The ubiquitin code

D Komander, M Rape - Annual review of biochemistry, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The posttranslational modification with ubiquitin, a process referred to as ubiquitylation,
controls almost every process in cells. Ubiquitin can be attached to substrate proteins as a …

Ubiquitin enzymes in the regulation of immune responses

P Ebner, GA Versteeg, F Ikeda - Critical reviews in biochemistry …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Ubiquitination plays a central role in the regulation of various biological functions including
immune responses. Ubiquitination is induced by a cascade of enzymatic reactions by E1 …

The structural basis of modified nucleosome recognition by 53BP1

MD Wilson, S Benlekbir, A Fradet-Turcotte, A Sherker… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) elicit a histone modification cascade that controls DNA
repair,,. This pathway involves the sequential ubiquitination of histones H1 and H2A by the …

VCP/p97-associated proteins are binders and debranching enzymes of K48–K63-branched ubiquitin chains

SM Lange, MR McFarland, F Lamoliatte… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Branched ubiquitin (Ub) chains constitute a sizable fraction of Ub polymers in human cells.
Despite their abundance, our understanding of branched Ub function in cell signaling has …

Substrate specificity of the ubiquitin and Ubl proteases

JA Ronau, JF Beckmann, M Hochstrasser - Cell research, 2016 - nature.com
Conjugation and deconjugation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins (Ubls) to cellular
proteins are highly regulated processes integral to cellular homeostasis. Most often, the C …

(Patho‐) physiological relevance of PINK 1‐dependent ubiquitin phosphorylation

FC Fiesel, M Ando, R Hudec, AR Hill… - EMBO …, 2015 - embopress.org
Mutations in PINK 1 and PARKIN cause recessive, early‐onset Parkinson's disease (PD).
Together, these two proteins orchestrate a protective mitophagic response that ensures the …

K63-linked polyubiquitin chains bind to DNA to facilitate DNA damage repair

P Liu, W Gan, S Su, AV Hauenstein, T Fu, B Brasher… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Polyubiquitylation is canonically viewed as a posttranslational modification that governs
protein stability or protein-protein interactions, in which distinct polyubiquitin linkages …

Using ubiquitin binders to decipher the ubiquitin code

M Mattern, J Sutherland, K Kadimisetty, R Barrio… - Trends in biochemical …, 2019 - cell.com
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) by ubiquitin (Ub) are versatile, highly dynamic, and
involved in nearly all aspects of eukaryote biological function. The reversibility and …

Ubiquitination in the ERAD Process

A Lopata, A Kniss, F Löhr, VV Rogov… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this review, we focus on the ubiquitination process within the endoplasmic reticulum
associated protein degradation (ERAD) pathway. Approximately one third of all synthesized …

Chemistry and biology of the ubiquitin signal

L Spasser, A Brik - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Ubiquitination is one of the most utilized posttranslational modifications in eukaryotes and is
involved in a wide range of cellular processes, but is mostly known as a signal for …