, it also K48-polyubiquitinates adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL/PNPLA2) to restrain lipolysis in a glucose-responsive manner.

Directly Involved In:
Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:21572988
    we identify the Golgi protein Grasp65 as a novel and physiologically relevant substrate of Cul7(Fbxw8) in the control of Golgi and dendrite morphogenesis in neurons
  • file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-deep-research-falcon.md
    Golgi-localized CUL7-FBXW8 directly interacts with ATGL and mediates K48-linked polyubiquitylation/proteasomal degradation

Negative regulator of insulin/IGF-1 signaling as the substrate receptor that targets IRS1 for CUL7-dependent ubiquitin-mediated degradation, dampening downstream AKT and MEK/ERK pathway activation.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:18498745
    a key role for the CUL7 E3 in targeting IRS-1 for degradation

References

Manual transfer of experimentally-verified manual GO annotation data to orthologs by curator judgment of sequence similarity
Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location vocabulary mapping, accompanied by conservative changes to GO terms applied by UniProt
Gene Ontology annotation based on curation of immunofluorescence data
Automatic transfer of experimentally verified manual GO annotation data to orthologs using Ensembl Compara
Combined Automated Annotation using Multiple IEA Methods
M-phase kinases induce phospho-dependent ubiquitination of somatic Wee1 by SCFbeta-TrCP.
A critical role for FBXW8 and MAPK in cyclin D1 degradation and cancer cell proliferation.
  • FBXW8 mediates cytoplasmic degradation of cyclin D1 phosphorylated at Thr286 via the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK cascade; FBXW8 depletion accumulates cyclin D1 and impairs cancer cell proliferation.
Large-scale identification of c-MYC-associated proteins using a combined TAP/MudPIT approach.
The CUL7 E3 ubiquitin ligase targets insulin receptor substrate 1 for ubiquitin-dependent degradation.
  • The CUL7(FBXW8) E3 ligase (CUL7, FBXW8, SKP1, ROC1/RBX1) targets IRS1 for ubiquitin-dependent degradation in an mTOR/p70-S6-kinase-dependent manner; Cul7-/- cells accumulate IRS1 with increased AKT and MEK/ERK signaling and undergo senescence-like phenotypes.
An OBSL1-Cul7Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase signaling mechanism regulates Golgi morphology and dendrite patterning.
  • CUL7(FBXW8) localizes to the Golgi (via OBSL1) and is required for Golgi morphology, secretory trafficking, and dendrite (not axon) elaboration in neurons; the Golgi stacking protein GRASP65/GORASP1 is a physiological substrate.
The CUL7/F-box and WD repeat domain containing 8 (CUL7/Fbxw8) ubiquitin ligase promotes degradation of hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1.
  • CUL7(FBXW8) recognizes autophosphorylated MAP4K1/HPK1 and targets it for 26S proteasomal degradation, a process antagonized by PP4 dephosphorylation of HPK1 Thr355; this promotes pancreatic cancer cell proliferation.
The 3M complex maintains microtubule and genome integrity.
  • CUL7, OBSL1 and CCDC8 form a 3M complex (with which FBXW8 associates via CUL7) that maintains microtubule and genome integrity; CUL7 depletion causes microtubule defects, prometaphase arrest, tetraploidy and mitotic death.
A High-Density Map for Navigating the Human Polycomb Complexome.
Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling of the human interactome.
Structure of CRL7(FBXW8) reveals coupling with CUL1-RBX1/ROC1 for multi-cullin-RING E3-catalyzed ubiquitin ligation.
  • Cryo-EM shows CUL7 binds FBXW8 in an F-box-independent mode; within CRL7(FBXW8) the RBX1 RING is held incompatible with E2~Ub/E2~NEDD8 binding, so the complex lacks intrinsic catalytic activity and instead acts as a substrate receptor coupled via SKP1-FBXW8 to a neddylated CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module.
Multimodal cell maps as a foundation for structural and functional genomics.
file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-deep-research-falcon.md
Falcon deep research report for human FBXW8
  • Cryo-EM and reconstitution show CRL7(FBXW8) is an atypical multi-cullin E3 in which CUL7-FBXW8 recruits substrate while a neddylated CUL1-RBX1 module provides catalytic activity; recombinant CRL7(FBXW8) alone lacks auto-neddylation and ubiquitination activity.
    "CUL7 binds FBXW8 in an F-box-independent mode; CRL7^FBXW8 alone lacks auto-neddylation/ubiquitination activity; catalytic coupling occurs to CUL1-RBX1"
  • A Golgi-localized CUL7-FBXW8 complex directly binds adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL/PNPLA2) and mediates its K48-linked polyubiquitylation and proteasomal degradation, restraining lipolysis; glucose depletion lowers Golgi PtdIns4P and reduces this degradation.
    "Golgi-localized CUL7-FBXW8 directly interacts with ATGL and mediates K48-linked polyubiquitylation/proteasomal degradation"
  • FBXW8 contains a polybasic N-terminal region that binds Golgi PtdIns4P, providing a phosphoinositide-sensing recruitment mechanism that couples intracellular glucose status to assembly of the CUL7-FBXW8 ligase at the Golgi.
    "FBXW8 has a polybasic N-terminal region binding Golgi PtdIns4P; glucose deprivation lowers Golgi PtdIns4P, reduces FBXW8/CUL7 assembly at Golgi, stabilizes ATGL, and increases lipolysis"
  • FBXW8 (in CUL7/FBXW8) promotes degradation of the nuclear chromatin-associated protein MRFAP1 specifically around anaphase-telophase, with FBXW8 overexpression increasing MRFAP1 polyubiquitination and knockdown prolonging its half-life.
    "Cul7/FBXW8 promotes MRFAP1 degradation during anaphase-telophase; FBXW8 overexpression increases polyubiquitination and knockdown prolongs half-life"
  • FBXW8 is essential in mouse models for mid-to-late placental development and fetal growth; Fbxw8 knockout causes intrauterine growth retardation and placental structural defects, with Fbxw8-null phenotypes milder than Cul7-null lethality.
    "Loss causes intrauterine growth retardation, small placentas, reduced spongiotrophoblast/labyrinth abnormalities; placental defect depends on fetal genotype"
Reactome:R-HSA-8952618
AcM-UBE2M transfers NEDD8 to CRL1 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex
Reactome:R-HSA-8952620
NEDD8:AcM-UBE2M binds CRL1 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex
Reactome:R-HSA-8955241
CAND1 binds cytosolic CRL E3 ubiquitin ligases
Reactome:R-HSA-8955289
COMMDs displace CAND1 from cytosolic CRL E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes
Reactome:R-HSA-8956040
COP9 signalosome deneddylates cytosolic CRL E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes
Reactome:R-HSA-8956200
MyrG-DCUN1D3 binds CRL1 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex
Reactome:R-HSA-983140
Transfer of Ub from E2 to substrate and release of E2
Reactome:R-HSA-983147
Release of E3 from polyubiquitinated substrate
Reactome:R-HSA-983156
Polyubiquitination of substrate
Reactome:R-HSA-983157
Interaction of E3 with substrate and E2-Ub complex

Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Given that CRL7(FBXW8) lacks intrinsic catalytic activity and couples to a separate CUL1-RBX1 module, how is this two-cullin assembly regulated, and which substrates require the coupled module versus other catalytic partners?

Q: How do the phosphorylation states of substrates (IRS1, HPK1, cyclin D1) and of FBXW8 itself (Ser85 by mTORC2) coordinate the timing and subcellular site (cytosol vs Golgi) of FBXW8-dependent degradation?

Q: What determines whether an FBXW8-attached K48 polyubiquitin chain routes a substrate to proteasomal degradation (e.g. ATGL, cyclin D1) versus selective autophagy (as reported for viral nucleocapsid), and is PtdIns4P-dependent Golgi recruitment a general feature for membrane-proximal substrates?

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Reconstitute the full CRL7(FBXW8)-CUL1-RBX1 coupled ligase in vitro with neddylation machinery and phosphorylated substrates (IRS1, HPK1, cyclin D1, GORASP1, ATGL) to confirm the requirement for the CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module and map ubiquitination sites/chain linkages.

Experiment: Perform FBXW8 degron-depletion combined with quantitative phosphoproteomics and ubiquitinomics in neuronal, hepatocyte/adipocyte, and cancer cell models to define the endogenous substrate repertoire and dissect the Golgi/dendrite, lipolysis (ATGL/PtdIns4P), and insulin-signaling functions.

Experiment: Mutate the FBXW8 polybasic N-terminal region to abolish Golgi PtdIns4P binding and test, with cell fractionation and ubiquitination assays, whether Golgi recruitment is required selectively for ATGL/GORASP1 turnover but dispensable for cytosolic substrates (IRS1, HPK1, cyclin D1).

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Research report: Human FBXW8 (UniProt Q8N3Y1) — functional annotation

0) Target verification (gene/protein identity)

The literature summarized here is specific to human FBXW8 (aliases reported across studies include Fbw8/FBW8, FBX29, and Fbw6), an F-box/WD40 repeat protein that binds SKP1 and associates with CUL7–RBX1 as a substrate-recognition receptor in a CUL7-based cullin–RING E3 ligase (CRL) complex (shi2020thefunctionalanalysis pages 5-7, shi2020thefunctionalanalysis pages 3-5). A key distinguishing feature of the FBXW8 system is its noncanonical multi-cullin architecture linking CUL7 and CUL1 (hopf2022structureofcrl7fbxw8 pages 1-2, tsunematsu2006fbxw8isessential pages 10-11).

1) Key concepts and current understanding

1.1 Canonical role of F-box proteins and where FBXW8 fits

F-box proteins typically serve as substrate receptors within SCF-type E3 ubiquitin ligases, coupling substrate binding to ubiquitin transfer and proteasomal degradation. FBXW8 is a WD40-containing F-box protein that functions as the substrate-recognition subunit of a CUL7-based SCF-like E3 ligase (often termed CRL7\u00a0or CUL7–FBXW8), with core components CUL7 (scaffold), RBX1/ROC1 (RING), SKP1 (adaptor) and FBXW8 (receptor) (sarikas2008thecullin7e3 pages 3-4, shi2020thefunctionalanalysis pages 5-7).

1.2 Atypical “multi-cullin” E3 ligase mechanism (CUL7–CUL1 coupling)

A major conceptual advance is that CRL7\u00a0FBXW8 does not behave as a stand-alone catalytic CRL. Cryo-EM and biochemical reconstitution indicate CUL7–RBX1 bound to SKP1–FBXW8 constrains the RBX1 RING in a way incompatible with canonical E2~NEDD8 or E2~ubiquitin engagement, and purified recombinant CRL7\u00a0FBXW8 lacks auto-neddylation and ubiquitination activity (hopf2022structureofcrl7fbxw8 pages 1-2). Instead, CRL7 appears to operate primarily as a substrate receptor module, linked via SKP1–FBXW8 to a separate neddylated CUL1–RBX1 catalytic module, enabling ubiquitination through a CRL–CRL partnership (hopf2022structureofcrl7fbxw8 pages 1-2, hopf2022structureofcrl7fbxw8 pages 9-10).

