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The 26S proteasome is responsible for the bulk turnover of cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins in eukaryotic cells and also plays a key role in the regulation of cell cycle, signal transduction, transcription as well as antigen presentation [ 17 18 19 20 21 ] . Most of the known proteasomal substrates are marked and targeted to proteasome by ubiquitination [ 17 19 20 ] . Ubiquitination, however, is not an obligatory step for substrate targeting to proteasome [ 17 18 20 ] . The degradation of the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the rate-limiting enzyme for polyamine synthesis, involves a protein named antizyme (Az), which binds and targets ODC to 26S proteasome for degradation [ 18 ] . However, ODC has remained an "orphan" in Az-dependent proteasomal degradation.
Starr pressured Kathleen Willey's friend Julie Hiatt Steele by questioning the legality of her adoption of a Romanian orphan.
What if he goes nuts one day and slaps the hell out an orphan, or even better, Trent Lott?
This gene is found on the same contig as D1S490 (NT_004817) and is an orphan receptor within the steroid hormone receptor superfamily.
Moreover, Alimi et al . [ 21 ] have shown that at least some of the orphan genes in E. coli are indeed transcribed.