Protein Quality Control (IMAGE)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association

Protein Quality Control

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In the priming stage, aberrant proteins are marked with ubiquitin as faulty. To start the degradation process, a second enzyme (Ubc7) is needed to synthesize a ubiquitin chain.

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