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Sumo E2 enzyme UBC9 is required for efficient protein quality control in cardiomyocytes.
Circulation research - 26 Sept 2014
Gupta Manish K, Gulick James, Liu Ruijie, Wang Xuejun, Molkentin Jeffery D, Robbins Jeffrey
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RATIONALE: Impairment of proteasomal function is pathogenic in several cardiac proteinopathies and can eventually lead to heart failure. Loss of proteasomal activity often results in the accumulation of large protein aggregates. The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is primarily responsible for cellular protein degradation, and although the role of ubiquitination in this process is well studied, the function of...
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