autoubiquitination
Meanings
noun
- Self-ubiquitination by a ubiquitinating enzyme, usually an E3 or E4 ubiquitin ligase. This activity can be direct, as in monoubiquitin of a lysine residue on the E3 or E4 itself, or indirect, through addition of ubiquitin to an existing polyubiquitin chain that is attached to the E3 or E4.
Word forms
Etymology
From auto- + ubiquitination.
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