Cleaning up in the endoplasmic reticulum: ubiquitin in charge.
The eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum (ER) maintains protein homeostasis by eliminating unwanted proteins through the evolutionarily conserved ER-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway. During ERAD, maturation-defective and surplus polypeptides are evicted from the ER lumen and/or lipid bilayer throug...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2014
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