Ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis is a major pathway of protein degradation that regulates numerous cellular processes. An understanding of the circumstances that contribute to the ubiquitylation of a specific protein can yield vast insight into its regulation. This article examines multiple procedures that explain whether a protein is ubiquitylated and suggests methods to investigate the factors that specifically target the substrate for ubiquitylation, as well as the site of ubiquitin conjugation.
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Psychol Health Med
January 2025
Université de Bordeaux, LabPsy, Bordeaux, France.
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January 2025
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rua Prof Arthur de Sá, SN, 50740521, Recife, BRAZIL.
This study aimed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the acute and subacute safety and phytochemical profile of pomegranate leaves, aligning with the growing interest in sustainable, plant-based therapeutics. The phytochemical composition, the acute and subacute toxicity of a spray-dried hydroethanolic extract from pomegranate leaves (SDE) were investigated using experimental animal models. Utilizing UV-visible spectrophotometry and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), a diverse array of tannins and flavonoids, totaling 38 compounds, was identified.
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January 2025
Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America.
Although we have a good understanding of how phenotypic plasticity evolves in response to abiotic environments, we know comparatively less about responses to biotic interactions. We experimentally tested how competition and mutualism affected trait and plasticity evolution of pairwise communities of genetically modified brewer's yeast. We quantified evolutionary changes in growth rate, resource use efficiency (RUE), and their plasticity in strains evolving alone, with a competitor, and with a mutualist.
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January 2025
Graduate School of Public Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States.
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January 2025
Department of Physiology, Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
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