E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase HUWE1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the HUWE1gene.[1][2][3]
It performs the third step (ligation) in binding ubiquitin to proteins in a process called ubiquitination which tags the proteins for disposal.
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