Protein homeostasis is essential for cellular function, organismal growth and viability. Damaged and aggregated proteins are turned over by two major proteolytic routes of the cellular quality-control pathways: the ubiquitin-proteasome system and autophagy. For both these pathways, ubiquitination provides the recognition signal for substrate selection. This Commentary discusses how ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic pathways are coordinated with stress- and aging-induced signals.
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T.H. is supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CECAD, FOR885, SFB635 and DIP8 grant 2014376).
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Kevei, É., Hoppe, T. Ubiquitin sets the timer: impacts on aging and longevity. Nat Struct Mol Biol 21, 290–292 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.2806
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