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ArticleThe Biochemical journal2006

Dimerization of ubiquilin is dependent upon the central region of the protein: evidence that the monomer, but not the dimer, is involved in binding presenilins.

Diana L Ford, Mervyn J Monteiro

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Article in The Biochemical journal, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Meta-analysis of Ubiquilin1 gene polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease risk.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2014
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  6. Ubiquitin-Modulated Phase Separation of Shuttle Proteins: Does Condensate Formation Promote Protein Degradation?BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2020
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  8. ALS/FTD mutations in UBQLN2 impede autophagy by reducing autophagosome acidification through loss of function.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  18. UBQLN1 interacts with SPEM1 and participates in spermiogenesis.Molecular and cellular endocrinology · 2010
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  19. TDP-43 dimerizes in human cells in culture.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2010
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Diana L FordMedical Biotechnology Center, Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Mervyn J Monteiro
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN INTEGRATIVE MEMBRANE BIOLOGYT32GM008181 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI RIZZO, MEGAN A, TRUDEAU, MATTHEW C · 1987 to 2022
$4.9M
FUNCTION OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE PRESENILIN 2R01AG016839 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MD BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE · PI MONTEIRO, MERVYN J · 2000 to 2009
$2.7M
Functional Studies of UbiquilinR01GM066287 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MD BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE · PI MONTEIRO, MERVYN J · 2003 to 2011
$2.5M
NIA NIH HHS AG016839NIA NIH HHS R01 AG016839NIGMS NIH HHS GM066287NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM066287NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008181NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM08181
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ubiquilin proteins have been shown to interact with a wide variety of other cellular proteins, often regulating the stability and degradation of the interacting protein. Ubiquilin contains a UBL (ubiquitin-like) domain at the N-terminus and a UBA (ubiquitin-associated) domain at the C-terminus, separated by a central region containing Sti1-like repeats. Little is known about regulation of the interaction of ubiquilin with other proteins. In the present study, we show that ubiquilin is capable of forming dimers, and that dimerization requires the central region of ubiquilin, but not its UBL or the UBA domains. Furthermore, we provide evidence suggesting that monomeric ubiquilin is likely to be the active form that is involved in binding presenilin proteins. Our results provide new insight into the regulatory mechanism underlying the interaction of ubiquilin with presenilins.

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAutophagy-Related ProteinsBinding SitesCarrier ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsDimerizationHeLa CellsHumansMembrane ProteinsOrnithine DecarboxylasePresenilin-1Presenilin-2Protein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryRecombinant Fusion ProteinsStructure-Activity RelationshipAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAutophagy-Related ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsMembrane ProteinsOrnithine DecarboxylasePresenilin-1Presenilin-2PSEN1 protein, humanPSEN2 protein, humanRecombinant Fusion ProteinsUbiquitinsUBQLN1 protein, humanUBQLN2 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID16813565
PMCPMC1615901
OpenAlexW2170072137

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