This mechanism is consistent with earlier work showing FBXW8 can bridge CUL1 and CUL7: FBXW8 binds CUL1 through its F-box/SKP1, while binding CUL7 through central/C-terminal regions independently of the canonical F-box interaction, forming a proposed Rbx1–Cul1–Skp1–Fbxw8–Cul7–Rbx1 assembly (tsunematsu2006fbxw8isessential pages 10-11). Reviews further emphasize that CUL7 interacts with CUL1 via the linker FBXW8, potentially increasing ubiquitination of SCF substrates (shi2020thefunctionalanalysis pages 7-9).

2) Molecular functions, substrates, pathways, and localization (experimental evidence)

2.1 Complex membership and partners

Across studies, FBXW8 is repeatedly placed in:
- CUL7–SKP1–FBXW8–RBX1 (CRL7/SCF-like) assemblies (sarikas2008thecullin7e3 pages 3-4, shi2020thefunctionalanalysis pages 5-7).
- CUL1–CUL7 bridging complexes dependent on FBXW8 (tsunematsu2006fbxw8isessential pages 10-11).
- A multi-cullin ligase model where CUL1–RBX1 supplies catalytic activity while CUL7–FBXW8 recruits substrate (hopf2022structureofcrl7fbxw8 pages 1-2).

2.2 Substrate: Cyclin D1 (cell-cycle control; MAPK-dependent degron)

Primary evidence demonstrates that cyclin D1 is targeted for degradation by an FBXW8-containing SCF-like ligase in a manner requiring MAPK/ERK signaling and Thr286 phosphorylation.

Key findings:
- Cyclin D1 is degraded predominantly during S phase and in the cytoplasm, where it associates with FBXW8 (okabe2006acriticalrole pages 1-2).
- FBXW8 assembles with SKP1 and CUL1/CUL7 and supports polyubiquitination of cyclin D1 in vitro and in cells; FBXW8 knockdown stabilizes cyclin D1 and reduces proliferation (okabe2006acriticalrole pages 6-7, okabe2006acriticalrole pages 7-9).
- Recognition is Thr286 phosphorylation-dependent; an ERK/MAPK “D-domain” in cyclin D1 (aa 179–193) is required for efficient Thr286 phosphorylation and ubiquitination (okabe2006acriticalrole pages 9-10).
- MEK inhibition (U0126) reduces Thr286 phosphorylation and increases cyclin D1 half-life from 22.5 min to 54.6 min, supporting ERK/MAPK control of the degron signal (okabe2006acriticalrole pages 5-6).

Subcellular localization evidence in this system indicates FBXW8 is predominantly cytoplasmic in G1/S, while cyclin D1 is nuclear in G1 and translocates to cytoplasm in S phase to enable degradation (okabe2006acriticalrole pages 1-2, okabe2006acriticalrole pages 6-7).

2.3 Substrate: HPK1 (MAPK pathway feedback; phosphorylation-sensitive degradation)

In pancreatic cancer-relevant contexts, FBXW8 (within CUL7/FBXW8) promotes proteasome-dependent degradation of hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 (HPK1).

Key findings:
- CUL7/FBXW8 targets HPK1 to the 26S proteasome; proteasome inhibition (MG132) stabilizes HPK1 (wang2014thecul7fboxand pages 2-3).
- HPK1 ubiquitination depends on HPK1 kinase activity/autophosphorylation, indicating phosphorylation-sensitive recognition (wang2014thecul7fboxand pages 2-3).
- PP4 phosphatase inhibits the HPK1–FBXW8 interaction and FBXW8-mediated ubiquitination; Thr355 is a key PP4 dephosphorylation site controlling stability (wang2014thecul7fboxand pages 2-3).
- FBXW8 knockdown restores HPK1 and inhibits proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells, supporting a functional pathway connection between CRL7\u00a0FBXW8 and MAPK-related signaling (wang2014thecul7fboxand pages 2-3).

2.4 Substrate: MRFAP1 (mitotic exit; genome stability/mitotic death)

FBXW8 also targets MRFAP1, a nuclear protein involved in chromatin regulation.

Key findings:
- An IP-proteomics screen identified MRFAP1 as an FBXW8 interactor; follow-up studies show that CUL7/FBXW8 promotes MRFAP1 degradation specifically around anaphase–telophase (li2017fbxw8dependentdegradationof pages 1-2).
- FBXW8 overexpression increases MRFAP1 polyubiquitination and decreases stability; knockdown prolongs half-life (li2017fbxw8dependentdegradationof pages 1-2).
- FBXW8 is described as distributed throughout the cytoplasm with lower nuclear abundance, whereas MRFAP1 is mainly nuclear but shows overlap, consistent with regulated engagement during mitosis (li2017fbxw8dependentdegradationof pages 1-2).

3) Recent developments (prioritizing 2023–2024)

3.1 2024: Golgi PtdIns4P–CUL7–FBXW8 control of ATGL and lipolysis (metabolism)

A 2024 Nature Cell Biology study identified a Golgi-localized CUL7–FBXW8 E3 ligase that regulates adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL), providing a mechanistic link between nutrient state and lipolysis.

Key findings:
- Intracellular glucose depletion lowers Golgi PtdIns4P, which reduces assembly/localization of a Golgi CUL7–FBXW8 complex; this reduces ATGL polyubiquitylation at the Golgi and increases ATGL-driven lipolysis (ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 1-2).
- ATGL is directly associated with FBXW8 and becomes K48-linked polyubiquitylated, consistent with proteasome-linked turnover; depletion of CUL7/FBXW8 increases ATGL abundance in whole-cell and Golgi fractions (ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 7-8, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 5-6).
- FBXW8 contains a polybasic N-terminal region that binds negatively charged Golgi PtdIns4P, offering a recruitment mechanism coupling phosphoinositide status to E3 localization (ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 7-8, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 12-13).

Figure evidence from this work includes a schematic model and immunoblot panels showing Golgi recruitment and K48-linked ubiquitination of ATGL (ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis media fd8f6b64, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis media 267ae964, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis media f6f97bf1, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis media 84733fe7).

3.2 2024: FBXW8 as an antiviral factor routing K48-ubiquitinated viral protein to selective autophagy

A 2024 Frontiers in Immunology study reported FBXW8-mediated restriction of porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) via selective autophagy.

Key findings:
- PDCoV infection upregulates FBXW8 via NF-\u03baB/p65 promoter activation and drives cytoplasmic relocalization (ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 1-2, ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 2-3).
- FBXW8 binds PDCoV nucleocapsid protein (N) and mediates K48-linked polyubiquitination at a lysine-rich KR motif (ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 6-8, ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 1-2).
- Despite K48 ubiquitination, degradation proceeds largely through NDP52-dependent selective autophagy (inhibited by 3-MA/chloroquine but not MG132), highlighting a noncanonical fate for K48-tagged cargo in this system (ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 8-10, ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 6-8).

3.3 2023–2024: Expert review perspectives on CRL7/FBXW8 relevance

Recent reviews emphasize broad biomedical relevance of CRLs/neddylation and continued interest in targeting E3 ligases in metabolic disease, with CUL7/Fbxw8 cited as a cullin family member engaging SKP1/F-box proteins and as part of the expanding CRL landscape (zambranocarrasco2024emergingrolesof pages 9-11).

4) Current applications and real-world implementations

4.1 Metabolic disease (MASLD/MASH): pathway-level targeting with in vivo and ex vivo human-graft evidence

The strongest “real-world implementation” evidence to date is preclinical-to-translational metabolic modulation. Ding et al. report that genetic and pharmacological manipulation of the Golgi PtdIns4P–CUL7–FBXW8–ATGL axis ameliorates steatosis in mouse models of hepatic steatosis/MASH, and improves steatosis in an ex vivo perfused human steatotic liver graft (ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 1-2, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 10-11, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 14-16). Although the mechanistic core is cell-biological, the inclusion of mouse disease models and human graft perfusion places this pathway among the most experimentally advanced FBXW8-associated translational directions (ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 10-11).

4.2 Cancer biology (mechanistic rationale; not yet a targeted therapy)

FBXW8-dependent degradation of cyclin D1 and HPK1 links FBXW8 to proliferative control: cyclin D1 stabilization upon FBXW8 depletion reduces proliferation (okabe2006acriticalrole pages 1-2), and FBXW8 knockdown stabilizing HPK1 inhibits pancreatic cancer cell proliferation (wang2014thecul7fboxand pages 2-3). Reviews conclude that direct therapeutic targeting of CUL7/CRL7 remains underdeveloped, with no established therapies targeting CUL7/FBXW8 specifically (shi2020thefunctionalanalysis pages 1-2).

4.3 Antiviral host defense (preclinical; non-human virus context)

The PDCoV study positions FBXW8 as a host restriction factor that can reroute ubiquitinated viral components to selective autophagy, suggesting a conceptual avenue for host-directed antiviral strategies; however, this evidence is currently confined to a porcine deltacoronavirus model (ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 1-2, ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 6-8).

5) Disease/phenotype associations (human and model systems)

5.1 Development and placenta

Mouse genetics show strong developmental roles for the Cul7–Fbxw8 system, with FBXW8 required for mid-to-late placental development and normal fetal growth. Fbxw8 knockout causes intrauterine growth retardation and major placental structural defects (notably spongiotrophoblast/labyrinth abnormalities), and the phenotype depends on fetal genotype (tsunematsu2006fbxw8isessential pages 4-10, tsunematsu2006fbxw8isessential pages 11-12). Complementary review discussion in cardiac-development context notes that Cul7-null phenotypes are more severe than Fbxw8-null, suggesting that FBXW8 is an important but not exclusive downstream effector for CUL7-dependent developmental functions (zambranocarrasco2024emergingrolesof pages 8-9).

5.2 Disease-association statistics from Open Targets (snapshot)

Open Targets identifies modest evidence linking FBXW8 to multiple diseases/phenotype terms, including rheumatoid arthritis (score \u22480.288; 5 evidence items), abnormality of the skeletal system (score \u22480.455; 5 evidence items), and others in the retrieved snapshot (OpenTargets Search: -FBXW8). These are association metrics rather than direct mechanistic validations and should be interpreted cautiously relative to the stronger mechanistic studies above.

6) Limitations and open questions

  1. Direct substrate repertoire remains incomplete. While multiple substrates are supported experimentally (cyclin D1, HPK1, MRFAP1, ATGL, viral N), reviews list additional candidates (e.g., GRASP65) that were not fully evaluated in the retrieved primary texts here (shi2020thefunctionalanalysis pages 5-7).
  2. Mechanistic diversity across contexts. FBXW8-mediated K48 ubiquitination can lead to proteasomal degradation (e.g., ATGL; cyclin D1) (ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 7-8, okabe2006acriticalrole pages 6-7) or, in a viral context, to selective autophagy via NDP52 (ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 6-8). Determinants of routing are not resolved.
  3. Therapeutic targeting strategy is emerging. Evidence for direct FBXW8-targeted drugs is not established in the retrieved literature; the most advanced intervention-level findings are pathway-level (Golgi PtdIns4P axis) rather than FBXW8-binding ligands (ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 10-11).

