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EMBO REPORTS
Volume 9, Issue 12, Pages 1196-1202Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.209
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protein conjugation; sulphur carrier; tRNA modification; Urm1
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The ubiquitin-like protein Urm1 can be covalently conjugated to other proteins, such as the yeast thioredoxin peroxidase protein Ahp1p, through a mechanism involving the ubiquitin E1-like enzyme Uba4. Recent findings have revealed a second function of Urm1 as a sulphur carrier in the thiolation of eukaryotic cytoplasmic transfer RNAs (tRNAs). Interestingly, this new role of Urm1 is similar to the sulphur-carrier activity of its prokaryotic counterparts, strengthening the hypothesis that Urm1 is a molecular fossil of the ubiquitin-like protein family. Here, we discuss the function of Urm1 in light of its dual role in protein and RNA modification.
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