The MEKK1 SWIM domain is a novel substrate receptor for c-Jun ubiquitylation

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 445, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 431-439

  Rieger, Michael A ^a   Duellman, Tyler ^a   Hooper, Christopher ^a   Ameka, Magdalene ^a   Bakowska, Joanna C ^a   Cuevas, Bruce D ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

c Jun; MEKK1; Protein kinase; Transcription factor; Ubiquitylation; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PROTEIN C JUN; PROTEIN FOS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; UBIQUITINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE 1; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UBIQUITINATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84864363191     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20120406     Document Type: Article

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