GO:0070936

protein K48-linked ubiquitination

Details: 
A protein ubiquitination process in which a polymer of ubiquitin, formed by linkages between lysine residues at position 48 of the ubiquitin monomers, is added to a protein. K48-linked ubiquitination targets the substrate protein for degradation. [GOC:cvs, PMID:15556404]
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