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Nature Cell Biology 10, 1309–1317 (1 November 2008) | doi:10.1038/ncb1789

IAPs contain an evolutionarily conserved ubiquitin-binding domain that regulates NF-|[kappa]|B as well as cell survival and oncogenesis

Mads Gyrd-Hansen , Maurice Darding , Maria Miasari , Massimo M. Santoro , Lars Zender , Wen Xue , Tencho Tenev , Paula C.A. da Fonseca , Marketa Zvelebil , Janusz M. Bujnicki , Scott Lowe , John Silke & Pascal Meier

The covalent attachment of ubiquitin to target proteins influences various cellular processes, including DNA repair, NF-κB signalling and cell survival. The most common mode of regulation by ubiquitin-conjugation involves specialized ubiquitin-binding proteins that bind to ubiquitylated proteins and link them to downstream biochemical processes.