| Miscellaneous/General: | Fub1 belongs to the ubiquitin-like protein group that is capable of forming conjugates to other proteins and shows amino acid sequence similarity to that of ubiquitin. Certain cloned cDNAs encode for a single ubiquitin-like (Fub1) protein fused in frame to S30, a protein of the small ribosomal subunit. Purified ubiquicidin indicates that it is identical to S30 produced by post-translational processing of the fau protein. Fub1 may act as a substitute or inhibitor of ubiquitin, to which it is most closely related, or to the close ubiquitin-like relatives UCRP, FAT10, and/or NEDD8. |