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Proteins are cells building blocks with a highly dynamic existence. Rates of synthesis and degradation dictate cellular protein levels at any given moment. Many proteins such as transcription factors or signaling molecules are rapidly degraded (min), while structural proteins have very slow turnover rates (days). Similarly, damaged or improperly folded proteins are rapidly degraded. Two major cellular pathways operate to mediate the degradation of cellular proteins. One involves the ATP-dependent ubiquitin–proteasome pathway and the other involves the non-ATP-dependent proteolysis that occurs in the lysosome. In this chapter, the discovery, structure–function, and disease resulting from impaired ubiquitin–-proteasome-mediated protein degradation are discussed.
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Jena, B.P. (2020). Ubiquitin–Proteasome Machinery: Cells Garbage Disposal. In: Cellular Nanomachines. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44496-9_2
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