New insights into ubiquitin E3 ligase mechanism

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 301-307

  Berndsen, Christopher E ^a   Wolberger, Cynthia ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULLIN; CYSTEINE; F BOX PROTEIN; PARKIN; POLYUBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN C; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; LYSINE;

AMINOLYSIS; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RING FINGER MOTIF; UBIQUITINATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM ASSOCIATED DEGRADATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

CATALYSIS; LYSINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 84898754901     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2780     Document Type: Review

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