The life cycle of the 26S proteasome: From birth, through regulation and function, and onto its death

Ido Livneh, Victoria Cohen-Kaplan, Chen Cohen-Rosenzweig, Noa Avni, Aaron Ciechanover

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Abstract

The 26S proteasome is a large, ∼2.5 MDa, multi-catalytic ATP-dependent protease complex that serves as the degrading arm of the ubiquitin system, which is the major pathway for regulated degradation of cytosolic, nuclear and membrane proteins in all eukaryotic organisms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)869-885
Number of pages17
JournalCell Research
Volume26
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • proteasome
  • ubiquitin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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