Evidence summary table

The following table consolidates the key experimentally supported findings, including publication dates and DOI URLs.

Category Specific finding Evidence type/assay Key details Source
complex FBXW8 is the substrate-recognition F-box/WD40 subunit of a CUL7-based SCF-like E3 ligase Review synthesis of biochemical/genetic studies Complex includes SKP1, FBXW8, CUL7, RBX1/ROC1; WD40 region implicated in substrate binding Sarikas 2008, Cell Cycle (Oct 2008). DOI: https://doi.org/10.4161/cc.7.20.6922 (sarikas2008thecullin7e3 pages 3-4)
complex FBXW8 is one of the very few F-box proteins reported to partner with CUL7 Review of primary studies C-terminal WD40 repeats mediate substrate recognition; reported CUL7/FBXW8 substrates include cyclin D1, IRS1, HPK1, GRASP65, MRFAP1 Shi 2020, Oncogenesis (Oct 2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41389-020-00276-w (shi2020thefunctionalanalysis pages 5-7, shi2020thefunctionalanalysis pages 3-5)
partner FBXW8 bridges CUL1 and CUL7 complexes Co-immunoprecipitation, domain mapping, knockout mouse biochemistry F-box/Skp1-dependent binding to CUL1; central/C-terminal FBXW8 regions bind CUL7 independently of canonical F-box interaction Tsunematsu 2006, Molecular and Cellular Biology (Aug 2006). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.00595-06 (tsunematsu2006fbxw8isessential pages 10-11)
complex FBXW8 is essential for CUL1-CUL7 complex formation Biochemistry in knockout tissues/cells Proposed Rbx1-Cul1-Skp1-Fbxw8-Cul7-Rbx1 assembly; CUL7 stabilizes FBXW8 protein Tsunematsu 2006, Molecular and Cellular Biology (Aug 2006). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.00595-06 (tsunematsu2006fbxw8isessential pages 10-11, tsunematsu2006fbxw8isessential pages 4-10)
complex CRL7^FBXW8 is an atypical multi-cullin E3 in which CUL7 recruits substrate while neddylated CUL1-RBX1 provides catalytic activity Cryo-EM structure and reconstituted biochemistry CUL7 binds FBXW8 in an F-box-independent mode; CRL7^FBXW8 alone lacks auto-neddylation/ubiquitination activity; catalytic coupling occurs to CUL1-RBX1 Hopf 2022, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (Aug 2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-022-00815-6 (hopf2022structureofcrl7fbxw8 pages 1-2, hopf2022structureofcrl7fbxw8 pages 9-10)
substrate Cyclin D1 is an FBXW8 substrate Co-IP, in vitro ubiquitination, siRNA knockdown, pulse-chase, fractionation/immunofluorescence Recognition requires ERK/MAPK-mediated Thr286 phosphorylation; cyclin D1 D-domain (aa179-193) supports phosphorylation; degradation occurs mainly in cytoplasm during S phase Okabe 2006, PLoS ONE (Dec 2006). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000128 (okabe2006acriticalrole pages 7-9, okabe2006acriticalrole pages 6-7, okabe2006acriticalrole pages 1-2, okabe2006acriticalrole pages 5-6, okabe2006acriticalrole pages 9-10)
regulation FBXW8-dependent cyclin D1 turnover is MAPK/ERK regulated ERK2 kinase assay, MEK inhibitor, phospho-specific immunoblot, pulse-chase U0126 reduces Thr286 phosphorylation and extends cyclin D1 half-life from 22.5 min to 54.6 min Okabe 2006, PLoS ONE (Dec 2006). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000128 (okabe2006acriticalrole pages 5-6, okabe2006acriticalrole pages 3-5)
localization FBXW8 is predominantly cytoplasmic in G1/S in the cyclin D1 system V5-tagged expression, cell fractionation, immunofluorescence Spatial separation explains timing: FBXW8 cytoplasmic, cyclin D1 nuclear in G1 then exported in S phase for degradation Okabe 2006, PLoS ONE (Dec 2006). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000128 (okabe2006acriticalrole pages 7-9, okabe2006acriticalrole pages 6-7, okabe2006acriticalrole pages 1-2)
substrate IRS1 is a CUL7/FBXW8 target in insulin/IGF signaling Primary mechanistic study summarized in review Ubiquitin-dependent degradation of IRS1; linked to mTOR/S6K-dependent serine phosphorylation and negative feedback on signaling Xu 2008, Molecular Cell (May 2008), summarized by Sarikas 2008, Cell Cycle (Oct 2008). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2008.03.009; https://doi.org/10.4161/cc.7.20.6922 (sarikas2008thecullin7e3 pages 3-4, hopf2022structureofcrl7fbxw8 pages 9-10)
substrate HPK1 is a CUL7/FBXW8 substrate Interaction screen, IP/IB, MG132 rescue, knockdown, proliferation assays Degradation is proteasome-dependent and requires HPK1 kinase activity/autophosphorylation; PP4 antagonizes FBXW8 action via HPK1 Thr355 dephosphorylation Wang 2014, Journal of Biological Chemistry (Feb 2014). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M113.520106 (wang2014thecul7fboxand pages 2-3)
regulation HPK1 stability is controlled by a phosphorylation-sensitive FBXW8 mechanism Phosphatase and mutational analysis Thr355 is a key PP4-controlled site through which CUL7/FBXW8 regulates HPK1 turnover Wang 2014, Journal of Biological Chemistry (Feb 2014). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M113.520106 (wang2014thecul7fboxand pages 2-3)
substrate MRFAP1 is an FBXW8 substrate during mitotic exit IP-proteomics, co-IP, co-localization, ubiquitination assay, half-life analysis Cul7/FBXW8 promotes MRFAP1 degradation during anaphase-telophase; FBXW8 overexpression increases polyubiquitination and knockdown prolongs half-life Li 2017, Oncotarget (Oct 2017). DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.21843 (li2017fbxw8dependentdegradationof pages 1-2)
localization In the MRFAP1 study, FBXW8 is mainly cytoplasmic with limited nuclear signal Immunofluorescence co-localization MRFAP1 is mainly nuclear; overlap supports substrate engagement near mitotic transition Li 2017, Oncotarget (Oct 2017). DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.21843 (li2017fbxw8dependentdegradationof pages 1-2)
substrate ATGL is a newly defined FBXW8 substrate in metabolic regulation siRNA screen, co-IP, ubiquitination assay, organelle fractionation, mouse liver genetics Golgi-localized CUL7-FBXW8 directly interacts with ATGL and mediates K48-linked polyubiquitylation/proteasomal degradation Ding 2024, Nature Cell Biology (Apr 2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-024-01386-y (ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 7-8, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 5-6, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 6-7, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis media fd8f6b64)
regulation FBXW8 Golgi recruitment is controlled by Golgi PtdIns4P and intracellular glucose Cell biology, phosphoinositide perturbation, localization assays FBXW8 has a polybasic N-terminal region binding Golgi PtdIns4P; glucose deprivation lowers Golgi PtdIns4P, reduces FBXW8/CUL7 assembly at Golgi, stabilizes ATGL, and increases lipolysis Ding 2024, Nature Cell Biology (Apr 2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-024-01386-y (ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 1-2, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 7-8, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 12-13, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis media fd8f6b64)
localization FBXW8 functions at the Golgi in the ATGL pathway Immunofluorescence, Golgi fractionation, model figure Golgi PtdIns4P recruits FBXW8/CUL7; ATGL localizes to Golgi and is ubiquitinated there before turnover Ding 2024, Nature Cell Biology (Apr 2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-024-01386-y (ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 5-6, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 6-7, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis media fd8f6b64)
application The Golgi PtdIns4P-CUL7-FBXW8-ATGL axis is actionable in steatosis/MASH models Mouse genetics, pharmacology, ex vivo human liver perfusion Genetic/pharmacologic modulation reduced hepatic triglycerides and improved steatosis; UCB9608 increased ATGL and improved steatotic phenotypes, including in an ex vivo human steatotic liver graft Ding 2024, Nature Cell Biology (Apr 2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-024-01386-y (ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 1-2, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 10-11, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis pages 14-16)
substrate FBXW8 targets a viral protein, the PDCoV nucleocapsid (N), as an antiviral effector Co-IP, GST pull-down, CHX chase, ubiquitination assays, inhibitor studies FBXW8 directly binds PDCoV N via its F-box-dependent interaction and shortens N half-life Ji 2024, Frontiers in Immunology (Nov 2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1457255 (ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 8-10, ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 6-8, ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 3-6)
regulation FBXW8 catalyzes K48-linked ubiquitination of PDCoV N but routes it to selective autophagy rather than proteasomes Ubiquitin linkage mutants, autophagy receptor analysis, pharmacologic inhibitors K48-linked chains decorate a lysine-rich KR motif in N; NDP52 recognizes ubiquitinated N; 3-MA/chloroquine block degradation whereas MG132 does not Ji 2024, Frontiers in Immunology (Nov 2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1457255 (ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 8-10, ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 6-8, ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 1-2)
localization PDCoV infection induces FBXW8 cytoplasmic relocalization Infection model, promoter analysis, cell imaging NF-κB/p65 activates FBXW8 expression and infection drives cytoplasmic redistribution consistent with antiviral targeting of PDCoV N Ji 2024, Frontiers in Immunology (Nov 2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1457255 (ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 8-10, ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 2-3, ji2024fbxw8suppressespdcov pages 3-6)
phenotype FBXW8 is essential for placental development and fetal growth in mouse models Knockout mouse genetics, placental histology Loss causes intrauterine growth retardation, small placentas, reduced spongiotrophoblast/labyrinth abnormalities; placental defect depends on fetal genotype Tsunematsu 2006, Molecular and Cellular Biology (Aug 2006). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.00595-06 (tsunematsu2006fbxw8isessential pages 4-10, tsunematsu2006fbxw8isessential pages 11-12)
phenotype FBXW8 contributes to developmental size control downstream of CRL7 Review of developmental/cardiac studies Fbxw8-null mice are small but viable to adulthood, milder than Cul7-null lethality; supports FBXW8 as one, but not all, CRL7 effector arms Zambrano-Carrasco 2024, Cells (Jan 2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13030235 (zambranocarrasco2024emergingrolesof pages 9-11, zambranocarrasco2024emergingrolesof pages 8-9)
application FBXW8/CRL7 is of translational interest but not yet a mature direct drug target Expert review analysis Suggested relevance in cancer, metabolism, development, and targeted modulation of neddylation/CRLs; no FBXW8-specific therapy established Jeong 2023, Experimental & Molecular Medicine (Oct 2023); Shi 2020, Oncogenesis (Oct 2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s12276-023-01087-w; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41389-020-00276-w (shi2020thefunctionalanalysis pages 10-11)

Table: This table compiles experimentally supported functional annotation for human FBXW8/Q8N3Y1 across complex assembly, substrates, regulation, localization, phenotypes, and translational relevance. It is useful as a source-linked summary of what is firmly established versus emerging, especially for recent 2024 metabolic and antiviral findings.

