Structural insights into the catalysis and regulation of E3 ubiquitin ligases

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 626-642

  Buetow, Lori ^a   Huang, Danny T ^a  

^a BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSINE; PARKIN; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME E2; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; PROTEIN BINDING; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RING FINGER MOTIF; UBIQUITINATION; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

BIOCATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84980329401     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2016.91     Document Type: Review

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