Ubiquitin-Dependent Regulation of Stem Cell Biology

Publication date: Available online 18 May 2017
Source:Trends in Cell Biology
Author(s): Achim Werner, Andrew G. Manford, Michael Rape
The growth of a metazoan body relies on a series of highly coordinated cell-fate decisions by stem cells which can undergo self-renewal, reversibly enter a quiescent state, or terminally commit to a cell specification program. To guide their decisions, stem cells make frequent use of ubiquitylation, a post-translational modification that can affect the activity, interaction landscape, or stability of stem cell proteins. In this review we discuss novel findings that have provided insight into ubiquitin-dependent mechanisms of stem cell control and revealed how an essential and highly conserved protein modification can shape metazoan development.



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