Arabidopsis Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes UBC7, UBC13, and UBC14 Are Required in Plant Responses to Multiple Stress Conditions

H Feng, S Wang, D Dong, R Zhou, H Wang - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Protein ubiquitination plays important roles in plants, including stress responses. The
ubiquitin (Ub) E2 enzymes are required in the transfer of Ub to a substrate and are also …

UbiGate: a synthetic biology toolbox to analyse ubiquitination

K Kowarschik, W Hoehenwarter, S Marillonnet… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ubiquitination is mediated by an enzymatic cascade that results in the modification of
substrate proteins, redefining their fate. This post‐translational modification is involved in …

plantsUPS: a database of plants' Ubiquitin Proteasome System

Z Du, X Zhou, L Li, Z Su - BMC genomics, 2009 - Springer
Background The ubiquitin 26S/proteasome system (UPS), a serial cascade process of
protein ubiquitination and degradation, is the last step for most cellular proteins. There are …

Ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic pathway in wheat germ: isolation of multiple forms of ubiquitin-activating enzyme, E1

PM Hatfield, RD Vierstra - Biochemistry, 1989 - ACS Publications
Ubiquitin is a highly conserved protein involved in several important regulatory processes
through its ATP-dependent, covalent ligation to a variety of eukaryotic target proteins. We …

Classification of barley U-box E3 ligases and their expression patterns in response to drought and pathogen stresses

MY Ryu, SK Cho, Y Hong, J Kim, JH Kim, GM Kim… - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Background Controlled turnover of proteins as mediated by the ubiquitin proteasome system
(UPS) is an important element in plant defense against environmental and pathogen …

Homologs of the essential ubiquitin conjugating enzymes UBC1, 4, and 5 in yeast are encoded by a multigene family in Arabidopsis thaliana

PA Girod, TB Carpenter, S van Nocker… - The Plant …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
The covalent attachment of the 76 amino acid protein ubiquitin is an important prerequisite
for the degradation of many eukaryotic proteins. The specificity of this ligation is …

Advanced Proteomic Analyses Yield a Deep Catalog of Ubiquitylation Targets in Arabidopsis

DY Kim, M Scalf, LM Smith, RD Vierstra - The Plant Cell, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The posttranslational addition of ubiquitin (Ub) profoundly controls the half-life, interactions,
and/or trafficking of numerous intracellular proteins. Using stringent two-step affinity methods …

Evolution and expression analysis of the sorghum ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme family

L Jia, QF Zhao, S Chen - Functional Plant Biology, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
Ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (UBCs), which catalyse the transfer of ubiquitin to substrate
or E3 ligases, are key enzymes in ubiquitination modifications of target proteins. Current …

UBC 13, an E2 enzyme for L ys63‐linked ubiquitination, functions in root development by affecting auxin signaling and Aux/IAA protein stability

R Wen, S Wang, D Xiang, P Venglat, X Shi… - The Plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Unlike conventional lysine (K) 48–linked polyubiquitination, K63‐linked
polyubiquitination plays signaling roles in yeast and animals. Thus far, UBC 13 is the only …

Cullins 3a and 3b assemble with members of the broad complex/tramtrack/bric-a-brac (BTB) protein family to form essential ubiquitin-protein ligases (E3s) in …

DJ Gingerich, JM Gagne, DW Salter… - Journal of Biological …, 2005 - ASBMB
Selective modification of proteins by ubiquitination is directed by diverse families of ubiquitin-
protein ligases (or E3s). A large collection of E3s use Cullins (CULs) as scaffolds to form …