Abstract
Proteins are targeted to the E3 RING ubiquitin ligase Siah through a PxAxVxP degron motif. In this issue of Structure, House et al. (2006) present the structural basis by which Siah recognizes its degron with high affinity and specificity.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Crystallography, X-Ray
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Drosophila melanogaster
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Nuclear Proteins / chemistry*
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Protein Binding
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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Substrate Specificity
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Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / chemistry*
Substances
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Nuclear Proteins
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Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
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seven in absentia proteins