Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20566674›Full record

ReviewLearning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)2010

The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway and synaptic plasticity.

Ashok N Hegde

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Review in Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

89 citing papers in PubMed, 154 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ashok N HegdeDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA.
Wake Forest University · US

Funding

REGULATED PROTEOLYSIS AND LONG-TERM MEMORYR01MH060225 · NIMH · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HEGDE, ASHOK N · 2000 to 2010
$2.4M
Local Mechanisms Underlying Synaptic PlasticityR01NS066583 · NINDS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HEGDE, ASHOK N · 2009 to 2012
$1.3M
NIMH NIH HHS MH060225NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH060225NINDS NIH HHS NS066583NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS066583
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteolysis by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) has emerged as a new molecular mechanism that controls wide-ranging functions in the nervous system, including fine-tuning of synaptic connections during development and synaptic plasticity in the adult organism. In the UPP, attachment of a small protein, ubiquitin, tags the substrates for degradation by a multisubunit complex called the proteasome. Linkage of ubiquitin to protein substrates is highly specific and occurs through a series of well-orchestrated enzymatic steps. The UPP regulates neurotransmitter receptors, protein kinases, synaptic proteins, transcription factors, and other molecules critical for synaptic plasticity. Accumulating evidence indicates that the operation of the UPP in neurons is not homogeneous and is subject to tightly managed local regulation in different neuronal subcompartments. Investigations on both invertebrate and vertebrate model systems have revealed local roles for enzymes that attach ubiquitin to substrate proteins, as well as for enzymes that remove ubiquitin from substrates. The proteasome also has been shown to possess disparate functions in different parts of the neuron. Here I give a broad overview of the role of the UPP in synaptic plasticity and highlight the local roles and regulation of the proteolytic pathway in neurons.

Indexed as

AnimalsNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexSignal TransductionSynapsesUbiquitinProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexUbiquitin

Identifiers

PMID20566674
PMCPMC2904103
OpenAlexW2125058860

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