SIAH1

UniProt ID: Q8IUQ4
Organism: Homo sapiens
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Gene Description

SIAH1 (seven in absentia homolog 1) is a RING-type E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase (EC 2.3.2.27) that catalyzes ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of a broad set of substrates. It is built from an N-terminal RING-type zinc finger that recruits a ubiquitin-charged E2 conjugating enzyme (e.g. UBE2D1, UBE2E2, UBE2I, UBE2L6) and a C-terminal SIAH-type substrate-binding domain containing additional zinc fingers that recognizes substrate degrons, typically a Pro-x-Ala-x-Val-x-Pro (PxAxVxP) motif. SIAH1 functions as a homodimer (and can heterodimerize with the closely related SIAH2), and can act either by binding substrates directly or as the RING subunit of larger multiprotein E3 complexes. Its best-characterized substrates and pathways include: DCC (the netrin receptor deleted in colorectal cancer), establishing a role in nervous-system development and axon guidance; beta-catenin (CTNNB1), which SIAH1 degrades via a p53-inducible, GSK3beta/beta-TrCP-independent pathway acting with APC, the adaptor SIP/CACYBP, SKP1 and Ebi/TBL1X as part of a beta-catenin destruction complex; AXIN1, whose Wnt-induced degradation by SIAH1 provides a feed-forward boost to canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling; alpha-synuclein (SNCA, monoubiquitylation) and synphilin-1 (SNCAIP), linking SIAH1 to Lewy-body/inclusion formation in Parkinson disease; XIAP (via the ARTS adaptor) and other apoptotic regulators, promoting intrinsic apoptosis; the kinase HIPK2 (constitutive, DAZAP2-assisted degradation in the DNA-damage/p53 response); and the prolyl hydroxylases EGLN2/EGLN3, coupling SIAH1 to the hypoxic/unfolded-protein response. SIAH1 is predominantly cytoplasmic with a partial nuclear pool, is itself p53-inducible, and contributes to apoptosis, tumor suppression, transcriptional regulation, and Wnt signaling.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0043161 proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Phylogenetic inference of proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolism, the core biological process of SIAH1, which targets numerous substrates for proteasomal degradation.
Reason: Core biological process; SIAH1 ubiquitinates substrates (DCC, beta-catenin, XIAP, HIPK2, AXIN1) for proteasomal degradation, demonstrated by proteasome-inhibitor-sensitive degradation assays.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
Proteasome inhibitors blocked the effects of Sina/Siah on DCC
GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Phylogenetic inference of ubiquitin protein ligase activity, the core molecular function of SIAH1 as a genuine RING-type E3 ligase.
Reason: Core molecular function; SIAH1 is a catalytic RING E3 ligase, corroborated by experimental EXP/IDA evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19224863
the ubiquitin-protein isopeptide ligase SIAH
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Phylogenetic inference that SIAH1 is active in the cytoplasm, its dominant subcellular compartment and site of action on most substrates.
Reason: Core localization; SIAH1 is predominantly cytoplasmic, where it associates with and degrades substrates such as DCC.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins localized predominantly in the cytoplasm
GO:0031624 ubiquitin conjugating enzyme binding
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Phylogenetic inference of E2 (ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme) binding, a defining feature of the SIAH1 RING domain and essential to its catalytic mechanism.
Reason: Core molecular function; SIAH1 binds E2 enzymes (Ubcs) through its N-terminal RING region, and a Ubc-binding-deficient mutant cannot degrade substrate.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins interacted with ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (Ubcs)
GO:0005634 nucleus
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Electronic assignment of nuclear localization. SIAH1 has a real but secondary nuclear pool where it acts on nuclear substrates (e.g. HIPK2, transcription factors).
Reason: Real secondary localization (nuclear substrates such as HIPK2), but the dominant active compartment is cytoplasmic.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Electronic assignment of cytoplasmic localization, the dominant compartment of SIAH1.
Reason: Core localization; redundant with the IBA cytoplasm and TAS cytoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins localized predominantly in the cytoplasm
GO:0006511 ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Electronic assignment of ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolism, a parent of the specific proteasome-mediated catabolic process SIAH1 mediates.