Key figure evidence (2024 metabolism study)

  • Schematic model of glucose→Golgi PtdIns4P→FBXW8/CUL7 recruitment→ATGL ubiquitination/degradation (ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis media fd8f6b64).
  • Immunoblot evidence for K48-linked ubiquitination of ATGL and Golgi localization panels (ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis media 267ae964, ding2024glucosecontrolslipolysis media f6f97bf1).

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FBXW8 PN Consistency Notes

  • Generated: 2026-06-18
  • Project: PROTEOSTASIS
  • Scope: PN consistency rereview against local AIGR review and available deep-research artifacts
  • UniProt: Q8N3Y1
  • AIGR review status: COMPLETE
  • Review batch: proteostasis-batch-2026-06-13
  • Batch change status: added

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AIGR Review Snapshot

  • Description: FBXW8 (FBW8, FBX29) is an F-box/WD40-repeat protein that serves as the substrate-recognition subunit of a distinctive vertebrate-specific cullin-RING ubiquitin ligase. Unlike most F-box proteins, which assemble into the canonical SCF (SKP1-CUL1) ligase, FBXW8 is the exclusive F-box partner of CUL7, forming the CUL7-RING(FBXW8) (CRL7(FBXW8)) complex composed of CUL7, SKP1, RBX1 and FBXW8. Structural and biochemical work shows that CUL7 binds FBXW8 through an unusual F-box-independent mode and that, within CRL7(FBXW8), the RBX1 RING domain is held in an orientation incompatible with charging E2~ubiquitin/E2~NEDD8; the complex therefore lacks intrinsic catalytic activity and instead acts as a substrate receptor that couples, via SKP1-FBXW8, to a separately neddylated CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module that performs ubiquitin transfer. As an adaptor, FBXW8 selects substrates for polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. Documented substrates include insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1), recognized after S6-kinase phosphorylation in an mTOR-dependent manner (linking FBXW8 to insulin/IGF-1 signaling and cellular senescence); the Golgi stacking protein GORASP1/GRASP65, whose degradation, together with the scaffold OBSL1 that localizes CUL7(FBXW8) to the Golgi, controls Golgi morphology and dendrite patterning in neurons; the Ste20-family kinase MAP4K1/HPK1, recognized when autophosphorylated; phosphorylated cyclin D1 (CCND1), recognized after ERK/MAPK-dependent Thr286 phosphorylation and degraded in the cytoplasm during S phase; the chromatin-associated MRFAP1, degraded around anaphase-telophase; and adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL/PNPLA2), K48-polyubiquitinated by a Golgi-localized CUL7-FBXW8 complex to restrain lipolysis. FBXW8 carries a polybasic N-terminal region that binds Golgi phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PtdIns4P), coupling intracellular glucose status to recruitment of the CUL7-FBXW8 ligase to the Golgi. FBXW8 is also an associated component of the CUL7-OBSL1-CCDC8 "3M complex" implicated in microtubule and genome integrity and growth (3M syndrome), and is required in mouse models for placental development and fetal growth. FBXW8 is a cytoplasmic protein that also localizes to the perinuclear region and Golgi apparatus.
  • Existing/core annotation action counts: ACCEPT: 40; KEEP_AS_NON_CORE: 18

PN Consistency Summary

  • Consistency: Rows 1–2 fully consistent and unusually well grounded. FBXW8 is the exclusive CUL7 F-box partner; review has GO:1990756 (IDA x4, ACCEPT — already in GOA), GO:0031467 Cul7-RING complex (IDA), GO:0019005 SCF KEEP_AS_NON_CORE (reflecting the PMID:35982156 finding that CRL7(FBXW8) is catalytically coupled to CUL1-RBX1), validated substrates IRS1/HPK1/cyclin D1/GORASP1/ATGL. Row2 Cul7 receptor matches GO:0031467; the dossier's own note that CRL7(FBXW8) "lacks intrinsic catalytic activity" reinforces the receptor-not-catalyst pattern. Row3 INCONSISTENT: PN projects GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity from PMID:21070969 (Pashkova 2010, DOI) — a ubiquitin-binding WD40 paper about F-box auto-turnover — contradicting both the paper and the structurally-demonstrated non-catalytic nature of FBXW8.
  • PN story / NEW pressure: Rows 1–2 GO:1990756 already in GOA (IDA) — no new pressure, correctly already_in_goa_exact. Row3 GO:0061630 over-reaches (catalytic term for a structurally non-catalytic receptor; wrong paper interpretation). Both terms verified real via OLS. No defensible NEW catalytic term; the only Ub-binding-derived candidate would be GO:0043130 ubiquitin binding, and FBXW8 has no specific evidence even for that.
  • Evidence alignment: Rows 1–2 PN cites PMID:15340381 (family review) and PMID:35982156 (CRL7 structure — also a HIGH-relevance review reference, good overlap). Review adds gene-specific PMID:17205132 (cyclin D1), PMID:18498745 (IRS1), PMID:24362026 (HPK1), PMID:21572988 (GORASP1/Golgi). Row3 PMID:21070969 is NOT in the review and is mischaracterized by GO:0061630.
  • Verdict: Rows 1–2 CONSISTENT (GO:1990756 already in GOA, both CUL1+CUL7 contexts validated); Row3 PN node OVER-REACHES. Recommended edits: [MAP] change Row3 Ubiquitin and UBL binding|E3 ligase projection for FBXW8 from GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity to GO:0043130 ubiquitin binding or no_mapping — PMID:21070969 = WD40 ubiquitin BINDING / F-box auto-turnover, not ligase catalysis; structure (PMID:35982156) shows FBXW8 is non-catalytic.

Full Consistency Review

  • UniProt: Q8N3Y1 · batch: proteostasis-batch-2026-06-13 · review status: COMPLETE (high quality)
  • PN placement (3 rows): Row1 UPS|...|Cul1 substrate receptor|F-box|WD40; Row2 UPS|...|Cul7 substrate receptor|F-box, noncanonical contact|WD40 (PMID:35982156); Row3 UPS|Ubiquitin and UBL binding|E3 ligase|CUL1 receptor|idiosyncratic Ub binding / WD40 (PMID:21070969). PN-node mapping: Row1 group=mapped GO:1990756 (already_in_goa_exact); Row2 group=mapped GO:1990756 (already_in_goa_exact); Row3 group=mapped GO:0061630 (new_to_goa); class nodes context_only/too_broad.
  • Consistency: Rows 1–2 fully consistent and unusually well grounded. FBXW8 is the exclusive CUL7 F-box partner; review has GO:1990756 (IDA x4, ACCEPT — already in GOA), GO:0031467 Cul7-RING complex (IDA), GO:0019005 SCF KEEP_AS_NON_CORE (reflecting the PMID:35982156 finding that CRL7(FBXW8) is catalytically coupled to CUL1-RBX1), validated substrates IRS1/HPK1/cyclin D1/GORASP1/ATGL. Row2 Cul7 receptor matches GO:0031467; the dossier's own note that CRL7(FBXW8) "lacks intrinsic catalytic activity" reinforces the receptor-not-catalyst pattern. Row3 INCONSISTENT: PN projects GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity from PMID:21070969 (Pashkova 2010, DOI) — a ubiquitin-binding WD40 paper about F-box auto-turnover — contradicting both the paper and the structurally-demonstrated non-catalytic nature of FBXW8.
  • PN story / NEW pressure: Rows 1–2 GO:1990756 already in GOA (IDA) — no new pressure, correctly already_in_goa_exact. Row3 GO:0061630 over-reaches (catalytic term for a structurally non-catalytic receptor; wrong paper interpretation). Both terms verified real via OLS. No defensible NEW catalytic term; the only Ub-binding-derived candidate would be GO:0043130 ubiquitin binding, and FBXW8 has no specific evidence even for that.
  • Mapping strategy: Rows 1–2 correct (GO:1990756 matches review core MF for both CUL1-coupled and CUL7 contexts; not broader/narrower). Row3 mapping wrong: GO:0061630 should be GO:0043130 ubiquitin binding or no_mapping. The Cul1 vs Cul7 distinction is handled well; the genuine error is the Ub-binding→ligase miscast.
  • Evidence alignment: Rows 1–2 PN cites PMID:15340381 (family review) and PMID:35982156 (CRL7 structure — also a HIGH-relevance review reference, good overlap). Review adds gene-specific PMID:17205132 (cyclin D1), PMID:18498745 (IRS1), PMID:24362026 (HPK1), PMID:21572988 (GORASP1/Golgi). Row3 PMID:21070969 is NOT in the review and is mischaracterized by GO:0061630.
  • Verdict: Rows 1–2 CONSISTENT (GO:1990756 already in GOA, both CUL1+CUL7 contexts validated); Row3 PN node OVER-REACHES. Recommended edits: [MAP] change Row3 Ubiquitin and UBL binding|E3 ligase projection for FBXW8 from GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity to GO:0043130 ubiquitin binding or no_mapping — PMID:21070969 = WD40 ubiquitin BINDING / F-box auto-turnover, not ligase catalysis; structure (PMID:35982156) shows FBXW8 is non-catalytic.

PN Dossier Context

  • review_batch: proteostasis-batch-2026-06-13
  • review_yaml: genes/human/FBXW8/FBXW8-ai-review.yaml
  • PN workbook rows: 3

PN row 1: Ubiquitin Proteasome System | E3 ubiquitin and UBL ligases | Cul1 substrate receptor | F-box | WD40

  • UniProt: Q8N3Y1
  • In branches: UPS
  • Signature domains: IPR001810
  • Auxiliary domains: IPR001680
  • PN references (titles):
    • 15340381 / rev
  • PN-node mapping records (path + ancestors):
    • [subtype] Ubiquitin Proteasome System|E3 ubiquitin and UBL ligases|Cul1 substrate receptor|F-box|WD40
      status=no_mapping scope= GO=[]
      rationale: Reviewed as a narrower substrate-receptor, adaptor, domain, or family subdivision already covered by the curated parent adaptor/receptor mapping. No additional direct GO mapping is needed at this node.
    • [type] Ubiquitin Proteasome System|E3 ubiquitin and UBL ligases|Cul1 substrate receptor|F-box
      status=no_mapping scope= GO=[]
      rationale: Reviewed as a narrower substrate-receptor, adaptor, domain, or family subdivision already covered by the curated parent adaptor/receptor mapping. No additional direct GO mapping is needed at this node.
    • [group] Ubiquitin Proteasome System|E3 ubiquitin and UBL ligases|Cul1 substrate receptor
      status=mapped scope=ok_for_propagation_to_go GO=[GO:1990756 ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity]
      rationale: This PN group captures substrate receptors/adaptors for cullin/UBL ligase systems. The shared GO molecular-function target is ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity.
    • [class] Ubiquitin Proteasome System|E3 ubiquitin and UBL ligases
      status=context_only scope=too_broad_to_propagate GO=[GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity]
      rationale: This class is a genuine E3-ligase context, but its descendants include catalytic ligases, cullin scaffolds, substrate receptors, adaptors, cofactors, regulators, and UBL modifier systems. A class-level propagation would over-annotate.
    • [branch] Ubiquitin Proteasome System
      status=no_mapping scope= GO=[]
      rationale: Reviewed as the top-level UPS branch. It is a project taxonomy umbrella rather than a direct GO assertion; UPS propagation must come from manually curated child nodes.

