Ring finger protein 5 activates sterol regulatory element–binding protein 2 (SREBP2) to promote cholesterol biosynthesis via inducing polyubiquitination of SREBP chaperone SCAP

Sterol regulatory element–binding protein 2 (SREBP2) is the master transcription factor that regulates cholesterol metabolism. SREBP2 activation is regulated by SREBP chaperone SCAP. Here we show that ring finger protein 5 (RNF5), an endoplasmic reticulum-anchored E3 ubiquitin ligase, mediates the Lys-29–linked polyubiquitination of SCAP and thereby activates SREBP2. RNF5 knockdown inhibited SREBP2 activation and reduced cholesterol biosynthesis...