Shmueli Ayelet, Oren Moshe
Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, POB 26, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
Mol Cell. 2004 Jan 16;13(1):4-5. doi: 10.1016/s1097-2765(03)00529-x.
The p53 tumor suppressor protein is normally restrained by the Mdm2 oncoprotein, which promotes p53 ubiquitination. In a recent issue of Science, report that p53 may face two alternative fates, depending on Mdm2 levels: high Mdm2 drives p53 polyubiquitination and degradation within the cell nucleus, whereas low Mdm2 promotes p53 monoubiquitination and nuclear exclusion.
p53肿瘤抑制蛋白通常受Mdm2癌蛋白的抑制,Mdm2可促进p53的泛素化。在最近一期的《科学》杂志上,有报道称p53可能面临两种不同的命运,这取决于Mdm2的水平:高Mdm2水平会促使p53在细胞核内发生多聚泛素化并降解,而低Mdm2水平则会促进p53的单泛素化并使其被排除在细胞核外。