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Description:: The SOCS box was first identified in SH2-domain-containing proteins of the suppressor of cytokines signalling (SOCS) family but was later also found in:the WSB (WD-40-repeat-containing proteins with a SOCS box) family,the SSB (SPRY domain-containing proteins with a SOCS box) family,the ASB (ankyrin-repeat-containing proteins with a SOCS box) family,and ras and ras-like GTPases.The SOCS box found in these proteins is an about 50 amino acid carboxy-terminal domain composed of two blocks of well-conserved residues separated by between 2 and 10 non-conserved residues. The C-terminal conserved region is an L/P-rich sequence of unknown function, whereas the N-terminal conserved region is a consensus BC box, which binds to the Elongin BC complex. It has been proposed that this association could couple bound proteins to the ubiquitination or proteasomal compartments.

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