A chemical strategy to study transient states in substrate ubiquitylation by cryo-EM

Qi Hu, Maria Victoria Botuyan, Georges Mer

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Abstract

Characterization of short-lived intermediate states along the path of a ubiquitylation reaction remains challenging. In this issue of Chem, Ai et al. present a chemical trapping method for probing transient intermediates in substrate ubiquitylation. The usefulness of this approach is demonstrated by the determination of single-particle cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures related to nucleosome ubiquitylation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1069-1071
Number of pages3
JournalChem
Volume9
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 11 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Biochemistry, medical
  • Materials Chemistry

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