Protein which is posttranslationally modified by the attachment of at least one ubiquitin-like modifier protein, such as ubiquitin, SUMO, APG12, URM1 or RUB1. Ubiquitin, for example, is linked through a thioester bond between its C-terminus and the epsilon group of a lysine residue present on either another ubiquitin-like modifier protein or a target protein.

Category: PTM · UniProtKB (5,262)

Protein involved in ubiquitin-like modifier processing, activation, conjugation or deconjugation such as Ubl-activating enzymes (E1s), Ubl-conjugating enzymes (E2s), Ubl-protein ligases (E3s), some thiol proteases (Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolases (UCH), Ubiquitin-specific processing proteases (UBP) and ubiquitin-like proteases) and the ubiquitin-like modifier proteins. Besides signaling proteolysis, ubiquitination for example can be a signal for trafficking, kinase activation and other nonproteolytic fates.

Category: Biological process · UniProtKB (30,110)