PN row 2: Ubiquitin Proteasome System | E3 ubiquitin and UBL ligases | Cul7 substrate receptor | F-box, noncanonical contact | WD40

  • UniProt: Q8N3Y1
  • In branches: UPS
  • Signature domains: (none)
  • Auxiliary domains: IPR001680
  • PN references (titles):
    • 35982156
  • PN-node mapping records (path + ancestors):
    • [subtype] Ubiquitin Proteasome System|E3 ubiquitin and UBL ligases|Cul7 substrate receptor|F-box, noncanonical contact|WD40
      status=no_mapping scope= GO=[]
      rationale: Reviewed as a narrower substrate-receptor, adaptor, domain, or family subdivision already covered by the curated parent adaptor/receptor mapping. No additional direct GO mapping is needed at this node.
    • [type] Ubiquitin Proteasome System|E3 ubiquitin and UBL ligases|Cul7 substrate receptor|F-box, noncanonical contact
      status=no_mapping scope= GO=[]
      rationale: Reviewed as a narrower substrate-receptor, adaptor, domain, or family subdivision already covered by the curated parent adaptor/receptor mapping. No additional direct GO mapping is needed at this node.
    • [group] Ubiquitin Proteasome System|E3 ubiquitin and UBL ligases|Cul7 substrate receptor
      status=mapped scope=ok_for_propagation_to_go GO=[GO:1990756 ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity]
      rationale: This PN group captures substrate receptors/adaptors for cullin/UBL ligase systems. The shared GO molecular-function target is ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity.
    • [class] Ubiquitin Proteasome System|E3 ubiquitin and UBL ligases
      status=context_only scope=too_broad_to_propagate GO=[GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity]
      rationale: This class is a genuine E3-ligase context, but its descendants include catalytic ligases, cullin scaffolds, substrate receptors, adaptors, cofactors, regulators, and UBL modifier systems. A class-level propagation would over-annotate.
    • [branch] Ubiquitin Proteasome System
      status=no_mapping scope= GO=[]
      rationale: Reviewed as the top-level UPS branch. It is a project taxonomy umbrella rather than a direct GO assertion; UPS propagation must come from manually curated child nodes.

PN row 3: Ubiquitin Proteasome System | Ubiquitin and UBL binding | E3 ligase | CUL1 receptor | idiosyncratic Ub binding / WD40

  • UniProt: Q8N3Y1
  • In branches: UPS
  • Signature domains: PMID: 21070969 (IPR001680)
  • Auxiliary domains: IPR001810
  • PN references (titles):
    • 21070969
  • PN-node mapping records (path + ancestors):
    • [subtype] Ubiquitin Proteasome System|Ubiquitin and UBL binding|E3 ligase|CUL1 receptor|idiosyncratic Ub binding / WD40
      status=no_mapping scope= GO=[]
      rationale: Reviewed as a narrower enzyme-family, domain, or architecture subdivision already covered by a curated parent enzyme mapping. No additional direct GO mapping is needed at this node.
    • [type] Ubiquitin Proteasome System|Ubiquitin and UBL binding|E3 ligase|CUL1 receptor
      status=no_mapping scope= GO=[]
      rationale: Reviewed as a narrower enzyme-family, domain, or architecture subdivision already covered by a curated parent enzyme mapping. No additional direct GO mapping is needed at this node.
    • [group] Ubiquitin Proteasome System|Ubiquitin and UBL binding|E3 ligase
      status=mapped scope=ok_for_propagation_to_go GO=[GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity]
      rationale: This PN group captures ubiquitin/UBL-binding factors that are E3 ligases. The shared molecular-function target is ubiquitin protein ligase activity.
    • [class] Ubiquitin Proteasome System|Ubiquitin and UBL binding
      status=context_only scope=too_broad_to_propagate GO=[GO:0140036 ubiquitin-modified protein reader activity]
      rationale: This class records ubiquitin/UBL-reader context, but the subtree mixes ubiquitin, SUMO, UBL-domain, domain-architecture, catalytic, signaling, trafficking, and nucleic-acid process buckets. It is useful context, not a safe direct propagation.
    • [branch] Ubiquitin Proteasome System
      status=no_mapping scope= GO=[]
      rationale: Reviewed as the top-level UPS branch. It is a project taxonomy umbrella rather than a direct GO assertion; UPS propagation must come from manually curated child nodes.

Projected GO annotations (3)

  • GO:1990756 ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity | scope=ok_for_propagation_to_go | goa_status=already_in_goa_exact | from=Ubiquitin Proteasome System|E3 ubiquitin and UBL ligases|Cul1 substrate receptor
  • GO:1990756 ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity | scope=ok_for_propagation_to_go | goa_status=already_in_goa_exact | from=Ubiquitin Proteasome System|E3 ubiquitin and UBL ligases|Cul7 substrate receptor
  • GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity | scope=ok_for_propagation_to_go | goa_status=new_to_goa | from=Ubiquitin Proteasome System|Ubiquitin and UBL binding|E3 ligase

Note

This file is generated from the current PROTEOSTASIS phase-1 dossier and local gene-review artifacts. Edit the source review, PN mapping, or dossier rather than this generated note when correcting the underlying curation.

