Description
Product Characteristics:
Ubiquitination is an important mechanism through which three classes of enzymes act in concert to target short-lived or abnormal proteins for destruction. The three classes of enzymes involved in ubiquitination are the ubiquitin-activating enzymes (E1s), the ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (E2s) and the ubiquitin-protein ligases (E3s). UBC13, also known as UBE2N or BLU, is a 152 amino acid member of the E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme family. Existing as a heterodimer with Mms2 (also known as UBE2V2), UBC13 catalyzes the ATP-dependent synthesis of non-canonical polyubiquitin chains, a process that does not lead to proteasomal degradation. Additionally, UBC13 mediates the transcription of several target genes and is thought to play a role in cell cycle progression, cellular differentiation and DNA repair mechanisms that ensure cell survival after DNA damage.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Nucleus
Synonyms: UBC 13, UBC13, UbCH ben, Ube 2N, Ube2n, UBE2N_HUMAN, ubiquitin carrier protein N, Ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 N, Ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2N homologous to yeast UBC13, Ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2N UBC13 homolog yeast, Ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2N, ubiquitin protein ligase N, Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 N, ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2N homologous to yeast UBC13, ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2N UBC13 homolog yeast, Ubiquitin-protein ligase N, Yeast UBC13 homolog, bendless like ubiquitin conjugating enzyme, Bendless-like ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, BLU, EC 6.3.2.19, Human epidermoid carcinoma mRNA for ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 similar to Drosophila bendless gene product complete cds, MGC131857, MGC8489.
Target Information: The modification of proteins with ubiquitin is an important cellular mechanism for targeting abnormal or short-lived proteins for degradation. Ubiquitination involves at least three classes of enzymes: ubiquitin-activating enzymes, or E1s, ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, or E2s, and ubiquitin-protein ligases, or E3s. This gene encodes a member of the E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme family. Studies in mouse suggest that this protein plays a role in DNA postreplication repair. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]