MAPK/JNK signalling: a potential autophagy regulation pathway

YY Zhou, Y Li, WQ Jiang, LF Zhou - Bioscience reports, 2015 - portlandpress.com
Autophagy refers to a lysosomal degradative pathway or a process of self-cannibalization.
This pathway maintains nutrients levels for vital cellular functions during periods of …

The ubiquitin system

A Hershko, A Ciechanover - Annual review of biochemistry, 1998 - annualreviews.org
The selective degradation of many short-lived proteins in eukaryotic cells is carried out by
the ubiquitin system. In this pathway, proteins are targeted for degradation by covalent …

Nrf2 is controlled by two distinct β-TrCP recognition motifs in its Neh6 domain, one of which can be modulated by GSK-3 activity

S Chowdhry, Y Zhang, M McMahon, C Sutherland… - Oncogene, 2013 - nature.com
Identification of regulatable mechanisms by which transcription factor NF-E2 p45-related
factor 2 (Nrf2) is repressed will allow strategies to be designed that counter drug resistance …

[HTML][HTML] The ubiquitin-proteasome proteolytic pathway: destruction for the sake of construction

MH Glickman, A Ciechanover - Physiological reviews, 2002 - journals.physiology.org
Between the 1960s and 1980s, most life scientists focused their attention on studies of
nucleic acids and the translation of the coded information. Protein degradation was a …

SCF/β-TrCP promotes glycogen synthase kinase 3-dependent degradation of the Nrf2 transcription factor in a Keap1-independent manner

P Rada, AI Rojo, S Chowdhry… - … and cellular biology, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Regulation of transcription factor Nrf2 (NF-E2-related factor 2) involves redox-sensitive
proteasomal degradation via the E3 ubiquitin ligase Keap1/Cul3. However, Nrf2 is …

Mechanisms underlying ubiquitination

CM Pickart - Annual review of biochemistry, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The conjugation of ubiquitin to other cellular proteins regulates a broad range of
eukaryotic cell functions. The high efficiency and exquisite selectivity of ubiquitination …

STATs and gene regulation

JE Darnell Jr - Science, 1997 - science.org
STATs (signal transducers and activators of transcription) are a family of latent cytoplasmic
proteins that are activated to participate in gene control when cells encounter various …

Oxidative stress sensor Keap1 functions as an adaptor for Cul3-based E3 ligase to regulate proteasomal degradation of Nrf2

A Kobayashi, MI Kang, H Okawa, M Ohtsuji… - … and cellular biology, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Transcription factor Nrf2 is a major regulator of genes encoding phase 2 detoxifying
enzymes and antioxidant stress proteins in response to electrophilic agents and oxidative …

AP-1 function and regulation

M Karin, Z Liu, E Zandi - Current opinion in cell biology, 1997 - Elsevier
AP-1 (activating protein-1) is a collective term referring to dimeric transcription factors
composed of Jun, Fos or ATF (activating transcription factor) subunits that bind to a common …

RAD6-dependent DNA repair is linked to modification of PCNA by ubiquitin and SUMO

C Hoege, B Pfander, GL Moldovan, G Pyrowolakis… - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
The RAD6 pathway is central to post-replicative DNA repair in eukaryotic cells; however, the
machinery and its regulation remain poorly understood. Two principal elements of this …