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id: Q8N3Y1
gene_symbol: FBXW8
product_type: PROTEIN
status: COMPLETE
taxon:
  id: NCBITaxon:9606
  label: Homo sapiens
description: >-
  FBXW8 (FBW8, FBX29) is an F-box/WD40-repeat protein that serves as the
  substrate-recognition subunit of a distinctive vertebrate-specific
  cullin-RING ubiquitin ligase. Unlike most F-box proteins, which assemble into
  the canonical SCF (SKP1-CUL1) ligase, FBXW8 is the exclusive F-box partner of
  CUL7, forming the CUL7-RING(FBXW8) (CRL7(FBXW8)) complex composed of CUL7,
  SKP1, RBX1 and FBXW8. Structural and biochemical work shows that CUL7 binds
  FBXW8 through an unusual F-box-independent mode and that, within CRL7(FBXW8),
  the RBX1 RING domain is held in an orientation incompatible with charging
  E2~ubiquitin/E2~NEDD8; the complex therefore lacks intrinsic catalytic
  activity and instead acts as a substrate receptor that couples, via
  SKP1-FBXW8, to a separately neddylated CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module that
  performs ubiquitin transfer. As an adaptor, FBXW8 selects substrates for
  polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. Documented substrates include
  insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1), recognized after S6-kinase
  phosphorylation in an mTOR-dependent manner (linking FBXW8 to insulin/IGF-1
  signaling and cellular senescence); the Golgi stacking protein
  GORASP1/GRASP65, whose degradation, together with the scaffold OBSL1 that
  localizes CUL7(FBXW8) to the Golgi, controls Golgi morphology and dendrite
  patterning in neurons; the Ste20-family kinase MAP4K1/HPK1, recognized when
  autophosphorylated; phosphorylated cyclin D1 (CCND1), recognized after
  ERK/MAPK-dependent Thr286 phosphorylation and degraded in the cytoplasm during
  S phase; the chromatin-associated MRFAP1, degraded around anaphase-telophase;
  and adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL/PNPLA2), K48-polyubiquitinated by a
  Golgi-localized CUL7-FBXW8 complex to restrain lipolysis. FBXW8 carries a
  polybasic N-terminal region that binds Golgi phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate
  (PtdIns4P), coupling intracellular glucose status to recruitment of the
  CUL7-FBXW8 ligase to the Golgi. FBXW8 is also an
  associated component of the CUL7-OBSL1-CCDC8 "3M complex" implicated in
  microtubule and genome integrity and growth (3M syndrome), and is required in
  mouse models for placental development and fetal growth. FBXW8 is a
  cytoplasmic protein that also localizes to the perinuclear region and Golgi
  apparatus.
alternative_products:
- name: '1'
  id: Q8N3Y1-1
- name: '2'
  id: Q8N3Y1-2
  sequence_note: VSP_008501
existing_annotations:
- term:
    id: GO:0060271
    label: cilium assembly
  evidence_type: IBA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Phylogenetic (IBA) assignment of cilium assembly involvement, inferred from the FBXW family. Human FBXW8 has no direct experimental evidence for ciliogenesis (that role is documented for its paralog FBXW5 via kinesin-13 degradation).
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Plausible family-level inference but unsupported by direct human FBXW8 evidence; the well-characterized functions are CUL7-dependent degradation of IRS1, GORASP1, HPK1 and cyclin D1.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Substrate-recognition component of the Cul7-RING(FBXW8) ubiquitin ligase complex
- term:
    id: GO:0016567
    label: protein ubiquitination
  evidence_type: IBA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Phylogenetic assignment of protein ubiquitination, the general process FBXW8 participates in as a substrate-recognition adaptor of CRL7(FBXW8).
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Correct but generic; the SCF/CUL7-dependent proteasomal catabolic process annotations are more specific.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: mediates the ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of target proteins
- term:
    id: GO:0031467
    label: Cul7-RING ubiquitin ligase complex
  evidence_type: IBA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
  qualifier: part_of
  review:
    summary: Phylogenetic assignment of CUL7-RING complex membership, the core complex for FBXW8 as the exclusive F-box partner of CUL7.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Core complex; FBXW8 is the substrate-recognition subunit of CRL7(FBXW8), supported by IDA and structural evidence.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Component of the Cul7-RING(FBXW8) complex consisting of CUL7, RBX1, SKP1 and FBXW8
- term:
    id: GO:0005814
    label: centriole
  evidence_type: IBA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
  qualifier: is_active_in
  review:
    summary: Phylogenetic (IBA) assignment of centriolar localization/activity, inferred from family members. Human FBXW8 evidence places it in cytoplasm/perinuclear/Golgi; CUL7 (its partner) has reported centrosomal localization within the 3M complex.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Family-level inference; centrosomal association is documented for the CUL7-OBSL1-CCDC8 3M complex but direct FBXW8 centriolar activity is not established in human.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:24793695
      supporting_text: regulate the level and centrosomal localization of CUL7
- term:
    id: GO:0036064
    label: ciliary basal body
  evidence_type: IBA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
  qualifier: is_active_in
  review:
    summary: Phylogenetic assignment of ciliary basal body activity, inferred from the family. Not directly supported for human FBXW8.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Family-level inference without direct human FBXW8 evidence; documented FBXW8 localizations are cytoplasm, perinuclear region and Golgi.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, perinuclear region {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21572988}.'
- term:
    id: GO:0005737
    label: cytoplasm
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Electronic assignment of cytoplasmic localization, consistent with the experimentally documented cytoplasmic localization of FBXW8.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct core localization with experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
- term:
    id: GO:0005794
    label: Golgi apparatus
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Electronic transfer of Golgi localization from UniProt subcellular location, consistent with the experimentally documented Golgi localization where FBXW8 (CUL7) controls Golgi morphology.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization; CUL7(FBXW8) localizes to the Golgi complex and regulates Golgi morphology, supported by IDA.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Golgi apparatus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21572988}.
- term:
    id: GO:0048471
    label: perinuclear region of cytoplasm
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Electronic transfer of perinuclear localization from UniProt subcellular location, consistent with documented perinuclear/Golgi localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization with experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, perinuclear region {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21572988}.'
- term:
    id: GO:0005515
    label: protein binding
  evidence_type: IPI
  original_reference_id: PMID:15070733
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: IntAct interaction with SKP1 (P63208), the adaptor linking FBXW8 into the CRL7 complex. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Records the FBXW8-SKP1 interaction but bare protein binding is uninformative; complex membership is captured by the CUL7-RING/SCF complex annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: 'Q8N3Y1; P63208: SKP1; NbExp=6; IntAct=EBI-914770, EBI-307486'
- term:
    id: GO:0005515
    label: protein binding
  evidence_type: IPI
  original_reference_id: PMID:17314511
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: TAP/MudPIT interaction capturing FBXW8 association with MYC (P01106). Bare protein binding is uninformative.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: High-throughput interaction; bare protein binding is uninformative.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: 'Q8N3Y1; P01106: MYC; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-914770, EBI-447544'
- term:
    id: GO:0005515
    label: protein binding
  evidence_type: IPI
  original_reference_id: PMID:27705803
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Polycomb complexome AP-MS map capturing an FBXW8 interaction. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: High-throughput interaction; bare protein binding is uninformative.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: 'Q8N3Y1; P63208: SKP1; NbExp=6; IntAct=EBI-914770, EBI-307486'
- term:
    id: GO:0005515
    label: protein binding
  evidence_type: IPI
  original_reference_id: PMID:33961781
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Cell-specific interactome capturing an FBXW8 interaction. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: High-throughput interactome; bare protein binding is uninformative.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: 'Q8N3Y1; P63208: SKP1; NbExp=6; IntAct=EBI-914770, EBI-307486'
- term:
    id: GO:0005515
    label: protein binding
  evidence_type: IPI
  original_reference_id: PMID:40205054
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Multimodal cell-map study capturing an FBXW8 interaction. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: High-throughput interaction; bare protein binding is uninformative.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: 'Q8N3Y1; P63208: SKP1; NbExp=6; IntAct=EBI-914770, EBI-307486'
- term:
    id: GO:0005829
    label: cytosol
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
  qualifier: is_active_in
  review:
    summary: Ortholog-based assignment of cytosolic site of action, consistent with the documented cytosolic localization (phospho-Ser85-dependent for IRS1 ubiquitination).
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization; FBXW8 acts in the cytosol/cytoplasm, consistent with experimental evidence.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Note=Localizes to the cytosol when phosphorylated at Ser-85, promoting IRS1 ubiquitination.
- term:
    id: GO:0006511
    label: ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Ortholog-based assignment of ubiquitin-dependent catabolism, the core biological process for FBXW8 as a substrate receptor directing targets to degradation.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct core biological process; FBXW8 directs substrates (IRS1, cyclin D1, HPK1) to ubiquitin-dependent degradation. The more specific proteasome-mediated/SCF-dependent catabolic process annotations are also present.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: mediates the ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of target proteins
- term:
    id: GO:0016567
    label: protein ubiquitination
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Combined automated assignment of protein ubiquitination, redundant with the IBA/IDA ubiquitination annotations.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Correct but generic; redundant with more specific catabolic-process annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: 'PATHWAY: Protein modification; protein ubiquitination.'
- term:
    id: GO:0019005
    label: SCF ubiquitin ligase complex
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
  qualifier: part_of
  review:
    summary: Ortholog-based assignment of SCF complex membership. FBXW8's defining complex is CRL7(FBXW8)/CUL7-RING; however, structural data show its catalytic coupling occurs via SKP1-FBXW8 to a CUL1-RBX1 module, so an SCF/CUL1 association is justified.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: The primary, well-defined complex is CUL7-RING(FBXW8); SCF/CUL1 membership reflects the catalytic-coupling partnership rather than the canonical receptor assembly.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:35982156
      supporting_text: CRL7 serves as a substrate receptor linked via SKP1-FBXW8 to a neddylated CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module mediating ubiquitination
- term:
    id: GO:0031467
    label: Cul7-RING ubiquitin ligase complex
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
  qualifier: part_of
  review:
    summary: Ortholog-based assignment of CUL7-RING complex membership, the defining core complex of FBXW8.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Core complex; redundant with IDA and structural evidence.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Component of the Cul7-RING(FBXW8) complex consisting of CUL7, RBX1, SKP1 and FBXW8
- term:
    id: GO:0032436
    label: positive regulation of proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Ortholog-based assignment of positive regulation of proteasomal catabolism, consistent with FBXW8 driving substrate degradation. Somewhat redundant with the direct catabolic-process annotations.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Correct in spirit (FBXW8 promotes substrate degradation) but the direct proteasome-mediated catabolic process annotations are more accurate; FBXW8 directly mediates rather than regulates degradation.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: mediates the ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of target proteins
- term:
    id: GO:1990756
    label: ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Ortholog-based assignment of substrate-adaptor activity, the core molecular function of FBXW8 as the substrate-recognition subunit of CRL7(FBXW8).
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Core molecular function; FBXW8 is the substrate-specific adaptor that recognizes IRS1, GORASP1, HPK1 and cyclin D1, supported by IDA.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Substrate-recognition component of the Cul7-RING(FBXW8) ubiquitin ligase complex
- term:
    id: GO:0005829
    label: cytosol
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000052
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Immunofluorescence (HPA) evidence for cytosolic localization, consistent with the documented cytoplasmic/cytosolic localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
- term:
    id: GO:0019005
    label: SCF ubiquitin ligase complex
  evidence_type: NAS
  original_reference_id: PMID:35982156
  qualifier: part_of
  review:
    summary: ComplexPortal/NAS assertion of SCF complex membership, reflecting the structural finding that CRL7(FBXW8) couples via SKP1-FBXW8 to a CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module. FBXW8 binds CUL1 through its F-box/SKP1 and CUL7 through F-box-independent regions, bridging a multi-cullin Rbx1-Cul1-Skp1-Fbxw8-Cul7-Rbx1 assembly.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Justified by the catalytic-coupling partnership with CUL1-RBX1 but the primary receptor complex is CUL7-RING(FBXW8). FBXW8 is the substrate receptor; ubiquitin transfer is catalyzed by the neddylated CUL1-RBX1 module, consistent with the adaptor (not catalytic) nature of F-box proteins.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:35982156
      supporting_text: CRL7 serves as a substrate receptor linked via SKP1-FBXW8 to a neddylated CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module mediating ubiquitination
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-deep-research-falcon.md
      supporting_text: CUL7 binds FBXW8 in an F-box-independent mode; CRL7^FBXW8 alone lacks auto-neddylation/ubiquitination activity; catalytic coupling occurs to CUL1-RBX1
- term:
    id: GO:0031146
    label: SCF-dependent proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
  evidence_type: NAS
  original_reference_id: PMID:35982156
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: ComplexPortal/NAS assertion of SCF-dependent proteasomal catabolism, consistent with FBXW8 directing substrates to degradation through a CUL1-coupled catalytic module.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Core biological process; FBXW8 directs substrates to proteasomal degradation, with ubiquitin transfer catalyzed via a coupled CUL1-RBX1 module.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:35982156
