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 …

The increasing complexity of the ubiquitin code

R Yau, M Rape - Nature cell biology, 2016 - nature.com
Ubiquitylation is essential for signal transduction as well as cell division and differentiation in
all eukaryotes. Substrate modifications range from a single ubiquitin molecule to complex …

Emerging functions of branched ubiquitin chains

ME French, CF Koehler, T Hunter - Cell discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Ubiquitylation is a critical post-translational modification that controls a wide variety of
processes in eukaryotes. Ubiquitin chains of different topologies are specialized for different …

BioE3 identifies specific substrates of ubiquitin E3 ligases

O Barroso-Gomila, L Merino-Cacho, V Muratore… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Hundreds of E3 ligases play a critical role in recognizing specific substrates for modification
by ubiquitin (Ub). Separating genuine targets of E3s from E3-interactors remains a …

Skeletal muscle atrophy and the E3 ubiquitin ligases MuRF1 and MAFbx/atrogin-1

SC Bodine, LM Baehr - American Journal of Physiology …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Muscle RING finger 1 (MuRF1) and muscle atrophy F-box (MAFbx)/atrogin-1 were identified
more than 10 years ago as two muscle-specific E3 ubiquitin ligases that are increased …

Assembly and function of heterotypic ubiquitin chains in cell-cycle and protein quality control

RG Yau, K Doerner, ER Castellanos, DL Haakonsen… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Posttranslational modification with ubiquitin chains controls cell fate in all eukaryotes.
Depending on the connectivity between subunits, different ubiquitin chain types trigger …

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 …

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 …

Small-molecule modulation of protein homeostasis

GM Burslem, CM Crews - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Control of protein levels by nucleic-acid-based technologies has proven to be a useful
research tool but lacks the advantages of small molecules with respect to cell permeability …

Enhanced protein degradation by branched ubiquitin chains

HJ Meyer, M Rape - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Posttranslational modification of cell-cycle regulators with ubiquitin chains is essential for
eukaryotic cell division. Such chains can be connected through seven lysine residues or the …