ubiquitin activating enzyme activity

id: GO:0004839
name: ubiquitin activating enzyme activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: a protein L-lysine + a ubiquitin + ATP = a protein-N-ubiquityl-lysine + AMP + diphosphate. This reaction is the activation of the C-terminal carboxyl group of ubiquitin by the formation of a high-energy thiolester bond in an ATP-dependent manner.

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