Attaching multiple ubiquitins (a 76- residue protein ubiquitously expressed in eukaryotic cells) covalently to a protein labels that protein for degradation in the proteasome (a large tunnel-like complex considered...Attaching multiple ubiquitins (a 76- residue protein ubiquitously expressed in eukaryotic cells) covalently to a protein labels that protein for degradation in the proteasome (a large tunnel-like complex considered as a protein degradation factory). There are many types of ubiquitin ligases (the enzymes that carry out the protein ubiquitination reactions); one of them is the Culin-R1NG ubiquitin ligase (CRL). There are six Culin proteins and two RING proteins, forming six general types of Culin-RING core platforms for various substraterecruiting subunits to complete the formation of substrate-specific CRLs.展开更多
文摘Attaching multiple ubiquitins (a 76- residue protein ubiquitously expressed in eukaryotic cells) covalently to a protein labels that protein for degradation in the proteasome (a large tunnel-like complex considered as a protein degradation factory). There are many types of ubiquitin ligases (the enzymes that carry out the protein ubiquitination reactions); one of them is the Culin-R1NG ubiquitin ligase (CRL). There are six Culin proteins and two RING proteins, forming six general types of Culin-RING core platforms for various substraterecruiting subunits to complete the formation of substrate-specific CRLs.