Crystal structures of two bacterial HECT-like E3 ligases in complex with a human E2 reveal atomic details of pathogen-host interactions.
Lin, D.Y., Diao, J., Chen, J.(2012) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109: 1925-1930
- PubMed: 22308380 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115025109
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3SQV, 3SY2 - PubMed Abstract: 
In eukaryotes, ubiquitination is an important posttranslational process achieved through a cascade of ubiquitin-activating (E1), conjugating (E2), and ligase (E3) enzymes. Many pathogenic bacteria deliver virulence factors into the host cell that function as E3 ligases ...