The role of atypical ubiquitination in cell regulation


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Ubiquitination is a type of intracellular proteins post-translational modification (PTM) characterized by covalent attachment of ubiquitin molecules to target proteins. This includes monoubiquitination (attachment of one ubiquitin molecule), multiple monoubiquitination also known as multiubiquitination (attachment of several monomeric ubiquitin molecules to a target protein), and polyubiquitination (attachment of ubiquitin chains consisting of several, most frequently four ubiquitin monomers to a target protein). In the case of polyubiquitination, linear or branched polyubiquitin chains are formed. Their formation involves various lysine residues of monomeric ubiquitin. The best studied is Lys48-linked polyubiquitination, which targets proteins for proteasomal degradation. In this review we have considered examples of so-called atypical polyubiquitination, which mainly involves other lysine residues (Lys6, Lys11, Lys27, Lys29, Lys33, Lys63) and also N-terminal methionine. The considered examples convincingly demonstrate that polyubiquitination of proteins (not necessarily) targets proteins for their proteolytic degradation in proteasomes. Atypically polyubiquitinated proteins are involved in regulation of various processes including immune response, genome stability, signal transduction, etc. Alterations of ubiquitination machinery is crucial for development of serious diseases.

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O. Buneeva

Institute of Biomedical Chemistry

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Email: olbuneeva@gmail.com
Rússia, ul. Pogodinskaya 10, Moscow, 119121

A. Medvedev

Institute of Biomedical Chemistry

Email: olbuneeva@gmail.com
Rússia, ul. Pogodinskaya 10, Moscow, 119121

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