SEVERAL MAMMALIAN UBIQUITIN CARRIER PROTEINS, BUT NOT E220K, ARE RELATED TO THE 20-KDA YEAST E2, RAD6

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BERLETH, ES
PICKART, CM
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[1] Department of Biochemistry, SUNY at Buffalo
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美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0006-291X(90)91203-5
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Western blot analysis was used to probe the relationships between the multiple ubiquitin carrier proteins (E2s) of rabbit reticulocytes and the 20-kDa E2 encoded by the RAD6 gene of the yeast S. cerevisiae. Reticulocyte E2-14K, E2-17K, and E2-25K each reacted with two or more polyclonal anti-RAD6 antibody preparations; E2-20K, E2-35K, and E2-230K did not cross-react. These results suggest that some, but not all, reticulocyte E2s are members of a RAD6-like protein family which is conserved within and across species. RAD6 and E2-20K were also shown to multi-ubiquitinate histones by different mechanisms. © 1990.
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