Reason: Correct but more generic; the specific proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent catabolic process annotation better captures the role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins regulate DCC and perhaps other proteins via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
GO:0008270 zinc ion binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
ACCEPT
Summary: InterPro-based electronic assignment of zinc ion binding; SIAH1 has a RING-type zinc finger and additional SIAH-type zinc fingers that coordinate zinc.
Reason: Structurally required; the RING and SIAH-type zinc fingers coordinate zinc, essential for the fold and catalysis.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
ZN_FING
GO:0060070 canonical Wnt signaling pathway
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ARBA machine-learning assignment of involvement in canonical Wnt signaling. SIAH1 both degrades beta-catenin (negative) and degrades AXIN1 (positive, feed-forward), so it is a genuine but pleiotropic regulator of this pathway.
Reason: SIAH1 genuinely participates in canonical Wnt signaling (via beta-catenin and AXIN1 degradation), but this is a downstream pathway outcome of its ligase activity rather than its core molecular function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28546513
SIAH-mediated Axin degradation represents an important feed-forward mechanism to achieve sustained Wnt/Ξ²-catenin signaling
GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000003
ACCEPT
Summary: Enzyme Commission-based electronic assignment of ubiquitin protein ligase activity (EC 2.3.2.27), the core catalytic molecular function.
Reason: Core molecular function; redundant with the IBA/EXP/IDA ligase activity annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
EC=2.3.2.27
GO:1990000 amyloid fibril formation
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: ARBA machine-learning assignment of amyloid fibril formation, reflecting the alpha-synuclein/synphilin-1 context. This describes the aggregation behavior of SIAH1 substrates (Lewy-body inclusions), not an intrinsic SIAH1 function.
Reason: SIAH1 monoubiquitylates alpha-synuclein and ubiquitinates synphilin-1 and influences inclusion formation, but amyloid fibril formation is the substrate's property; assigning it as a SIAH1 process is an over-annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19224863
SIAH also increases the formation of synphilin-1A inclusions
GO:2001233 regulation of apoptotic signaling pathway
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ARBA machine-learning assignment of regulation of apoptotic signaling. SIAH1 promotes apoptosis (e.g. via XIAP degradation), a downstream process of its ligase activity.
Reason: SIAH1 genuinely regulates apoptosis (XIAP degradation, POSH/JNK), but this is a downstream biological outcome rather than its core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21185211
ARTS interacts with the E3 ligase Siah-1 (seven in absentia homolog 1) to induce ubiquitination and degradation of XIAP
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:11483518
Regulation of BOB.1/OBF.1 stability by SIAH.
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Interaction with BOB.1/OBF.1 (POU2AF1), whose stability SIAH regulates. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records a real interaction (BOB.1/OBF.1) but bare protein binding is uninformative per curation guidelines.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:16230351
Siah1 interacts with the scaffold protein POSH to promote JN...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Interaction with the scaffold protein POSH (promotes JNK activation and apoptosis). Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records a real interaction (POSH) but bare protein binding is uninformative per curation guidelines.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:19549727
Analysis of the human E2 ubiquitin conjugating enzyme protei...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Interaction from the human E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme network (E2 binding). Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records a real interaction (E2 enzymes, central to the RING mechanism) but bare protein binding is uninformative; the ubiquitin conjugating enzyme binding term is more specific.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21078624
Comparison of an expanded ataxia interactome with patient me...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Interaction from an expanded ataxia interactome. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput interactome; bare protein binding is uninformative per curation guidelines.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21185211
ARTS and Siah collaborate in a pathway for XIAP degradation.
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Interaction with XIAP/ARTS in the XIAP-degradation pathway. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records real, functionally important interactions (ARTS/XIAP) but bare protein binding is uninformative per curation guidelines.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21185211
ARTS interacts with the E3 ligase Siah-1 (seven in absentia homolog 1) to induce ubiquitination and degradation of XIAP
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21516116
Next-generation sequencing to generate interactome datasets.
