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SOCS (suppressors of cytokine signaling) box of SSB1 (SPRY domain-containing SOCS box proteins)-like proteins. SSB proteins contain a central SPRY domain and a C-terminal SOCS. SSB1 has been shown to bind to MET, the receptor protein-tyrosine kinase for hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), both the absence and the presence of HGF and enhances the HGF-MET-induced mitogen-activated protein kinases Erk-transcription factor Elk-1-serum response elements (SRE) pathway. SSB1, like SSB2 and SSB4, also interacts with prostate apoptosis response protein-4. Both types of interactions are mediated through the SPRY domain. The general function of the SOCS box is the recruitment of the ubiquitin-transferase system. The SOCS box interacts with Elongins B and C, Cullin-5 or Cullin-2, Rbx-1, and E2. Therefore, SOCS-box-containing proteins probably function as E3 ubiquitin ligases and mediate the degradation of proteins associated through their N-terminal regions.
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