Background: | The modification of proteins with ubiquitin is an important cellular mechanism for targeting abnormal or short-lived proteins for degradation. Ubiquitination involves at least three classes of enzymes: ubiquitin-activating enzymes, or E1s, ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, or E2s, and ubiquitin-protein ligases, or E3s. This gene encodes a member of the E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme family. The encoded protein is linked with a ubiquitin-like protein, NEDD8, which can be conjugated to cellular proteins, such as Cdc53/culin. |
UniProt Protein Function: | Accepts the ubiquitin-like protein NEDD8 from the UBA3-NAE1 E1 complex and catalyzes its covalent attachment to other proteins. The specific interaction with the E3 ubiquitin ligase RBX1, but not RBX2, suggests that the RBX1-UBE2M complex neddylates specific target proteins, such as CUL1, CUL2, CUL3 and CUL4. Involved in cell proliferation. |
NCBI Summary: | The modification of proteins with ubiquitin is an important cellular mechanism for targeting abnormal or short-lived proteins for degradation. Ubiquitination involves at least three classes of enzymes: ubiquitin-activating enzymes, or E1s, ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, or E2s, and ubiquitin-protein ligases, or E3s. This gene encodes a member of the E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme family. The encoded protein is linked with a ubiquitin-like protein, NEDD8, which can be conjugated to cellular proteins, such as Cdc53/culin. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] |
UniProt Code: | P61081 |
NCBI GenInfo Identifier: | 4507791 |
NCBI Gene ID: | 9040 |
NCBI Accession: | NP_003960.1 |
UniProt Secondary Accession: | P61081,O76069, Q8VC50, |
UniProt Related Accession: | P61081 |
Molecular Weight: | Observed: 21 kDaPredicted: 21 kDa |
NCBI Full Name: | NEDD8-conjugating enzyme Ubc12 |
NCBI Synonym Full Names: | ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 M |
NCBI Official Symbol: | UBE2M |
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols: | UBC12; hUbc12; UBC-RS2 |
NCBI Protein Information: | NEDD8-conjugating enzyme Ubc12 |
UniProt Protein Name: | NEDD8-conjugating enzyme Ubc12 |
UniProt Synonym Protein Names: | NEDD8 carrier protein; Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 M |
UniProt Gene Name: | UBE2M |