MG53's new identity
Levy, JR, Campbell, KP and Glass, DJ (2013) MG53's new identity. Skeletal Muscle. 25-.
Abstract
Mitsugumin 53 (MG53) is a relatively newly identified tripartite motif-containing (TRIM) family muscle-specific E3 ubiquitin ligase that is expressed in skeletal muscle and the heart. It has been postulated to facilitate repair by targeting the site of an injury, and acting as a scaffold for assembly of a repair complex made up of dysferlin, annexin V, caveolin-3, and polymerase I and transcript release factor (PTRF). A recent letter published in Nature by Song et al. proposes an alternate function for MG53: as an E3 ligase that targets the insulin receptor and insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) for degradation, therefore regulating muscle insulin signaling. This work is exciting, as it not only presents a novel role for MG53, but also suggests that muscle insulin signaling has a systemic influence on insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | pubid: 147 nvp_institute: NIBR contributor_address: Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 100 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. david.glass@novartis.com. |
Date Deposited: | 13 Oct 2015 13:12 |
Last Modified: | 13 Oct 2015 13:12 |
URI: | https://oak.novartis.com/id/eprint/21980 |