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Quantifying Subcellular Ubiquitin-proteasome Activity in the Rodent Brain
Published on: May 21, 2019
Roles of the ubiquitin-proteosome system in neurogenesis
Tran Cong Tuoc1, Anastassia Stoykova
1Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry; Göttingen, Germany.
Abstract:
The ubiquitin-proteosome system (UPS) is a non-lysosomal proteolysis system involved in the degradation of irrelevant/misfolded intracellular proteins. The protein substrates of this system are tagged by ubiquitin in sequential reactions that target them for proteasome-dependent destruction. In the developing central nervous system, ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis has recently emerged as an important player in the regulation of neural progenitor proliferation, cell specification, neuronal differentiation, maturation, and migration. E3 ubiquitin ligases are crucial components in the UPS because they provide the specificity that determines which substrates are targeted for ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis. In this review, we discuss the molecular mechanisms of the UPS, focusing primarily on the roles of E3 ligases and their substrates in sequential steps of neurogenesis.
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