ubiquitination

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ubiquitination (countable and uncountable, plural ubiquitinations)

(biochemistry) The modification of a protein by the covalent attachment of one or more ubiquitin molecules

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Also, ubiquitination appears to be crucial for the export of PEX5 from the peroxisome, to the cytosol. Source: Internet

Histone phosphorylation, along with methylation, ubiquitination, sumoylation and acetylation, also regulates access to DNA through chromatin reorganisation. Source: Internet

Histone ubiquitination alters chromatin structure and allows the access of enzymes involved in transcription. Source: Internet

In contrast to the three-step reaction of ubiquitination, pupylation requires two steps, therefore only two enzymes are involved in pupylation. Source: Internet

Prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein (Pup) serves the same function (targeting proteins for degradations), although the enzymology of ubiquitination and pupylation is different. Source: Internet

The addition of ubiquitin to a substrate protein is called ubiquitination or ubiquitylation. Source: Internet

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