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: High-throughput interactome interaction. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput interactome; bare protein binding is uninformative per curation guidelines.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21878328
E3 ubiquitin ligase Siah-1 facilitates poly-ubiquitylation a...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Interaction with the hepatitis B viral X protein (HBx), a SIAH1 substrate. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records a real substrate interaction (HBx) but bare protein binding is uninformative per curation guidelines.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21988832
Toward an understanding of the protein interaction network o...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Human liver protein interaction network interaction. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput interactome; bare protein binding is uninformative per curation guidelines.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:23840749
MOR is not enough: identification of novel mu-opioid recepto...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Interaction from a mu-opioid receptor interacting-protein screen. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput interactome; bare protein binding is uninformative per curation guidelines.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:25416956
A proteome-scale map of the human interactome network.
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Proteome-scale interactome interaction. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: High-throughput interactome; bare protein binding is uninformative per curation guidelines.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0042802 identical protein binding
IPI
PMID:21988832
Toward an understanding of the protein interaction network o...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Self-association evidence; SIAH1 functions as a homodimer (and can heterodimerize with SIAH2). A real, informative homotypic interaction.
Reason: SIAH1 genuinely homodimerizes, which is required for its function, but this is a structural property supporting rather than defining the core ligase activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22493164
dimeric E3-RING interactions
GO:0042802 identical protein binding
IPI
PMID:22493164
Systematic analysis of dimeric E3-RING interactions reveals ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Systematic dimeric E3-RING interaction analysis; SIAH1 self-associates (homodimer). A real homotypic interaction.
Reason: SIAH1 self-associates (homodimer); supports its function but is not the core catalytic role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22493164
dimeric E3-RING interactions
GO:0042802 identical protein binding
IPI
PMID:25416956
A proteome-scale map of the human interactome network.
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Proteome-scale interactome self-interaction (SIAH1 homodimerization).
Reason: SIAH1 self-associates (homodimer); supports its function but is not the core catalytic role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22493164
dimeric E3-RING interactions
GO:0004842 ubiquitin-protein transferase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: Ortholog-transferred (Ensembl Compara) ubiquitin-protein transferase activity, the core catalytic molecular function of SIAH1.
Reason: Core molecular function; synonymous with ubiquitin protein ligase activity for this catalytic RING E3.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
EC=2.3.2.27
GO:0005769 early endosome
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Ortholog-transferred (Ensembl Compara) early endosome localization. Not strongly supported by primary human SIAH1 literature, which emphasizes cytoplasmic and nuclear pools.
Reason: A minor, ortholog-transferred localization with weak support in the human literature; retained cautiously as non-core rather than removed, as endosomal pools cannot be excluded.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0005829 cytosol
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: Ortholog-transferred (Ensembl Compara) cytosolic localization, consistent with the dominant cytoplasmic compartment of SIAH1.
Reason: Core localization; consistent with the cytoplasmic/cytosolic site of action.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins localized predominantly in the cytoplasm
GO:0031648 protein destabilization
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Ortholog-transferred (Ensembl Compara) protein destabilization, a consequence of SIAH1-mediated ubiquitination and degradation of its substrates.
Reason: Correct as a consequence of SIAH1's degradative activity, but the catabolic-process and ligase-activity annotations capture the mechanism more directly.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins regulate DCC and perhaps other proteins via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
GO:0051402 neuron apoptotic process
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Ortholog-transferred (Ensembl Compara) involvement in neuron apoptosis, consistent with SIAH1's pro-apoptotic role and Parkinson-disease-related substrates.
Reason: A downstream, context-specific (neuronal) process of SIAH1's apoptosis-promoting activity, not its core function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0016567 protein ubiquitination
IEA
GO_REF:0000041
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: UniPathway-derived general protein ubiquitination process, the core catalytic process of SIAH1 (here at a generic level).
Reason: Correct but generic; the specific proteasome-mediated catabolic process annotation better captures the role.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
PATHWAY: Protein modification; protein ubiquitination.
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
IDA
GO_REF:0000052
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Immunofluorescence (Human Protein Atlas) evidence of nucleoplasmic localization; the real but secondary nuclear pool of SIAH1.
Reason: Experimentally supported nuclear pool (consistent with nuclear substrates such as HIPK2) but secondary to the dominant cytoplasmic compartment.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity
EXP
PMID:19224863
Synphilin-1A inhibits seven in absentia homolog (SIAH) and m...
