Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 J1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the UBE2J1 gene.[5][6]

The modification of proteins with ubiquitin is an important cellular mechanism for targeting abnormal or short-lived proteins for degradation. Ubiquitination involves at least three classes of enzymes: ubiquitin-activating enzymes, or E1s, ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, or E2s, and ubiquitin-protein ligases, or E3s.

This gene encodes a member of the E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme family. This enzyme is located in the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and may contribute to quality control ER-associated degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome system.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000198833Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000028277Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Lester D, Farquharson C, Russell G, Houston B (Apr 2000). "Identification of a family of noncanonical ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes structurally related to yeast UBC6". Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 269 (2): 474–80. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2000.2302. PMID 10708578.
  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: UBE2J1 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2, J1 (UBC6 homolog, yeast)".

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