Chapter 16.7, Problem 1LO

Summary Introduction

To describe: The role of ubiquitin in the degradation of proteins.

Introduction: Protein is large macromolecules or biomolecules consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Protein degradation is a set of processes that result in the hydrolysis of one or more of the peptide bonds in a protein, either through catalysis by proteolytic enzyme called proteases.