Coiled-coil domain, illustration

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Illustration of a coiled-coil domain from a ubiquitin E3 ligase. Ubiquitin ligases are enzymes that tag proteins for degradation by attaching a ubiquitin molecule to them. In order to attach the ubiquitin molecule the enzyme needs to form a dimer (a complex of two identical molecules). The coiled-coil domain is essential to this process.

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Photo credit: © FRANCISCO J. ENGUITA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: -, alpha, artwork, biochemical, biochemistry, biological, biology, coiled-coil, dimerisation, dimerization, domain, e3, helical, helices, helix, illustration, ligase, motif, peptide, protein, structure, trim, tripartite, ubiquitin