Structural and Functional Studies of the Regulatory Mechanism of Ubiquitin Enzymes in Stress Response and Gene Expression

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Cells have sophisticated mechanisms to respond to changes in the physiological conditions they live in, such as oxygen or nutrient deprivation or over-supply, imbalances of electrolytes, and deviation from normal body temperatures. To maximize survival under these stresses, cells use different molecular mechanisms to adjust their internal biological processes. In rapid defences, the proteins that carry out cellular functions are modified at certain residues to switch their conformation and interaction partners so that they are activated, deactivated, or tagged for degradation. Over a longer time scale, the expression profile of genes is fundamentally altered to adapt the cells to a changed environment.