      supporting_text: CRL7 serves as a substrate receptor linked via SKP1-FBXW8 to a neddylated CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module mediating ubiquitination
- term:
    id: GO:0005737
    label: cytoplasm
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:18498745
  qualifier: is_active_in
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 (CUL7 complex) acts in the cytoplasm to target IRS1 for degradation.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct cytoplasmic site of action with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
- term:
    id: GO:0005737
    label: cytoplasm
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:17205132
  qualifier: is_active_in
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that the majority of FBXW8 is expressed in the cytoplasm where it mediates cyclin D1 degradation.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct cytoplasmic site of action with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:17205132
      supporting_text: The majority of FBXW8 is expressed in the cytoplasm during G1 and S phase
- term:
    id: GO:0031467
    label: Cul7-RING ubiquitin ligase complex
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:17205132
  qualifier: part_of
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 is a component of the CUL7-RING E3 ligase that ubiquitinates cyclin D1. Core complex.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Core complex membership with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Component of the Cul7-RING(FBXW8) complex consisting of CUL7, RBX1, SKP1 and FBXW8
- term:
    id: GO:0043161
    label: proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:17205132
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 mediates cyclin D1 degradation via the proteasome. Core biological process.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Core biological process with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:17205132
      supporting_text: This is mediated by phosphorylation at Thr286 through the activity of the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK cascade and the F-box protein FBXW8, which is an E3 ligase
- term:
    id: GO:1990756
    label: ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:17205132
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 functions as the substrate-recognition adaptor for cyclin D1. Core molecular function.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Core molecular function with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:17205132
      supporting_text: Increased cyclin D1 degradation is linked to association with FBXW8 in the cytoplasm
- term:
    id: GO:1990756
    label: ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:24362026
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 recognizes and binds autophosphorylated MAP4K1/HPK1 as a substrate adaptor. Core molecular function.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Core molecular function with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:24362026
      supporting_text: We found that the CUL7/Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase targeted HPK1 for degradation via the 26 S proteasome. The ubiquitination of HPK1 required its kinase activity and autophosphorylation
- term:
    id: GO:0046627
    label: negative regulation of insulin receptor signaling pathway
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:18498745
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 (CUL7 complex) degrades IRS1, negatively regulating insulin/IGF-1 signaling.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Supported core biological role; CUL7(FBXW8) targets IRS1 for degradation, dampening downstream AKT/MEK-ERK signaling.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:18498745
      supporting_text: we identified insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1), a critical mediator of the insulin/insulin-like growth factor 1 signaling, as a proteolytic target of the CUL7 E3 ligase
- term:
    id: GO:0005829
    label: cytosol
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:18498745
  qualifier: is_active_in
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 acts in the cytosol for IRS1 ubiquitination.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct cytosolic site of action with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Note=Localizes to the cytosol when phosphorylated at Ser-85, promoting IRS1 ubiquitination.
- term:
    id: GO:0006511
    label: ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:18498745
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 (CUL7 complex) targets IRS1 for ubiquitin-dependent degradation. Core biological process.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Core biological process with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:18498745
      supporting_text: a key role for the CUL7 E3 in targeting IRS-1 for degradation
- term:
    id: GO:1990756
    label: ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:18498745
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 is the substrate-targeting subunit recognizing IRS1. Core molecular function.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Core molecular function with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:18498745
      supporting_text: the Cullin 7 (CUL7) E3 ubiquitin ligase complex containing the Fbw8-substrate-targeting subunit
- term:
    id: GO:0005515
    label: protein binding
  evidence_type: IPI
  original_reference_id: PMID:18498745
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: IntAct interaction(s) from the IRS1 degradation study. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Records real complex/substrate interactions but bare protein binding is uninformative; substrate relationship captured by the catabolic-process annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:18498745
      supporting_text: the Cullin 7 (CUL7) E3 ubiquitin ligase complex containing the Fbw8-substrate-targeting subunit
- term:
    id: GO:0005515
    label: protein binding
  evidence_type: IPI
  original_reference_id: PMID:24362026
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: IntAct interaction with MAP4K1/HPK1 from the HPK1 degradation study; a real substrate interaction. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Records the functionally meaningful FBXW8-HPK1 substrate interaction but bare protein binding is uninformative.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:24362026
      supporting_text: Wild-type protein phosphatase 4 (PP4), but not the phosphatase-dead PP4 mutant, PP4-RL, inhibits the interaction of Fbxw8 with HPK1
- term:
    id: GO:0008283
    label: cell population proliferation
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:24362026
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Evidence that FBXW8-mediated HPK1 degradation promotes pancreatic cancer cell proliferation.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: A downstream physiological consequence of FBXW8 substrate degradation rather than a core molecular/biological function; relevant to cancer biology.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:24362026
      supporting_text: CUL7/Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase promotes pancreatic cancer cell proliferation
- term:
    id: GO:0016567
    label: protein ubiquitination
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:24362026
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 promotes ubiquitination of HPK1. The general ubiquitination process.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Correct but generic; the proteasome-mediated catabolic process annotation is more specific.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:24362026
      supporting_text: We found that the CUL7/Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase targeted HPK1 for degradation via the 26 S proteasome
- term:
    id: GO:0031467
    label: Cul7-RING ubiquitin ligase complex
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:18498745
  qualifier: part_of
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 is a component of the CUL7-RING ligase targeting IRS1. Core complex.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Core complex membership with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:18498745
      supporting_text: the Cullin 7 (CUL7) E3 ubiquitin ligase complex containing the Fbw8-substrate-targeting subunit, Skp1, and the ROC1 RING finger protein
- term:
    id: GO:0031467
    label: Cul7-RING ubiquitin ligase complex
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:24362026
  qualifier: part_of
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 is a component of the CUL7-RING ligase targeting HPK1. Core complex.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Core complex membership with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:24362026
      supporting_text: We found that the CUL7/Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase targeted HPK1 for degradation via the 26 S proteasome
- term:
    id: GO:1990393
    label: 3M complex
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:24793695
  qualifier: colocalizes_with
  review:
    summary: Evidence that FBXW8 is an associated component of the CUL7-OBSL1-CCDC8 3M complex implicated in microtubule and genome integrity.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Supported; FBXW8 associates with the 3M complex (via CUL7), which functions in microtubule/genome integrity and growth (3M syndrome).
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:24793695
      supporting_text: CUL7, OBSL1, and CCDC8 proteins form a 3M complex that functions in maintaining microtubule and genome integrity and normal development
- term:
    id: GO:0005515
    label: protein binding
  evidence_type: IPI
  original_reference_id: PMID:21572988
  qualifier: enables
  review:
    summary: IntAct interactions from the OBSL1-CUL7(FBXW8) Golgi/dendrite study (e.g. OBSL1, GORASP1). Bare protein binding is uninformative.
    action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
    reason: Records real complex/substrate interactions (OBSL1, GORASP1) but bare protein binding is uninformative.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:21572988
      supporting_text: OBSL1 forms a physical complex with the scaffold protein Cul7 and thereby localizes Cul7 at the Golgi apparatus
- term:
    id: GO:0007030
    label: Golgi organization
  evidence_type: ISS
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000024
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Sequence-similarity transfer of Golgi organization involvement, supported directly in human by the OBSL1-CUL7(FBXW8)/GORASP1 study.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Supported core role; CUL7(FBXW8) regulates Golgi morphology via GORASP1 degradation (also IGI-supported in PMID:21572988).
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:21572988
      supporting_text: Inhibition of Cul7(Fbxw8) also dramatically impairs the morphology of the Golgi complex, leading to deficient secretory trafficking in neurons
- term:
    id: GO:0007030
    label: Golgi organization
  evidence_type: IGI
  original_reference_id: PMID:21572988
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Genetic-interaction evidence (with OBSL1/GORASP1) that CUL7(FBXW8) controls Golgi morphology. Core biological role.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Supported core biological role with genetic-interaction evidence.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:21572988
      supporting_text: Inhibition of Cul7(Fbxw8) also dramatically impairs the morphology of the Golgi complex, leading to deficient secretory trafficking in neurons
- term:
    id: GO:0050775
    label: positive regulation of dendrite morphogenesis
  evidence_type: ISS
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000024
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Sequence-similarity transfer of positive regulation of dendrite morphogenesis, supported directly in human/rat by the CUL7(FBXW8) neuronal study.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Supported core role in neurons; CUL7(FBXW8) is selectively required for dendrite growth and elaboration.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:21572988
      supporting_text: Cul7(Fbxw8) is selectively required for the growth and elaboration of dendrites but not axons in primary neurons and in the developing rat cerebellum in vivo
- term:
    id: GO:0050775
    label: positive regulation of dendrite morphogenesis
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:21572988
  qualifier: involved_in
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that CUL7(FBXW8) promotes dendrite growth and elaboration in neurons.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Supported core role in neuronal morphogenesis with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:21572988
      supporting_text: Cul7(Fbxw8) is selectively required for the growth and elaboration of dendrites but not axons in primary neurons and in the developing rat cerebellum in vivo
- term:
    id: GO:0005794
    label: Golgi apparatus
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:21572988
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that CUL7(FBXW8) localizes to the Golgi complex in brain neurons.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: PMID:21572988
      supporting_text: the E3 ubiquitin ligase Cul7(Fbxw8) localizes to the Golgi complex in mammalian brain neurons
- term:
    id: GO:0031467
    label: Cul7-RING ubiquitin ligase complex
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:21572988
  qualifier: part_of
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence that FBXW8 is a component of the CUL7-RING ligase in the Golgi/dendrite study. Core complex.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Core complex membership with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Component of the Cul7-RING(FBXW8) complex consisting of CUL7, RBX1, SKP1 and FBXW8
- term:
    id: GO:0048471
    label: perinuclear region of cytoplasm
  evidence_type: IDA
  original_reference_id: PMID:21572988
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Direct evidence for perinuclear/Golgi localization of CUL7(FBXW8) in neurons.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization with direct experimental support.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, perinuclear region {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21572988}.'
- term:
    id: GO:0005829
    label: cytosol
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-8952618
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization within CRL neddylation reactions. Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization, consistent with experimental evidence; CRL-cycle Reactome events are pathway-context annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
- term:
    id: GO:0005829
    label: cytosol
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-8952620
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization within CRL neddylation reactions. Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
- term:
    id: GO:0005829
    label: cytosol
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-8955241
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (CAND1 binding to CRL). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
- term:
    id: GO:0005829
    label: cytosol
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-8955289
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (COMMD-CAND1 displacement). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
- term:
    id: GO:0005829
    label: cytosol
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-8956040
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (COP9 signalosome deneddylation). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
- term:
    id: GO:0005829
    label: cytosol
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-8956200
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (DCUN1D3 binding to CRL1). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
- term:
    id: GO:0005829
    label: cytosol
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-983140
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (Ub transfer to substrate). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
