RNF20 and Ube2B monoubiquitylate histone H2B at K120 for transcriptional activation.
The RING domain of RNF20 promotes ubiquitin transfer by Ube2B.
Key contacts favor the interaction between RNF20 and Ube2B~Ub.
The RNF20 and RNF40 RING domains form a functional heterodimer.
The RNF20–Ube2B~Ub model provides an initial framework to understand how the modification of histone H2B at K120 is mediated.