Evolution and functions of plant U-box proteins: from protein quality control to signaling

J Trenner, J Monaghan, B Saeed… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Posttranslational modifications add complexity and diversity to cellular proteomes. One of
the most prevalent modifications across eukaryotes is ubiquitination, which is orchestrated …

The diversity of plant U-box E3 ubiquitin ligases: from upstream activators to downstream target substrates

D Yee, DR Goring - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis is an integral part of diverse cellular functions, and of the
three enzymes involved in linking ubiquitin to protein targets, the E3 ubiquitin ligases are of …

The Arabidopsis paralogs, PUB46 and PUB48, encoding U-box E3 ubiquitin ligases, are essential for plant response to drought stress

G Adler, Z Konrad, L Zamir, AK Mishra, D Raveh… - BMC Plant …, 2017 - Springer
Background Plants respond to abiotic stress on physiological, biochemical and molecular
levels. This includes a global change in their cellular proteome achieved by changes in the …

Structure and biochemical function of a prototypical Arabidopsis U-box domain

P Andersen, BB Kragelund, AN Olsen… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
U-box proteins, as well as other proteins involved in regulated protein degradation, are
apparently over-represented in Arabidopsis compared with other model eukaryotes. The …

Plant ubiquitin ligases as signaling hubs

N Shabek, N Zheng - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2014 - nature.com
The past decade has witnessed an explosion in the identification of ubiquitin-ligase
complexes as the missing receptors for important small-molecule hormones regulating plant …

Ubiquitin-mediated control of plant hormone signaling

DR Kelley, M Estelle - Plant physiology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) plays a role in nearly every aspect of plant biology.
The wealth of emerging data demonstrates that regulated protein degradation rivals the well …

OsPUB15, an E3 ubiquitin ligase, functions to reduce cellular oxidative stress during seedling establishment

JJ Park, J Yi, J Yoon, LH Cho, J Ping… - The Plant …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The plant U‐box (PUB) protein functions as an E3 ligase to poly‐ubiquitinate a target protein
for its degradation or post‐translational modification. Here, we report functional roles for …

Genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the PUB family in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinesis)

C Wang, W Duan, ARM Riquicho, Z Jing, T Liu… - Molecular genetics and …, 2015 - Springer
U-box proteins are widely distributed among eukaryotic organisms and show a higher
prevalence in plants than in other organisms. Plant U-box (PUB) proteins play crucial …

Modulation of sensitivity and selectivity in plant signaling by proteasomal destabilization

PD Hare, HS Seo, JY Yang, NH Chua - Current opinion in plant biology, 2003 - Elsevier
The ubiquitin (Ub) system of intracellular protein degradation regulates the abundance of
numerous proteins that control plant growth and development. Recent advances have …

Altered germination and subcellular localization patterns for PUB44/SAUL1 in response to stress and phytohormone treatments

JN Salt, K Yoshioka, W Moeder, DR Goring - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background In plants, the ubiquitin-proteasome system is emerging as a significant
regulatory system throughout the plant lifecycle. The ubiquitination of a target protein …