The ubiquitin system: from basic mechanisms to the patient bed

IUBMB Life
A Ciechanover, Kazuhiro Iwai

Abstract

In the ubiquitin system, a target substrate is modified by ubiquitin or a ubiquitin-like protein. This modification remodels the surface of the target proteins, affecting, among other properties, their stability, interactions with other proteins, activity, and subcellular localization. At least 10 different modifiers have been described in mammalian cells and conjugation of each modifier to its target may result in a different biological effect. In many cases proteins are modified by multiple moieties of ubiquitin that generate a branched polyubiquitin chain. For most proteins, this modification leads to their degradation by the 26S proteasome. Yet, dependent on the character of the internal linkage between the ubiquitin moieties, it can also lead to activation of transcriptional regulators. Modification by a single moiety of ubiquitin can target proteins for degradation in the lysosome/vacuole. Conjugation of ubiquitin or ubiquitin-like proteins can serve a variety of non-proteolytic functions, such as activation of enzymes, modulation of membrane dynamics, or routing of the tagged proteins to their sub-cellular destination. Ubiquitination of cellular proteins is a highly complex, temporally controlled, and tightly regulated p...Continue Reading

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