The cell cycle regulatory E3 ligase APC/C cooperates with UBE2C to prime substrates with ubiquitin and UBE2S to extend the ubiquitin chains. Careful analysis reveals that binding of the UBE2S to APC/C accelerates the rate-limiting step of APC/C–UBE2C.
- Raquel C. Martinez-Chacin
- Tatyana Bodrug
- Nicholas G. Brown