Ubiquitination polymer (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Ubiquitination polymer

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In baker’s yeast, Ubr1 helps initiate the ubiquitination process as it attaches ubiquitin to proteins and elongates it into a chain of molecules known as a polymer.

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Pan, et al, University of Chicago

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