E3 ubiquitin ligases: styles, structures and functions

Q Yang, J Zhao, D Chen, Y Wang - Molecular biomedicine, 2021 - Springer
E3 ubiquitin ligases are a large family of enzymes that join in a three-enzyme ubiquitination
cascade together with ubiquitin activating enzyme E1 and ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 …

Ubiquitin modifications

KN Swatek, D Komander - Cell research, 2016 - nature.com
Protein ubiquitination is a dynamic multifaceted post-translational modification involved in
nearly all aspects of eukaryotic biology. Once attached to a substrate, the 76-amino acid …

Ubiquitin chain diversity at a glance

M Akutsu, I Dikic, A Bremm - Journal of cell science, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Ubiquitin plays an essential role in modulating protein functions, and deregulation of the
ubiquitin system leads to the development of multiple human diseases. Owing to its …

Homologous recombination and human health: the roles of BRCA1, BRCA2, and associated proteins

R Prakash, Y Zhang, W Feng… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2015 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Homologous recombination (HR) is a major pathway for the repair of DNA double-strand
breaks in mammalian cells, the defining step of which is homologous strand exchange …

Playing the end game: DNA double-strand break repair pathway choice

JR Chapman, MRG Taylor, SJ Boulton - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are highly toxic lesions that can drive genetic instability.
To preserve genome integrity, organisms have evolved several DSB repair mechanisms, of …

Beyond K48 and K63: non-canonical protein ubiquitination

M Tracz, W Bialek - Cellular & molecular biology letters, 2021 - Springer
Protein ubiquitination has become one of the most extensively studied post-translational
modifications. Originally discovered as a critical element in highly regulated proteolysis …

Regulation of DNA double-strand break repair by ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like modifiers

P Schwertman, S Bekker-Jensen… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2016 - nature.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are highly cytotoxic DNA lesions. The swift recognition
and faithful repair of such damage is crucial for the maintenance of genomic stability, as well …

The recognition of ubiquitinated proteins by the proteasome

GL Grice, JA Nathan - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2016 - Springer
The ability of ubiquitin to form up to eight different polyubiquitin chain linkages generates
complexity within the ubiquitin proteasome system, and accounts for the diverse roles of …

Atypical ubiquitylation—the unexplored world of polyubiquitin beyond Lys48 and Lys63 linkages

Y Kulathu, D Komander - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Ubiquitylation is one of the most abundant and versatile post-translational modifications
(PTMs) in cells. Its versatility arises from the ability of ubiquitin to form eight structurally and …

The emerging complexity of protein ubiquitination

D Komander - Biochemical society transactions, 2009 - portlandpress.com
Protein ubiquitination and protein phosphorylation are two fundamental regulatory post-
translational modifications controlling intracellular signalling events. However, the ubiquitin …