ACCEPT
Summary: Experimental evidence that SIAH is a ubiquitin-protein (isopeptide) ligase that ubiquitylates alpha-synuclein and synphilin-1. Core molecular function.
Reason: Core molecular function with direct experimental support; SIAH1 is a catalytic RING E3 ligase.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19224863
the ubiquitin-protein isopeptide ligase SIAH
GO:0004842 ubiquitin-protein transferase activity
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-5660753
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation (SIAH1:UBE2L6:Ubiquitin ubiquitinates SNCA) of ubiquitin-protein transferase activity, the core catalytic molecular function.
Reason: Core molecular function; SIAH1 transfers ubiquitin (with E2 UBE2L6) to its substrate SNCA. Synonymous with ubiquitin protein ligase activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19224863
ubiquitin-ligase that ubiquitylates alpha-synuclein and synphilin-1
GO:0004842 ubiquitin-protein transferase activity
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-5667107
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation (SIAH1, SIAH2 ubiquitinate SNCAIP) of ubiquitin-protein transferase activity, the core catalytic molecular function.
Reason: Core molecular function; SIAH1 transfers ubiquitin to synphilin-1 (SNCAIP). Synonymous with ubiquitin protein ligase activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19224863
ubiquitin-ligase that ubiquitylates alpha-synuclein and synphilin-1
GO:1990000 amyloid fibril formation
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-977225
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Reactome curation placing SIAH1 in the amyloid-fiber-formation pathway via its alpha-synuclein context. This is the substrate's aggregation behavior, not an intrinsic SIAH1 function.
Reason: SIAH1 monoubiquitylates alpha-synuclein and influences inclusion formation, but amyloid fibril formation is a property of the substrate; assigning it as a SIAH1 process is an over-annotation (though Reactome curates SIAH1 within the SNCA amyloid pathway).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19224863
SIAH also increases the formation of synphilin-1A inclusions
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:33591310
DAZAP2 acts as specifier of the p53 response to DNA damage.
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Interaction with HIPK2/DAZAP2 in the DNA-damage/p53 response. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records real, functionally important interactions (HIPK2/DAZAP2) but bare protein binding is uninformative per curation guidelines.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:33591310
DAZAP2 stimulates HIPK2 polyubiquitination and degradation through interplay with the ubiquitin ligase SIAH1
GO:0043161 proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
IDA
PMID:33591310
DAZAP2 acts as specifier of the p53 response to DNA damage.
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that SIAH1 drives polyubiquitination and degradation of HIPK2 (DAZAP2-assisted) in the DNA-damage/p53 response. Core biological process.
Reason: Core biological process directly demonstrated; SIAH1 targets HIPK2 for proteasomal degradation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:33591310
DAZAP2 stimulates HIPK2 polyubiquitination and degradation through interplay with the ubiquitin ligase SIAH1
GO:0043161 proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
IMP
PMID:28546513
The SIAH E3 ubiquitin ligases promote Wnt/Ξ²-catenin signalin...
ACCEPT
Summary: Mutant-phenotype evidence that SIAH1 promotes ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of AXIN1 (SIAH1 knockout blocks Wnt-induced Axin ubiquitination). Core biological process.
Reason: Core biological process; SIAH1 targets AXIN1 for proteasomal degradation, demonstrated by knockout.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28546513
SIAH proteins promote the ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of Axin
GO:0060070 canonical Wnt signaling pathway
IMP
PMID:28546513
The SIAH E3 ubiquitin ligases promote Wnt/Ξ²-catenin signalin...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Mutant-phenotype evidence that SIAH1 promotes Wnt/beta-catenin signaling by degrading AXIN1 (a feed-forward mechanism); SIAH1 knockout attenuates Wnt-induced beta-catenin stabilization.
