Ubiquitin Carboxy-terminal Hydrolase L1 - Knot Structure

Knot Structure

Human UCH-L1 and the closely related protein UCHL3 have one of the most complicated knot structure yet discovered for a protein, with five knot crossings. It is speculated that a knot structure may increase a protein's resistance to degradation in the proteasome.

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