Preferred Label : Ubiquitin-mediated Proteolysis Pathway;
NCIt related terms : Ubiquitin mediated proteolysis;
Alternative definition : KEGG: Protein ubiquitination plays an important role in eukaryotic cellular processes.
It mainly functions as a signal for 26S proteasome dependent protein degradation.
The addition of ubiquitin to proteins being degraded is performed by a reaction cascade
consisting of three enzymes, named E1 (ubiquitin activating enzyme), E2 (ubiquitin
conjugating enzyme), and E3 (ubiquitin ligase). Each E3 has specificity to its substrate,
or proteins to be targeted by ubiquitination. Many E3s are discovered in eukaryotes
and they are classified into four types: HECT type, U-box type, single RING-finger
type, and multi-subunit RING-finger type. Multi-subunit RING-finger E3s are exemplified
by cullin-Rbx E3s and APC/C. They consist of a RING-finger-containing subunit (RBX1
or RBX2) that functions to bind E2s, a scaffold-like cullin molecule, adaptor proteins,
and a target recognizing subunit that binds substrates.;
KEGG ID : hsa04120;
Origin ID : C38881;
UMLS CUI : C1519749;
Semantic type(s)
has_gene_product_element
pathway_has_gene_element