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ArticleMolecular cell2013

Control of protein quality and stoichiometries by N-terminal acetylation and the N-end rule pathway.

Anna Shemorry, Cheol-Sang Hwang, Alexander Varshavsky

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Article in Molecular cell, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 178 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

178 citing papers in PubMed, 288 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. An Enigma of N-termini dependent protein degradation.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2025
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  9. Degrons: defining the rules of protein degradation.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2025
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  18. N-degron pathways.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna ShemorryDivision of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
Cheol-Sang Hwang
Alexander Varshavsky
California Institute of Technology · US

Funding

The Functions, Mechanisms, and Regulation of N-Terminal ArginylationR01GM031530 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ALEXANDER J VARSHAVSKY · 1985 to 2026
$14.5M
Ubiquitin Ligases, Mechanisms and Functions of the N-End Rule PathwayR01DK039520 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI VARSHAVSKY, ALEXANDER J · 1988 to 2025
$10.0M
MECHANICS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE N-END RULE PATHWAYR37DK039520 · NIDDK · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI VARSHAVSKY, ALEXANDER J · 1998 to 2007
$4.4M
Split Proteins As Boolean Circuits and Drugs of a New KindR01GM085371 · NIGMS · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI VARSHAVSKY, ALEXANDER J · 2008 to 2011
$1.3M
Ubiquitin Ligases, Mechanisms and Functions of the N-End Rule PathwayR56DK039520 · NIDDK · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI VARSHAVSKY, ALEXANDER J · 2008 to 2008
$161k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N(α)-terminal acetylation of cellular proteins was recently discovered to create specific degradation signals termed Ac/N-degrons and targeted by the Ac/N-end rule pathway. We show that Hcn1, a subunit of the APC/C ubiquitin ligase, contains an Ac/N-degron that is repressed by Cut9, another APC/C subunit and the ligand of Hcn1. Cog1, a subunit of the Golgi-associated COG complex, is also shown to contain an Ac/N-degron. Cog2 and Cog3, direct ligands of Cog1, can repress this degron. The subunit decoy technique was used to show that the long-lived endogenous Cog1 is destabilized and destroyed via its activated (unshielded) Ac/N-degron if the total level of Cog1 increased in a cell. Hcn1 and Cog1 are the first examples of protein regulation through the physiologically relevant transitions that shield and unshield natural Ac/N-degrons. This mechanistically straightforward circuit can employ the demonstrated conditionality of Ac/N-degrons to regulate subunit stoichiometries and other aspects of protein quality control.

Indexed as

Protein Processing, Post-TranslationalSignal TransductionAcetylationAdaptor Proteins, Vesicular TransportGolgi ApparatusImmunoblottingMembrane Transport ProteinsModels, BiologicalMutationProtein BindingProteolysisRepressor ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesVesicular Transport ProteinsAdaptor Proteins, Vesicular TransportCog1 protein, S cerevisiaeCOG2 protein, S cerevisiaeCOG3 protein, S cerevisiaeCOG4 protein, S cerevisiaeMembrane Transport ProteinsMOT2 protein, S cerevisiaeRepressor ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesUBR1 protein, S cerevisiaeVesicular Transport Proteins

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PMID23603116
PMCPMC3665649
OpenAlexW2060566494

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