Abstract
The ubiquitin-proteosome system (UPS) regulates a wide range of cellular processes including protein degradation, DNA repair, transcription regulation, and cell signaling. Alterations and mutations in UPS components give rise to various human diseases, most prominently cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. Here, we review recent advances in UPS-based drug discovery highlighting the emerging relationships between the UPS and disease and discuss potential future therapeutic interventions. In particular, we focus on recent structural approaches in UPS and explain how the knowledge of protein structural details can guide the design of specifically targeted inhibitors.
Keywords: Ubiquitin-proteosome system, disease, drug design.
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title:Emerging Role of the Ubiquitin-proteasome System as Drug Targets
Volume: 19 Issue: 18
Author(s): Gozde Kar, Ozlem Keskin, Franca Fraternali and Attila Gursoy
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Keywords: Ubiquitin-proteosome system, disease, drug design.
Abstract: The ubiquitin-proteosome system (UPS) regulates a wide range of cellular processes including protein degradation, DNA repair, transcription regulation, and cell signaling. Alterations and mutations in UPS components give rise to various human diseases, most prominently cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. Here, we review recent advances in UPS-based drug discovery highlighting the emerging relationships between the UPS and disease and discuss potential future therapeutic interventions. In particular, we focus on recent structural approaches in UPS and explain how the knowledge of protein structural details can guide the design of specifically targeted inhibitors.
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Kar Gozde, Keskin Ozlem, Fraternali Franca and Gursoy Attila, Emerging Role of the Ubiquitin-proteasome System as Drug Targets, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2013; 19 (18) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612811319180002
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612811319180002 |
Print ISSN 1381-6128 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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