cd16702: RING_CH-C4HC3_MARCH6 (this model, PSSM-Id:319616 is obsolete and has been replaced by 438362)
RING-CH finger, H2 subclass (C4HC3-type), found in membrane-associated RING-CH6 (MARCH6)
MARCH6, also known as membrane-associated RING finger protein 6, membrane-associated RING-CH protein VI (MARCH-VI), RING finger protein 176 (RNF176), protein TEB-4, or Doa10 homolog, is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localized E3 ubiquitin ligase that ubiquitinates ER-associated proteins with a cytoplasmic domain in a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme 7 (UBC7)-dependent manner), such as Mps2, UBC6, and Ste6. It also regulates its own UBC7-mediated degradation. MARCH6 interacts with ubiquitin-specific protease USP19, which deubiquitinates and stabilizes MARCH6 and inhibits p97-dependent proteasomal degradation. It is also involved in the cholesterol synthesis pathway through controlling the degradation of squalene monooxygenase (SM), and affects 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR). Furthermore, it may be a key regulator of thyroid hormone activation in a number of tissues, since it mediates the proteasomal degradation of type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2). MARCH6 contains 14 transmembrane helices and a conserved N-terminal C4HC3-type RING-CH finger, also known as vRING or RINGv, a variant of C3H2C3-type RING-H2 finger, that catalyzes ubiquitin Lys48-specific ligation.