supported by grants from the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2004CB518807, 2007CB512403);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30772004, 30121002, 30600539);the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (06QA14069).
We identified a novel ubiquitin-like molecule DULP from human dendritic cells. DULP contains a domain that shares 26% identity and 34% similarity with ubiquitin, and it possesses the corresponding Ile-44 hydrophobic p...