PRT1 of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a component of the plant N-end rule pathway |
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Authors: | T Potuschak S Stary P Schl?gelhofer F Becker V Nejinskaia A Bachmair |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, A-1030 Vienna, Austria. |
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Abstract: | Mutants in the PRT1 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana are impaired in the degradation of a normally short-lived intracellular protein that contains a destabilizing N-terminal residue. Proteins bearing such residues are the substrates of an ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic system called the N-end rule pathway. The chromosomal position of PRT1 was determined, and the PRT1 gene was isolated by map-based cloning. The 45-kDa PRT1 protein contains two RING finger domains and one ZZ domain. No other proteins in databases match these characteristics of PRT1. There is, however, a weak similarity to Rad18p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The RING finger domains have been found in a number of other proteins that are involved in ubiquitin conjugation, consistent with the proposed role of PRT1 in the plant N-end rule pathway. |
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