- term:
    id: GO:0005829
    label: cytosol
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-983147
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (E3 release from polyubiquitinated substrate). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
- term:
    id: GO:0005829
    label: cytosol
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-983156
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (polyubiquitination of substrate). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
- term:
    id: GO:0005829
    label: cytosol
  evidence_type: TAS
  original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-983157
  qualifier: located_in
  review:
    summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (E3 interaction with substrate and E2-Ub). Consistent with documented cytoplasmic localization.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: Correct localization, redundant with other localization annotations.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17205132}.
references:
- id: GO_REF:0000024
  title: Manual transfer of experimentally-verified manual GO annotation data to orthologs by curator judgment of sequence similarity
  findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000033
  title: Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
  findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000044
  title: Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location vocabulary mapping, accompanied by conservative changes to GO terms applied by UniProt
  findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000052
  title: Gene Ontology annotation based on curation of immunofluorescence data
  findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000107
  title: Automatic transfer of experimentally verified manual GO annotation data to orthologs using Ensembl Compara
  findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000120
  title: Combined Automated Annotation using Multiple IEA Methods
  findings: []
- id: PMID:15070733
  title: M-phase kinases induce phospho-dependent ubiquitination of somatic Wee1 by SCFbeta-TrCP.
  findings: []
  reference_review:
    relevance: LOW
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: Source of an FBXW8-SKP1 (P63208) generic F-box/SCF IntAct contact; the paper is about Wee1/beta-TrCP.
- id: PMID:17205132
  title: A critical role for FBXW8 and MAPK in cyclin D1 degradation and cancer cell proliferation.
  findings:
  - statement: FBXW8 mediates cytoplasmic degradation of cyclin D1 phosphorylated at Thr286 via the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK cascade; FBXW8 depletion accumulates cyclin D1 and impairs cancer cell proliferation.
    reference_section_type: ABSTRACT
  reference_review:
    relevance: HIGH
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: Full text available; establishes FBXW8 as the substrate receptor for phospho-cyclin D1 and its cytoplasmic localization.
- id: PMID:17314511
  title: Large-scale identification of c-MYC-associated proteins using a combined TAP/MudPIT approach.
  findings: []
  reference_review:
    relevance: LOW
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: High-throughput MYC-interactome (TAP/MudPIT); source of an FBXW8-MYC bare protein binding annotation.
- id: PMID:18498745
  title: The CUL7 E3 ubiquitin ligase targets insulin receptor substrate 1 for ubiquitin-dependent degradation.
  findings:
  - statement: The CUL7(FBXW8) E3 ligase (CUL7, FBXW8, SKP1, ROC1/RBX1) targets IRS1 for ubiquitin-dependent degradation in an mTOR/p70-S6-kinase-dependent manner; Cul7-/- cells accumulate IRS1 with increased AKT and MEK/ERK signaling and undergo senescence-like phenotypes.
    reference_section_type: ABSTRACT
  reference_review:
    relevance: HIGH
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: Full text available; establishes the IRS1 substrate and the negative regulation of insulin/IGF-1 signaling.
- id: PMID:21572988
  title: An OBSL1-Cul7Fbxw8 ubiquitin ligase signaling mechanism regulates Golgi morphology and dendrite patterning.
  findings:
  - statement: CUL7(FBXW8) localizes to the Golgi (via OBSL1) and is required for Golgi morphology, secretory trafficking, and dendrite (not axon) elaboration in neurons; the Golgi stacking protein GRASP65/GORASP1 is a physiological substrate.
    reference_section_type: ABSTRACT
  reference_review:
    relevance: HIGH
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: Abstract only in cache (full_text_available false); IDA/IGI annotations rely on full text read by curators. Source of Golgi organization, dendrite morphogenesis, GORASP1 substrate and Golgi/perinuclear localization.
- id: PMID:24362026
  title: The CUL7/F-box and WD repeat domain containing 8 (CUL7/Fbxw8) ubiquitin ligase promotes degradation of hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1.
  findings:
  - statement: CUL7(FBXW8) recognizes autophosphorylated MAP4K1/HPK1 and targets it for 26S proteasomal degradation, a process antagonized by PP4 dephosphorylation of HPK1 Thr355; this promotes pancreatic cancer cell proliferation.
    reference_section_type: ABSTRACT
  reference_review:
    relevance: HIGH
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: Full text available; establishes the HPK1 substrate and the proliferation link.
- id: PMID:24793695
  title: The 3M complex maintains microtubule and genome integrity.
  findings:
  - statement: CUL7, OBSL1 and CCDC8 form a 3M complex (with which FBXW8 associates via CUL7) that maintains microtubule and genome integrity; CUL7 depletion causes microtubule defects, prometaphase arrest, tetraploidy and mitotic death.
    reference_section_type: ABSTRACT
  reference_review:
    relevance: MEDIUM
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: Full text available; supports the 3M complex association annotation. The microtubule/genome roles are primarily CUL7/OBSL1/CCDC8-centric.
- id: PMID:27705803
  title: A High-Density Map for Navigating the Human Polycomb Complexome.
  findings: []
  reference_review:
    relevance: LOW
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: AP-MS complexome map; source of a bare protein binding annotation.
- id: PMID:33961781
  title: Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling of the human interactome.
  findings: []
  reference_review:
    relevance: LOW
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: Cell-specific interactome; source of a bare protein binding annotation.
- id: PMID:35982156
  title: Structure of CRL7(FBXW8) reveals coupling with CUL1-RBX1/ROC1 for multi-cullin-RING E3-catalyzed ubiquitin ligation.
  findings:
  - statement: Cryo-EM shows CUL7 binds FBXW8 in an F-box-independent mode; within CRL7(FBXW8) the RBX1 RING is held incompatible with E2~Ub/E2~NEDD8 binding, so the complex lacks intrinsic catalytic activity and instead acts as a substrate receptor coupled via SKP1-FBXW8 to a neddylated CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module.
    reference_section_type: ABSTRACT
  reference_review:
    relevance: HIGH
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: Full text available; defines the mechanistic basis for FBXW8 as a substrate receptor coupled to CUL1-RBX1 catalysis - key for the SCF vs CUL7 complex annotations.
- id: PMID:40205054
  title: Multimodal cell maps as a foundation for structural and functional genomics.
  findings: []
  reference_review:
    relevance: LOW
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: Multimodal cell-map study; source of a bare protein binding annotation.
- id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-deep-research-falcon.md
  title: Falcon deep research report for human FBXW8
  findings:
  - statement: Cryo-EM and reconstitution show CRL7(FBXW8) is an atypical multi-cullin E3 in which CUL7-FBXW8 recruits substrate while a neddylated CUL1-RBX1 module provides catalytic activity; recombinant CRL7(FBXW8) alone lacks auto-neddylation and ubiquitination activity.
    supporting_text: CUL7 binds FBXW8 in an F-box-independent mode; CRL7^FBXW8 alone lacks auto-neddylation/ubiquitination activity; catalytic coupling occurs to CUL1-RBX1
  - statement: A Golgi-localized CUL7-FBXW8 complex directly binds adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL/PNPLA2) and mediates its K48-linked polyubiquitylation and proteasomal degradation, restraining lipolysis; glucose depletion lowers Golgi PtdIns4P and reduces this degradation.
    supporting_text: Golgi-localized CUL7-FBXW8 directly interacts with ATGL and mediates K48-linked polyubiquitylation/proteasomal degradation
  - statement: FBXW8 contains a polybasic N-terminal region that binds Golgi PtdIns4P, providing a phosphoinositide-sensing recruitment mechanism that couples intracellular glucose status to assembly of the CUL7-FBXW8 ligase at the Golgi.
    supporting_text: FBXW8 has a polybasic N-terminal region binding Golgi PtdIns4P; glucose deprivation lowers Golgi PtdIns4P, reduces FBXW8/CUL7 assembly at Golgi, stabilizes ATGL, and increases lipolysis
  - statement: FBXW8 (in CUL7/FBXW8) promotes degradation of the nuclear chromatin-associated protein MRFAP1 specifically around anaphase-telophase, with FBXW8 overexpression increasing MRFAP1 polyubiquitination and knockdown prolonging its half-life.
    supporting_text: Cul7/FBXW8 promotes MRFAP1 degradation during anaphase-telophase; FBXW8 overexpression increases polyubiquitination and knockdown prolongs half-life
  - statement: FBXW8 is essential in mouse models for mid-to-late placental development and fetal growth; Fbxw8 knockout causes intrauterine growth retardation and placental structural defects, with Fbxw8-null phenotypes milder than Cul7-null lethality.
    supporting_text: Loss causes intrauterine growth retardation, small placentas, reduced spongiotrophoblast/labyrinth abnormalities; placental defect depends on fetal genotype
  reference_review:
    relevance: HIGH
    correctness: VERIFIED
    review_notes: 'Falcon synthesis of FBXW8 primary literature; the multi-cullin CRL7-CUL1 coupling, cyclin D1, HPK1, IRS1 and GORASP1 substrates and Golgi/cytoplasmic localization cross-check against UniProt Q8N3Y1 and cached PMID:17205132/PMID:18498745/PMID:21572988/PMID:24362026/PMID:35982156. New substrate leads (ATGL/PtdIns4P axis from Ding 2024 Nat Cell Biol; MRFAP1 from Li 2017; PDCoV N) are from single primary papers not yet in GOA and are treated as supporting context, not a basis to overrule curated annotations.'
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-8952618
  title: AcM-UBE2M transfers NEDD8 to CRL1 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex
  findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-8952620
  title: NEDD8:AcM-UBE2M binds CRL1 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex
  findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-8955241
  title: CAND1 binds cytosolic CRL E3 ubiquitin ligases
  findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-8955289
  title: COMMDs displace CAND1 from cytosolic CRL E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes
  findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-8956040
  title: COP9 signalosome deneddylates cytosolic CRL E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes
  findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-8956200
  title: MyrG-DCUN1D3 binds CRL1 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex
  findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-983140
  title: Transfer of Ub from E2 to substrate and release of E2
  findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-983147
  title: Release of E3 from polyubiquitinated substrate
  findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-983156
  title: Polyubiquitination of substrate
  findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-983157
  title: Interaction of E3 with substrate and E2-Ub complex
  findings: []
core_functions:
- description: Substrate-recognition subunit of the vertebrate-specific CUL7-RING(FBXW8) (CRL7(FBXW8)) E3 ubiquitin ligase; selects phosphorylation-marked substrates - IRS1 (after S6-kinase/mTOR phosphorylation), MAP4K1/HPK1 (autophosphorylated), and phospho-cyclin D1 - for polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation, with ubiquitin transfer catalyzed via a coupled CUL1-RBX1 module.
  molecular_function:
    id: GO:1990756
    label: ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity
  locations:
  - id: GO:0005737
    label: cytoplasm
  supported_by:
  - reference_id: PMID:18498745
    supporting_text: the Cullin 7 (CUL7) E3 ubiquitin ligase complex containing the Fbw8-substrate-targeting subunit
  - reference_id: PMID:35982156
    supporting_text: CRL7 serves as a substrate receptor linked via SKP1-FBXW8 to a neddylated CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module mediating ubiquitination
  directly_involved_in:
  - id: GO:0043161
    label: proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
- description: Golgi-localized CUL7(FBXW8) substrate receptor. Scaffolded at the Golgi by OBSL1, it mediates degradation of the Golgi stacking protein GORASP1/GRASP65 to control Golgi morphology, secretory trafficking and dendrite elaboration in neurons; recruited to the Golgi via a polybasic N-terminal region that binds Golgi PtdIns4P, it also K48-polyubiquitinates adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL/PNPLA2) to restrain lipolysis in a glucose-responsive manner.
  molecular_function:
    id: GO:1990756
    label: ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity
  locations:
  - id: GO:0005794
    label: Golgi apparatus
  supported_by:
  - reference_id: PMID:21572988
    supporting_text: we identify the Golgi protein Grasp65 as a novel and physiologically relevant substrate of Cul7(Fbxw8) in the control of Golgi and dendrite morphogenesis in neurons
  - reference_id: file:human/FBXW8/FBXW8-deep-research-falcon.md
    supporting_text: Golgi-localized CUL7-FBXW8 directly interacts with ATGL and mediates K48-linked polyubiquitylation/proteasomal degradation
  directly_involved_in:
  - id: GO:0007030
    label: Golgi organization
- description: Negative regulator of insulin/IGF-1 signaling as the substrate receptor that targets IRS1 for CUL7-dependent ubiquitin-mediated degradation, dampening downstream AKT and MEK/ERK pathway activation.
  molecular_function:
    id: GO:1990756
    label: ubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activity
  locations:
  - id: GO:0005829
    label: cytosol
  supported_by:
  - reference_id: PMID:18498745
    supporting_text: a key role for the CUL7 E3 in targeting IRS-1 for degradation
  directly_involved_in:
  - id: GO:0046627
    label: negative regulation of insulin receptor signaling pathway
proposed_new_terms: []
suggested_questions:
- question: Given that CRL7(FBXW8) lacks intrinsic catalytic activity and couples to a separate CUL1-RBX1 module, how is this two-cullin assembly regulated, and which substrates require the coupled module versus other catalytic partners?
- question: How do the phosphorylation states of substrates (IRS1, HPK1, cyclin D1) and of FBXW8 itself (Ser85 by mTORC2) coordinate the timing and subcellular site (cytosol vs Golgi) of FBXW8-dependent degradation?
- question: What determines whether an FBXW8-attached K48 polyubiquitin chain routes a substrate to proteasomal degradation (e.g. ATGL, cyclin D1) versus selective autophagy (as reported for viral nucleocapsid), and is PtdIns4P-dependent Golgi recruitment a general feature for membrane-proximal substrates?
suggested_experiments:
- description: Reconstitute the full CRL7(FBXW8)-CUL1-RBX1 coupled ligase in vitro with neddylation machinery and phosphorylated substrates (IRS1, HPK1, cyclin D1, GORASP1, ATGL) to confirm the requirement for the CUL1-RBX1 catalytic module and map ubiquitination sites/chain linkages.
- description: Perform FBXW8 degron-depletion combined with quantitative phosphoproteomics and ubiquitinomics in neuronal, hepatocyte/adipocyte, and cancer cell models to define the endogenous substrate repertoire and dissect the Golgi/dendrite, lipolysis (ATGL/PtdIns4P), and insulin-signaling functions.
- description: Mutate the FBXW8 polybasic N-terminal region to abolish Golgi PtdIns4P binding and test, with cell fractionation and ubiquitination assays, whether Golgi recruitment is required selectively for ATGL/GORASP1 turnover but dispensable for cytosolic substrates (IRS1, HPK1, cyclin D1).