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SUBMITTER: Huang YF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4111675 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Yi-Fu YF Wee Sheena S Gunaratne Jayantha J Lane David P DP Bulavin Dmitry V DV
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) 20140520 14
Degradation of p53 is a cornerstone in the control of its functions as a tumor suppressor. This process is attributed to ubiquitin-dependent modification of p53. In addition to polyubiquitination, we found that p53 is targeted for degradation through ISGylation. Isg15, a ubiquitin-like protein, covalently modifies p53 at 2 sites in the N and C terminus, and ISGylated p53 can be degraded by the 20S proteasome. ISGylation primarily targets a misfolded, dominant-negative p53, and Isg15 deletion in ...[more]