Reason: SIAH1 genuinely participates in canonical Wnt signaling (positive, via AXIN1 degradation), but this is a downstream pathway outcome of its ligase activity rather than its core molecular function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28546513
Knockout of SIAH1 blocks Wnt-induced Axin ubiquitination and attenuates Wnt-induced Ξ²-catenin stabilization
GO:0060070 canonical Wnt signaling pathway
IMP
PMID:32430360
De novo variants in SIAH1, encoding an E3 ubiquitin ligase, ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: De novo SIAH1 variants associated with developmental delay also affect Wnt signaling; mutant-phenotype evidence linking SIAH1 to the canonical Wnt pathway.
Reason: Supports SIAH1 involvement in canonical Wnt signaling (disease-variant evidence), but this is a downstream pathway role rather than the core function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity
IMP
PMID:28546513
The SIAH E3 ubiquitin ligases promote Wnt/Ξ²-catenin signalin...
ACCEPT
Summary: Mutant-phenotype evidence (SIAH1 knockout abolishes Wnt-induced Axin ubiquitination) supporting SIAH1 ubiquitin protein ligase activity. Core molecular function.
Reason: Core molecular function; SIAH1 ligase activity is required for AXIN1 ubiquitination.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28546513
Knockout of SIAH1 blocks Wnt-induced Axin ubiquitination
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:28546513
The SIAH E3 ubiquitin ligases promote Wnt/Ξ²-catenin signalin...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Interaction with AXIN1 (a SIAH1 substrate) via a VxP motif. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records a real substrate interaction (AXIN1) but bare protein binding is uninformative per curation guidelines.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28546513
SIAH proteins promote the ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of Axin through interacting with a VxP motif in the GSK3-binding domain of Axin
GO:0061630 ubiquitin protein ligase activity
IDA
PMID:23001567
Polycystin-1 regulates the stability and ubiquitination of t...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence that SIAH1 (Siah-1) mediates ubiquitination of the transcription factor Jade-1. Core molecular function.
Reason: Core molecular function directly demonstrated; SIAH1 ubiquitinates Jade-1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23001567
Jade-1 ubiquitination was mediated by Siah-1, an E3 ligase that binds PC1
GO:2001244 positive regulation of intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway
IMP
PMID:21185211
ARTS and Siah collaborate in a pathway for XIAP degradation.
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: SIAH1 (with the ARTS adaptor) promotes XIAP degradation, lowering the apoptotic threshold; cells lacking Siah contain higher XIAP. A pro-apoptotic downstream role.
Reason: SIAH1 genuinely promotes intrinsic apoptosis (via XIAP degradation), but this is a downstream biological process of its ligase activity rather than its core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21185211
Cells lacking either Siah or ARTS contain higher steady-state levels of XIAP
GO:0006511 ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
IDA
PMID:23001567
Polycystin-1 regulates the stability and ubiquitination of t...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Direct evidence that SIAH1 mediates ubiquitin-dependent catabolism of Jade-1. Core biological process (generic level).
Reason: Correct but the more specific proteasome-mediated catabolic process annotation better captures the role; retained as non-core given the generic parent term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23001567
Jade-1 ubiquitination was mediated by Siah-1, an E3 ligase that binds PC1
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-374665
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (DCC interaction with SIAH1). Consistent with the core cytoplasmic site of action.
Reason: Correct core cytosolic localization where SIAH1 binds and degrades DCC.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins localized predominantly in the cytoplasm
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-5658092
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (SIAH1, SIAH2 bind SNCAIP). Consistent with the core cytoplasmic site of action.
Reason: Correct core cytosolic localization where SIAH1 acts on synphilin-1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins localized predominantly in the cytoplasm
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-5658496
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (SIAH1:UBE2L6:Ubiquitin binds SNCA). Consistent with the core cytoplasmic site of action.
Reason: Correct core cytosolic localization where SIAH1 acts on alpha-synuclein.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins localized predominantly in the cytoplasm
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-5660753
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (SIAH1:UBE2L6:Ubiquitin ubiquitinates SNCA). Consistent with the core cytoplasmic site of action.
Reason: Correct core cytosolic localization.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins localized predominantly in the cytoplasm
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-5660757
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (Ub-SNCA dissociates from the conjugating enzyme). Consistent with the core cytoplasmic site of action.
