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Volume 21, No 1, Jan 2011

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 21 Issue 1, January 2011: 6-21

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Expanding role of ubiquitination in NF-κB signaling

Siqi Liu1 and Zhijian J Chen1,2

1Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148, USA

2Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148, USA
Correspondence: Zhijian J Chen,(Zhijian.Chen@UTSouthwestern.edu)

Best known for its role in targeting protein degradation by the proteasome, ubiquitin modification has also emerged as an important mechanism that regulates cell signaling through proteasome-independent mechanisms. The role of ubiquitin as a versatile signaling tag is characteristically illustrated in the NF-κB pathways, which regulate a variety of physiological and pathological processes in response to diverse stimuli. Here, we review the role of ubiquitination in different steps of the NF-κB signaling cascades, focusing on recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of protein kinase activation by polyubiquitin chains in different pathways that converge on NF-κB.


Cell Research (2011) 21:6-21. doi:10.1038/cr.2010.170; published online 7 December 2010

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