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The von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein is a component of an E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase activity.
Genes & development - 15 Jul 1999
Lisztwan J, Imbert G, Wirbelauer C, Gstaiger M, Krek W
Abstract excerpt
pVHL, the product of the VHL tumor suppressor gene, plays an important role in the regulation of cell growth and differentiation of human kidney cells, and inactivation of the VHL gene is the most frequent genetic event in human kidney cancer. The biochemical function of pVHL is unknown. Here we report that pVHL exists in vivo in a complex that displays ubiquitination-promoting activity in conjunction with the...
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