Reason: Correct core cytosolic localization.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins localized predominantly in the cytoplasm
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-5667107
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (SIAH1, SIAH2 ubiquitinate SNCAIP). Consistent with the core cytoplasmic site of action.
Reason: Correct core cytosolic localization.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins localized predominantly in the cytoplasm
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-983140
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (generic transfer of Ub from E2 to substrate). Consistent with the core cytoplasmic site of action.
Reason: Correct cytosolic compartment for the ubiquitination reaction; from generic ubiquitination-pathway context.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins localized predominantly in the cytoplasm
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-983147
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (release of E3 from polyubiquitinated substrate). Consistent with the core cytoplasmic site of action.
Reason: Correct cytosolic compartment; from generic ubiquitination-pathway context.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins localized predominantly in the cytoplasm
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-983156
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (polyubiquitination of substrate). Consistent with the core cytoplasmic site of action.
Reason: Correct cytosolic compartment; from generic ubiquitination-pathway context.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins localized predominantly in the cytoplasm
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-983157
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome curation of cytosolic localization (interaction of E3 with substrate and E2-Ub complex). Consistent with the core cytoplasmic site of action.
Reason: Correct cytosolic compartment; from generic ubiquitination-pathway context.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins localized predominantly in the cytoplasm
GO:0004842 ubiquitin-protein transferase activity
IMP
PMID:21185211
ARTS and Siah collaborate in a pathway for XIAP degradation.
ACCEPT
Summary: Mutant-phenotype evidence supporting SIAH1 ubiquitin-protein transferase activity in the ARTS-mediated XIAP degradation pathway. Core molecular function.
Reason: Core molecular function; SIAH1 ligase activity drives XIAP ubiquitination/degradation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21185211
ARTS interacts with the E3 ligase Siah-1 (seven in absentia homolog 1) to induce ubiquitination and degradation of XIAP
GO:0043065 positive regulation of apoptotic process
IDA
PMID:21185211
ARTS and Siah collaborate in a pathway for XIAP degradation.
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Summary: SIAH1 promotes apoptosis by degrading XIAP (via ARTS). A downstream pro-apoptotic role of its ligase activity.
Reason: SIAH1 genuinely promotes apoptosis (XIAP degradation), but this is a downstream biological process rather than the core molecular function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21185211
ARTS serves as an adaptor to bridge Siah-1 to XIAP, targeting it for destruction
GO:0005634 nucleus
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
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Summary: Sequence-similarity-based assignment of nuclear localization; the real but secondary nuclear pool of SIAH1.
Reason: Real secondary localization (nuclear substrates such as HIPK2), but the dominant active compartment is cytoplasmic. Redundant with the IEA nucleus and IDA nucleoplasm annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0051402 neuron apoptotic process
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Sequence-similarity-based assignment of involvement in neuron apoptosis, consistent with SIAH1's pro-apoptotic role and Parkinson-related substrates.
Reason: A downstream, neuronal-context process of SIAH1's apoptosis-promoting activity, not its core function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0004842 ubiquitin-protein transferase activity
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: Sequence-similarity-based assignment of ubiquitin-protein transferase activity, the core catalytic molecular function of SIAH1.
Reason: Core molecular function; redundant with the experimental ligase/transferase annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
EC=2.3.2.27
GO:0006511 ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
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Summary: Sequence-similarity-based assignment of ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolism, a parent of the specific proteasome-mediated catabolic process SIAH1 mediates.
Reason: Correct but generic; the specific proteasome-mediated catabolic process annotation better captures the role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins regulate DCC and perhaps other proteins via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
GO:0008270 zinc ion binding
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: Sequence-similarity-based assignment of zinc ion binding; SIAH1 has a RING-type zinc finger and SIAH-type zinc fingers.
Reason: Structurally required; the RING and SIAH-type zinc fingers coordinate zinc.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
ZN_FING
GO:0043161 proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: Sequence-similarity-based assignment of proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent catabolism, the core biological process of SIAH1.
Reason: Core biological process; redundant with the IBA/IDA/IMP catabolic-process annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
Proteasome inhibitors blocked the effects of Sina/Siah on DCC
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:16085652
Structural analysis of Siah1-Siah-interacting protein intera...
