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Plant CULLIN‐based E3s: Phytohormones come first
Author(s) -
Thomann Alexis,
Dieterle Monika,
Genschik Pascal
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.02.068
Subject(s) - cullin , biology , arabidopsis thaliana , function (biology) , ubiquitin protein ligases , ubiquitin , arabidopsis , signal transduction , protein subunit , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , biochemistry , ubiquitin ligase , gene , mutant
CULLIN (CUL)‐dependent ubiquitin ligases form a class of structurally related multi‐subunit enzymes that control the rapid and selective degradation of important regulatory proteins involved in cell cycle progression and development, among others. Several classes of these E3s are also conserved in plants and genetic analyses, using Arabidopsis thaliana , indicate that they play an important function during plant development and responses to the environment. In this review, we will discuss the molecular composition and function of these enzymes in plants with a major emphasis on phytohormone signal transduction pathways.