Different mechanisms that promote protein monoubiquitination

Protein monoubiquitination is a post-translational modification that consists of the conjugation of a single ubiquitin molecule to a target protein residue. Monoubiquitination regulates protein activity and localization and is involved in DNA repair, histone regulation, and receptor endocytosis. Alt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Crosas, Bernat, Puig Sàrries, Pilar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/1143
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/1143
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ubiqüitina
Proteïnes
Metabolisme cel·lular
Coupled monoubiquitination
Monoubiquitination
Post-translational modification
Ubiquitin
Monoubicuitinación
Monoubicuitinación acoblada
Modificación post-traduccional
Ubicuitina
Monoubicuitinació
Monoubicuitinació acoblada
Modificació post-traduccional
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Sumario:Protein monoubiquitination is a post-translational modification that consists of the conjugation of a single ubiquitin molecule to a target protein residue. Monoubiquitination regulates protein activity and localization and is involved in DNA repair, histone regulation, and receptor endocytosis. Although the mechanisms by which monoubiquitination regulates protein function are still not well understood, there are some insights into the mechanisms that promote this modification. In this work, we discuss some of the principles of the processes that produce monoubiquitination in vivo; i.e., how ubiquitin conjugating enzymes, ubiquitin ligases or other co-factors can produce direct substrates monoubiquitination, and how ubiquitin specific proteases can indirectly convert polyubiquitinated to monoubiquitinated proteins.