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Summary: Structural study of the SIAH1-SIP interaction within the beta-catenin destruction E3 complex. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records a real, structurally characterized interaction (SIP/CACYBP) central to the beta-catenin destruction complex, but bare protein binding is uninformative per curation guidelines.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16085652
SIP engages Siah1 by means of two elements, both of which are required for mediating beta-catenin destruction in cells
GO:0008270 zinc ion binding
IDA
PMID:16085652
Structural analysis of Siah1-Siah-interacting protein intera...
ACCEPT
Summary: Structural evidence that SIAH1 coordinates zinc through its RING and SIAH-type zinc fingers. Required for the fold and catalysis.
Reason: Structurally demonstrated zinc binding; essential for the RING/SIAH-domain fold and catalytic activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16085652
Siah1 is the central component of a multiprotein E3 ubiquitin ligase complex
GO:0030877 beta-catenin destruction complex
IDA
PMID:16085652
Structural analysis of Siah1-Siah-interacting protein intera...
ACCEPT
Summary: Structural evidence that SIAH1 is the central component of the multiprotein E3 complex (with SIP/CACYBP, SKP1, Ebi/TBL1X) that targets beta-catenin for destruction. Core cellular component for the Wnt-related role.
Reason: Core cellular component; SIAH1 is the central RING subunit of the p53-inducible beta-catenin destruction complex.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16085652
Siah1 is the central component of a multiprotein E3 ubiquitin ligase complex that targets beta-catenin for destruction in response to p53 activation
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:11389840
Siah-1 mediates a novel beta-catenin degradation pathway lin...
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Summary: Interaction with the C-terminus of APC in the beta-catenin degradation pathway. Bare protein binding is uninformative.
Reason: Records a real, functionally important interaction (APC) but bare protein binding is uninformative per curation guidelines.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11389840
Siah-1 interacts with the carboxyl terminus of APC and promotes degradation of beta-catenin in mammalian cells
GO:0030163 protein catabolic process
IDA
PMID:11389840
Siah-1 mediates a novel beta-catenin degradation pathway lin...
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Summary: Direct evidence that SIAH1 promotes beta-catenin degradation (GSK3beta/beta-TrCP-independent, p53-inducible). Core biological process (generic level).
Reason: Correct but generic; the specific proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent catabolic process annotation better captures the role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11389840
APC and Siah-1 mediate a novel beta-catenin degradation pathway linking p53 activation to cell cycle control
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
TAS
PMID:9334332
Mammalian homologs of seven in absentia regulate DCC via the...
ACCEPT
Summary: Author-statement (immunofluorescence) evidence that SIAH proteins localize predominantly in the cytoplasm. Core localization.
Reason: Core localization with direct support; SIAH1 is predominantly cytoplasmic.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the Sina/Siah proteins localized predominantly in the cytoplasm
GO:0006915 apoptotic process
TAS
PMID:9403064
Characterization of human homologs of the Drosophila seven i...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Author-statement assignment of involvement in apoptosis from the original characterization of human seven-in-absentia homologs (p53-inducible apoptosis/tumor suppression).
Reason: SIAH1 genuinely participates in apoptosis, but this is a downstream/pleiotropic process of its ligase activity rather than its core molecular function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0007399 nervous system development
TAS
PMID:9334332
Mammalian homologs of seven in absentia regulate DCC via the...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Author-statement assignment of involvement in nervous system development, via SIAH1 regulation of the netrin receptor DCC.
Reason: SIAH1 genuinely contributes to nervous-system development (DCC regulation), but this is a downstream developmental process of its ligase activity, not the core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
the DCC cytoplasmic domain binds to proteins encoded by mammalian homologs of the Drosophila seven in absentia (sina) gene
GO:0007411 axon guidance
TAS
PMID:9334332
Mammalian homologs of seven in absentia regulate DCC via the...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Author-statement assignment of involvement in axon guidance, via SIAH1 regulation of the netrin/DCC axon-guidance receptor.
