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Evaluation of Substrate Ubiquitylation by E3 Ubiquitin-ligase in Mammalian Cell Lysates
Published on: May 10, 2022
Recognition of substrate degrons by E3 ubiquitin ligases and modulation by small-molecule mimicry strategies
Xavier Lucas1, Alessio Ciulli1
1School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, James Black Centre, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
Abstract:
The ubiquitin-proteasome system is a master regulator of protein homeostasis, by which proteins are initially targeted for poly-ubiquitination by E3 ligases and then degraded into short peptides by the proteasome. Nature evolved diverse peptidic motifs, termed degrons, to signal substrates for degradation. We discuss degrons of the N-end rule pathway and also degrons characterized by post-translational modifications, including phosphorylation and hydroxylation. In each case we detail the structural basis of E3 ligase:degron recognition and small-molecule mimicry approaches that disrupt those protein-protein interactions. We present as well genetic and chemical technologies that enable targeted degradation of proteins of interest, namely small-molecule dependent inducible degrons and chemical degraders, for example, proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs).
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