The proteostasis network and its decline in ageing

MS Hipp, P Kasturi, FU Hartl - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Ageing is a major risk factor for the development of many diseases, prominently including
neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease. A hallmark …

A practical review of proteasome pharmacology

TA Thibaudeau, DM Smith, Q Ma - Pharmacological reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) degrades individual proteins in a highly regulated
fashion and is responsible for the degradation of misfolded, damaged, or unneeded cellular …

The midnolin-proteasome pathway catches proteins for ubiquitination-independent degradation

X Gu, C Nardone, N Kamitaki, A Mao, SJ Elledge… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Cells use ubiquitin to mark proteins for proteasomal degradation. Although the proteasome
also eliminates proteins that are not ubiquitinated, how this occurs mechanistically is …

[HTML][HTML] Remaining mysteries of molecular biology: the role of polyamines in the cell

L Miller-Fleming, V Olin-Sandoval, K Campbell… - Journal of molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
The polyamines (PAs) spermidine, spermine, putrescine and cadaverine are an essential
class of metabolites found throughout all kingdoms of life. In this comprehensive review, we …

[HTML][HTML] Proteostasis, oxidative stress and aging

I Korovila, M Hugo, JP Castro, D Weber, A Höhn… - Redox biology, 2017 - Elsevier
The production of reactive species is an inevitable by-product of metabolism and thus, life
itself. Since reactive species are able to damage cellular structures, especially proteins, as …

Proteasome inhibitor drugs

LD Fricker - Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Proteasomes are large, multicatalytic protein complexes that cleave cellular proteins into
peptides. There are many distinct forms of proteasomes that differ in catalytically active …

Phosphorylation meets ubiquitination: the control of NF-κB activity

M Karin, Y Ben-Neriah - Annual review of immunology, 2000 - annualreviews.org
NF-κB (nuclear factor-κB) is a collective name for inducible dimeric transcription factors
composed of members of the Rel family of DNA-binding proteins that recognize a common …

Recognition and processing of ubiquitin-protein conjugates by the proteasome

D Finley - Annual review of biochemistry, 2009 - annualreviews.org
The proteasome is an intricate molecular machine, which serves to degrade proteins
following their conjugation to ubiquitin. Substrates dock onto the proteasome at its 19 …

The proteasome: overview of structure and functions

K Tanaka - Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, 2009 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The proteasome is a highly sophisticated protease complex designed to carry out selective,
efficient and processive hydrolysis of client proteins. It is known to collaborate with ubiquitin …

Modulation of cellular function by polyamines

K Igarashi, K Kashiwagi - The international journal of biochemistry & cell …, 2010 - Elsevier
Polyamines (putrescine, spermidine and spermine) are essential for normal cell growth. The
polyamine levels in cells are regulated by biosynthesis, degradation, and transport …