Reason: SIAH1 genuinely contributes to axon guidance (DCC regulation), but this is a downstream developmental process of its ligase activity, not the core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9334332
DCC (deleted in colorectal cancer) is postulated to function as transmembrane receptor for the axon and cell guidance factor netrin-1
GO:0009653 anatomical structure morphogenesis
TAS
PMID:9403064
Characterization of human homologs of the Drosophila seven i...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Author-statement assignment of involvement in morphogenesis from the original characterization of human seven-in-absentia homologs.
Reason: A generic developmental process downstream of SIAH1's pleiotropic substrate-degradation roles, not its core function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION
GO:0008270 zinc ion binding
IDA
PMID:11863358
An anthropoid-specific locus of orphan C to U RNA-editing en...
ACCEPT
Summary: Zinc ion binding annotation. The cited reference (PMID:11863358) is an APOBEC C-to-U RNA-editing study on chromosome 22 with no mention of SIAH1 in the cached entry, so the citation appears to use a wrong identifier; however SIAH1 zinc binding itself is correct and independently supported.
Reason: SIAH1 zinc ion binding is structurally established (RING + SIAH-type zinc fingers; PMID:16085652), so the annotation is biologically correct and accepted. The cited PMID:11863358 is flagged as a probable wrong-identifier citation in the reference review.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SIAH1/SIAH1-uniprot.txt
ZN_FING

Core Functions

Functions as a catalytic RING-type E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase that recruits a ubiquitin-charged E2 conjugating enzyme via its N-terminal RING domain and transfers ubiquitin to substrate lysines, directing substrates for proteasomal degradation; functions as a homodimer and recognizes substrate degrons (often a PxAxVxP/VxP motif) through its C-terminal SIAH-type substrate-binding domain.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:9334332
    the Sina/Siah proteins interacted with ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (Ubcs)
  • PMID:19224863
    the ubiquitin-protein isopeptide ligase SIAH

Acts as the central RING subunit of a p53-inducible multiprotein E3 ligase complex (with SIP/CACYBP, SKP1, Ebi/TBL1X and APC) that targets beta-catenin for GSK3beta/beta-TrCP-independent destruction, and separately ubiquitinates AXIN1 in a Wnt-induced feed-forward loop; together these make SIAH1 a regulator of canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:16085652
    Siah1 is the central component of a multiprotein E3 ubiquitin ligase complex that targets beta-catenin for destruction in response to p53 activation
  • PMID:28546513
    SIAH proteins promote the ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of Axin

Ubiquitinates substrates that control apoptosis, the DNA-damage/p53 response and Parkinson-disease biology, including XIAP (via the ARTS adaptor, promoting intrinsic apoptosis), the kinase HIPK2 (DAZAP2-assisted), the netrin receptor DCC (nervous-system development/axon guidance), and alpha-synuclein/synphilin-1 (linking SIAH1 to Lewy-body inclusion formation).

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:21185211
    ARTS serves as an adaptor to bridge Siah-1 to XIAP, targeting it for destruction
  • PMID:33591310
    DAZAP2 stimulates HIPK2 polyubiquitination and degradation through interplay with the ubiquitin ligase SIAH1

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: How does SIAH1 select among its many substrates (DCC, beta-catenin, AXIN1, XIAP, HIPK2, SNCA/SNCAIP, EGLN2/3) - is selection governed by adaptor proteins (SIP/CACYBP, ARTS, DAZAP2), subcellular pool, dimerization state, or stimulus (p53, hypoxia, DNA damage)?

Q: Given that SIAH1 both degrades beta-catenin (negative) and degrades AXIN1 to sustain Wnt signaling (positive), what determines the net direction of its effect on canonical Wnt signaling in a given cell context?

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Perform quantitative ubiquitinome/proteome profiling in SIAH1-knockout versus wild-type cells under basal, p53-activated, hypoxic and DNA-damage conditions to define the stimulus-dependent endogenous SIAH1 substrate repertoire and distinguish core degradative substrates from context-specific ones.

Experiment: Reconstitute SIAH1-mediated ubiquitination in vitro with purified SIAH1 (wild-type vs RING and substrate-binding-domain mutants), E1, E2 panels and individual substrates/adaptors (SIP, ARTS, DAZAP2) to map how adaptors and dimerization control substrate choice and chain assembly.

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