Open-gate mutants of the mammalian proteasome show enhanced ubiquitin-conjugate degradation

Autor: Won Hoon Choi, Stefanie A. H. de Poot, Jung Hoon Lee, Ji Hyeon Kim, Dong Hoon Han, Yun Kyung Kim, Daniel Finley, Min Jae Lee
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10963
Popis: The proteasome plays a key role in proteostasis by mediating the degradation of ubiquitinated substrates. Here the authors show that an open-gate mutant of the proteasome is hyperactive towards a subset of substrates and can effectively delay the accumulation of toxic protein aggregates.
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