PCI complexes: Pretty complex interactions in diverse signaling pathways

Tae Houn Kim, Kay Hofmann, Albrecht G. Von Arnim, Daniel A. Chamovitz*

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Abstract

Three protein complexes (the proteasome regulatory lid, the COP9 signalosome and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3) contain protein subunits with a well defined protein domain, the PCI domain. At least two (the COP9 signalosome and the lid) appear to share a common evolutionary origin. Recent advances in our understanding of the structure and function of the three complexes point to intriguing and unanticipated connections between the cellular functions performed by these three protein assemblies, especially between translation initiation and proteolytic protein degradation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)379-386
Number of pages8
JournalTrends in Plant Science
Volume6
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

Funding

FundersFunder number
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation96-00258

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