RING domain E3 ubiquitin ligases

RJ Deshaies, CAP Joazeiro - Annual review of biochemistry, 2009 - annualreviews.org
E3 ligases confer specificity to ubiquitination by recognizing target substrates and mediating
transfer of ubiquitin from an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme to substrate. The activity of …

Mitogen-activated protein kinase: conservation of a three-kinase module from yeast to human

C Widmann, S Gibson, MB Jarpe… - Physiological …, 1999 - journals.physiology.org
Widmann, Christian, Spencer Gibson, Matthew B. Jarpe, and Gary L. Johnson. Mitogen-
Activated Protein Kinase: Conservation of a Three-Kinase Module From Yeast to Human …

The galvanization of biology: a growing appreciation for the roles of zinc

JM Berg, Y Shi - Science, 1996 - science.org
Zinc ions are key structural components of a large number of proteins. The binding of zinc
stabilizes the folded conformations of domains so that they may facilitate interactions …

Arsenic trioxide controls the fate of the PML-RARα oncoprotein by directly binding PML

XW Zhang, XJ Yan, ZR Zhou, FF Yang, ZY Wu, HB Sun… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Arsenic, an ancient drug used in traditional Chinese medicine, has attracted worldwide
interest because it shows substantial anticancer activity in patients with acute promyelocytic …

BAP1: a novel ubiquitin hydrolase which binds to the BRCA1 RING finger and enhances BRCA1-mediated cell growth suppression

DE Jensen, M Proctor, ST Marquis, HP Gardner, SI Ha… - Oncogene, 1998 - nature.com
We have identified a novel protein, BAP1, which binds to the RING finger domain of the
Breast/Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Gene product, BRCA1. BAP1 is a nuclear-localized …

Mdm2 is a RING finger-dependent ubiquitin protein ligase for itself and p53

S Fang, JP Jensen, RL Ludwig, KH Vousden… - Journal of Biological …, 2000 - ASBMB
Mdm2 has been shown to regulate p53 stability by targeting the p53 protein for proteasomal
degradation. We now report that Mdm2 is a ubiquitin protein ligase (E3) for p53 and that its …

TRIM/RBCC, a novel class of 'single protein RING finger'E3 ubiquitin ligases

G Meroni, G Diez‐Roux - Bioessays, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The TRIM/RBCC proteins are defined by the presence of the tripartite motif composed of a
RING domain, one or two B‐box motifs and a coiled‐coil region. These proteins are involved …

TRIM family proteins: retroviral restriction and antiviral defence

S Nisole, JP Stoye, A Saïb - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2005 - nature.com
Members of the tripartite motif (TRIM) protein family are involved in various cellular
processes, including cell proliferation, differentiation, development, oncogenesis and …

Deconstructing a Disease: RAR, Its Fusion Partners, and Their Roles in the Pathogenesis of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

A Melnick, JD Licht - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 1999 - ashpublications.org
IN THE LATE 1980s and early 1990s, the elucidation of the molecular basis of acute
promyelocytic leukemia (APL) emerged as a paradigm for the connection between the …

KAP-1, a novel corepressor for the highly conserved KRAB repression domain.

JR Friedman, WJ Fredericks, DE Jensen… - Genes & …, 1996 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The KRAB repression domain is one of the most widely distributed transcriptional effector
domains yet identified, but its mechanism of repression is unknown. We have cloned a …