ubiquitin

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ubiquitin [yü′bik·wə‚tin]

(biochemistry)

A small, 76-amino-acid, highly conserved protein present in the cytoplasm and nucleus of all eukaryotes (but not eubacteria and archaea). The covalent, ATP-dependent linkage of multiple ubiquitin molecules to proteins serves as a signal for their degradation by the 26S proteasome.

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No references found			Genes involved in neuronal cell adhesion (including NRXN1, CNTN4, NLGN1, ASTN2) were enriched with copy number variation in ASD cases, compared with controls, as were genes involved in ubiquitin degradation (including UBE3A, PARK2, RFWD2, and FBXO40). Studies shed light on genetic variants in ASDs by Brunk, Doug / Clinical Psychiatry News She said that, in humans, the SIAH ubiquitin ligases sit smack in the middle of the molecular pathway that leads to pancreatic cancer. Fruit fly study reveals possible therapeutic target for pancreatic ... by Asian News International Genzyme Corporation (Cambridge, MA) has patented pDNA vectors containing the human cellular ubiquitin B (Ub) promoter. Genzyme obtains United States patent by BIOTECH Patent News			UB40 Uba Uba Range ubac Ubagan Ubaidallah Ubaidulla Salikh Ogly Zavki Ubangi Ubangi River Ubangi-Shari UBASIC Ubayd-I Zakani Ubayyid, Al- UBC UBD Ube Uberaba Uberlandia Uberlândia Ubico, Jorge Ubiivovk, Elena Ubiivovk, Elena Konstantinovna Ubinskoe Ubiquinone Ubiquist ubiquitin ubiquitous ubiquitous computing Ubiquity UBL Übler effect UBM Uborevich, Ieronim Uborevich, Ieronim Petrovich Ubort UBR Ubsa Ubsu-Nur Ubsu-Nur Basin Ubu Roi Ubuntu UBV photometry UBV system UBVRI system Ubykh Ubykhi uC uC++ UCAID UCAS Ucayali			UBIG UBIGC Ubiivovk, Elena Ubiivovk, Elena Konstantinovna UBIL UBIM UBINIG Ubinskoe UBINZ uBIO UBIP Ubiquarian Ubiquinnone ubiquinol Ubiquinol Cytochrome C Reductase ubiquinone ubiquinone ubiquinone ubiquinones ubiquinones ubiquinones Ubiquist Ubiquist Ubiquitarian Ubiquitarianism Ubiquitarians Ubiquitarians Ubiquitariness Ubiquitary Ubiquitary ubiquitin Ubiquitin Activating Enzyme ubiquitin activating enzyme E1 Ubiquitin B Ubiquitin C-Terminal Hydrolase Ubiquitin Carboxyl Terminal Hydrolyses Ubiquitin Cross-Reactive Protein Ubiquitin E2 Variant Ubiquitin Fold Modifier 1 Ubiquitin Fusion Degradation 1 Ubiquitin Fusion Degradation 1 Protein Ubiquitin Fusion Degradation Protein 2 Ubiquitin proteasome pathway Ubiquitin proteasome pathway Ubiquitin proteasome system Ubiquitin proteosome system Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 8 Ubiquitin Specific Protease 1 Ubiquitin Specific Protease 7 Ubiquitin-activating enzyme Ubiquitin-Activating Enzyme, Y-Linked Ubiquitin-Associated Ubiquitin-Binding Protein Homolog Ubiquitin-Extension Protein 52 Ubiquitin-Like Ubiquitin-Like 1 Ubiquitin-Like 1 Ubiquitin-Like 1

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