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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-9-1
pubmed:abstractText
Contrary to widespread belief, the regulation and mechanism of degradation for the mass of intracellular proteins (i.e. differential, selective protein turnover) in vertebrate tissues is still a major biological enigma. There is no evidence for the conclusion that ubiquitin plays any role in these processes. The primary function of the ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation pathway appears to lie in the removal of abnormal, misfolded, denatured or foreign proteins in some eukaryotic cells. ATP/ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis probably also plays a role in the degradation of some so-called 'short-lived' proteins. Evidence obtained from the covalent modification of such natural substrates as calmodulin, histones (H2A, H2B) and some cell membrane receptors with ubiquitin indicates that the reversible interconversion of proteins with ubiquitin followed by concomitant functional changes may be of prime importance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
231
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Ubiquitin and the enigma of intracellular protein degradation.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Universität-GHS-Essen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't