title: A new gun in town: the U box is a ubiquitin ligase domain.
abstract: Ubiquitin ligases determine protein stability in a highly regulated manner by coordinating the addition of polyubiquitin chains to proteins that are then targeted to the proteasome for degradation. Ubiquitin ligases have generally been separated into two groups--those containing HECT domains and those with RING finger domains. Recently, a third group of ubiquitin ligases has emerged: those containing a U-box domain. Patterson discusses what is known about the few U-box-containing proteins that have been characterized, although the general properties of U-box proteins that distinguish them from other ubiquitin ligases are still a matter of speculation.
authors.affiliation: Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7126, USA. cpatters@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Cam
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008025:Ligases / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D044763:Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C431153:UBOX5 protein, human; D044763:Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; C061553:ATP dependent 26S protease; D008025:Ligases; C114683:UFD2 protein, S cerevisiae