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- Title
Never Fold to Fold Continuously: A Conundrum in Ubiquitin–Proteasome System (UPS)-Mediated Protein Quality Control (PQC).
- Authors
Magnati, Stefano; Bracco, Enrico
- Abstract
In the last few decades, the traditional paradigm of teleonomy, in which the amino acid sequence of a protein is tightly associated with its structure and, in turn, with its function, has been partially undermined. The idea of a protein as a two-state object has been superseded by that of understanding it as a multistate object. Indeed, some proteins, or portions of a protein, display intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs), which means that they lack stable secondary or tertiary structures. While we are aware that IDRs are present in almost half of the total human proteins, we are still quite far away from understanding their contextual-specific functions and figuring out how they mechanistically work. In the present perspective article, we will attempt to summarize the role/s of IDRs in ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS)-mediated protein quality control (PQC) at different levels, ranging from ubiquitination to protein degradation through the proteasome machinery up to their role in decoding the complex ubiquitin code. Ultimately, we will critically discuss the future challenges we are facing to gain insights into the role of IDRs in regulating UPS-mediated PQC.
- Subjects
PROTEASOMES; AMINO acid sequence; PROTEOLYSIS; UBIQUITINATION; PROTEIN structure
- Publication
Biophysica, 2024, Vol 4, Issue 2, p158
- ISSN
2673-4125
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/biophysica4020011