title: Ubiquitination and degradation of the inhibitors of NF-kappaB.
abstract: The key step in NF-kappaB activation is the release of the NF-kappaB dimers from their inhibitory proteins, achieved via proteolysis of the IkappaBs. This irreversible signaling step constitutes a commitment to transcriptional activation. The signal is eventually terminated through nuclear expulsion of NF-kappaB, the outcome of a negative feedback loop based on IkappaBalpha transcription, synthesis, and IkappaBalpha-dependent nuclear export of NF-kappaB (Karin and Ben-Neriah 2000). Here, we review the process of signal-induced IkappaB ubiquitination and degradation by comparing the degradation of several IkappaBs and discussing the characteristics of IkappaBs' ubiquitin machinery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology and Genetics and Biotechnology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel.
authors.forename: Naama
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kanarek
authors.forename: Nir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: London
authors.forename: Ora
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schueler-Furman
authors.forename: Yinon
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ben-Neriah
mesh_terms: D021581:Active Transport, Cell Nucleus; D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B; D025801:Ubiquitin; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases