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Another facet of ubiquitylation: death Free
W. Wei-Lynn Wong * and John Silke*
Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Kingsbury Drive, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia *Correspondence to:W. Wei-Lynn Wong, E-mail: l.wong@latrobe.edu.au; John Silke, E-mail: j.silke@latrobe.edu.au
J Mol Cell Biol, Volume 1, Issue 2, December 2009, 80-81,  https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjp019

Ubiquitylation of caspase-8 by the Cullin3 E3 ligase allows its translocation to cytosolic aggregates in the cell by p62/sequestosome-1, increasing caspase-8 activation and thus leading to TRAIL-induced cell death.