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Homocysteine thiolactone affects protein ubiquitination in yeast.
Acta biochimica Polonica - 1 Jan 2013
Bretes Ewa, Zimny Jarosław
Abstract excerpt
The formation of homocysteine thiolactone (HcyTl) from homocysteine occurs in all examined so far organisms including bacteria, yeast, and humans. Protein N-homocysteinylation at the ε-amino group of lysine is an adverse result of HcyTl accumulation. Since tagging of proteins by ubiquitination before their proteasomal degradation takes place at the same residue, we wondered how N-homocysteinylation may affect the...
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