Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences

THE UBIQUITIN SYSTEM

The selective degradation of many short-lived proteins in eukaryotic cells is carried out by the ubiquitin system. In this pathway, proteins are targeted for degradation by cova...

Inhibition of ubiquitin/proteasome-dependent protein degradation by the Gly-Ala repeat domain of the Epstein–Barr virus nuclear antigen 1

The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) encoded nuclear antigen (EBNA) 1 is expressed in latently infected B lymphocytes that persist for life in healthy virus carriers and is the only vir...

Components of a system that ligates cyclin to ubiquitin and their regulation by the protein kinase cdc2.

Cyclin B, a positive regulatory subunit of the cdc2 protein kinase complex, is synthesized across the cell cycle and then rapidly degraded at the end of mitosis. Degradation of ...

Dominant-negative cyclin-selective ubiquitin carrier protein E2-C/UbcH10 blocks cells in metaphase

Destruction of mitotic cyclins by ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis is required for cells to complete mitosis and enter interphase of the next cell cycle. In clam eggs, this proce...

Lessons from the discovery ofthe ubiquitin system

Binding Sites of Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase

It was found previously that the enzyme ubiquitin-protein ligase (E3) contains specific protein substrate binding sites that are responsible for the selection of proteins for de...