UBD Antibody - #DF7373

Ubiquitin-like protein modifier which can be covalently attached to target protein and subsequently leads to their degradation by the 26S proteasome, in a NUB1-dependent manner. Probably functions as a survival factor. Conjugation ability activated by UBA6. Promotes the expression of the proteasome subunit beta type-9 (PSMB9/LMP2). Regulates TNF-alpha-induced and LPS-mediated activation of the central mediator of innate immunity NF-kappa-B by promoting TNF-alpha-mediated proteasomal degradation of ubiquitinated-I-kappa-B-alpha. Required for TNF-alpha-induced p65 nuclear translocation in renal tubular epithelial cells (RTECs). May be involved in dendritic cell (DC) maturation, the process by which immature dendritic cells differentiate into fully competent antigen-presenting cells that initiate T-cell responses. Mediates mitotic non-disjunction and chromosome instability, in long-term in vitro culture and cancers, by abbreviating mitotic phase and impairing the kinetochore localization of MAD2L1 during the prometaphase stage of the cell cycle. May be involved in the formation of aggresomes when proteasome is saturated or impaired. Mediates apoptosis in a caspase-dependent manner, especially in renal epithelium and tubular cells during renal diseases such as polycystic kidney disease and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated nephropathy (HIVAN).

Can be acetylated.

Nucleus. Cytoplasm.
Note: Accumulates in aggresomes under proteasome inhibition conditions.

Constitutively expressed in mature dendritic cells and B-cells. Mostly expressed in the reticuloendothelial system (e.g. thymus, spleen), the gastrointestinal system, kidney, lung and prostate gland.

Interacts directly with the 26S proteasome. The interaction with NUB1 via the N-terminal ubiquitin domain facilitates the linking of UBD-conjugated target protein to the proteasome complex and accelerates its own degradation and that of its conjugates. Interacts (via ubiquitin-like 1 domain) with the spindle checkpoint protein MAD2L1 during mitosis. Present in aggresomes of proteasome inhibited cells. Interacts with HDAC6 under proteasome impairment conditions. Forms a thioester with UBA6 in cells stimulated with tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFa) and interferon-gamma (IFNg). Interacts with SQSTM1 and TP53/p53.