Abstract
Protein degradation plays a central role in many cellular functions. Misfolded and damaged proteins are removed from the cell to avoid toxicity. The concentrations of regulatory proteins are adjusted by degradation at the appropriate time. Both foreign and native proteins are digested into small peptides as part of the adaptive immune response. In eukaryotic cells, an ATP-dependent protease called the proteasome is responsible for much of this proteolysis. Proteins are targeted for proteasomal degradation by a two-part degron, which consists of a proteasome binding signal and a degradation initiation site. Here we describe how both components contribute to the specificity of degradation.
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We thank members of the Matouschek lab for advice and comments. The work was supported by grant R01GM64003 from the US National Institutes of Health, by grant MCB 426913 from the US National Science Foundation and by the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University. E.K.S. was supported by the Oncogenesis and Developmental Biology training grant T32 CA080621 from the US National Institutes of Health.
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Schrader, E., Harstad, K. & Matouschek, A. Targeting proteins for degradation. Nat Chem Biol 5, 815–822 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.250
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