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The Ubiquitin System, an Immense Realm

Varshavsky, Alexander·2012·Annual Review of Biochemistry

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Among the functions of intracellular proteolysis are the elimination of misfolded or otherwise abnormal proteins; the maintenance of amino acid pools in cells affected by stresses, such as starvation; and the generation of protein fragments that act as hormones, antigens, or other effectors. Many intracellular proteins are either conditionally or constitutively short-lived, with in vivo half-lives that can be as brief as a few minutes. In some cases, a proteolytic pathway targets and destroys a protein cotranslationally, i.e., an emerging polypeptide chain can be degraded while it is still a ribosome-associated \npeptidyl-tRNA (1, 2). The regulated and processive degradation of intracellular proteins is carried out largely by the ubiquitin (Ub)- proteasome system (Ub system), in conjunction with molecular chaperones, autophagy, and lysosomal proteolysis. Other mediators of \nintracellular protein degradation include proteases such as caspases, calpains, and separases. These and other nonprocessive proteases can function as “upstream” components of the Ub system, generating protein fragments that are targeted and degraded to short peptides by Ub-mediated pathways. Proteins that are damaged, misfolded, or otherwise abnormal are often recognized as such and selectively destroyed by the Ub system. Physiologically \nimportant exceptions include conformationally perturbed proteins and/or their aggregates that are harmful but cannot be efficaciously repaired or removed. The resulting proteotoxicity underlies both aging and specific diseases, \nincluding neurodegeneration.

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Authors
Varshavsky, A.
Venue
Annual Review of Biochemistry
Published
2012-07-07
Volume
81
Issue
1
Pages
167-176
ISSN
  • 0066-4154 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-4509
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W2069183779
Cited by
277
References
4
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2.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
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