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Structural highlights

Function

[UB2L6_HUMAN] Catalyzes the covalent attachment of ubiquitin or ISG15 to other proteins. Functions in the E6/E6-AP-induced ubiquitination of p53/TP53. Promotes ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of FLT3.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

• Ubiquitin conjugating enzyme

References

1. ↑ Zhao C, Beaudenon SL, Kelley ML, Waddell MB, Yuan W, Schulman BA, Huibregtse JM, Krug RM. The UbcH8 ubiquitin E2 enzyme is also the E2 enzyme for ISG15, an IFN-alpha/beta-induced ubiquitin-like protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 May 18;101(20):7578-82. Epub 2004 May 6. PMID:15131269 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0402528101
2. ↑ Takeuchi T, Iwahara S, Saeki Y, Sasajima H, Yokosawa H. Link between the ubiquitin conjugation system and the ISG15 conjugation system: ISG15 conjugation to the UbcH6 ubiquitin E2 enzyme. J Biochem. 2005 Dec;138(6):711-9. PMID:16428300 doi:10.1093/jb/mvi172
3. ↑ Buchwald M, Pietschmann K, Muller JP, Bohmer FD, Heinzel T, Kramer OH. Ubiquitin conjugase UBCH8 targets active FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 for proteasomal degradation. Leukemia. 2010 Aug;24(8):1412-21. doi: 10.1038/leu.2010.114. Epub 2010 May 27. PMID:20508617 doi:10.1038/leu.2010.114