MVU5 PROTEIN FOLDING IN THE CELL -4 Flashcards
Ubiquitinylation
why is degradation important?
key part of protein folding quality control
essential regulatory and homeostatic mechanism
what is the major route of degradation for proteins in the cytosol?
ubiquitin mediated degradation by proteasomes
what is the structure of Ubiquitin
small 8kDa protein (76 amino acids)
how does ubiquitin link to other molecules and to itself
covalently linked to lysine side chains
what is the addition of UB a type of?
type of post translational modification
covalent addition of a full protein to a protein
what enzymes attach chains of UB to substrate proteins?
ubiquitination enzymes
what enzyme selects the substrate to be UB?
E3 ligase
what recognises the polyUB chain?
receptors on the proteasomes
what does E1 do?
UB activating enzyme
activates ubiquitin and binds it to itself
transfers it to E2
what does E2 do?
conjugating enzyme
transfers it to the substrate
what does E3 do?
ligase recognises substrate (target protein) and the E2 bound to UB
E3 and E2 stay together to keep adding Ub to Ub
what happens to the PolyUb when the protein enters the proteasome?
cut out and recycled
what does the proteasome do?
large protein complex that unfolds and degraded substrates
what can remove Ub?
DUB, deubiquitinating
how many genes code for Ub and why?
a dozen genes
doesn’t require specificity
how many genes code for E2 and why?
around 50
not much specificity required
how many genes code for E3 and why?
around 600 genes code for E3
need lots of specificity, many different types of E3
how many genes code for DUBs?
90