Category:GO:0061631 ! ubiquitin conjugating enzyme activity

name: ubiquitin conjugating enzyme activity
namespace: molecular_function
def: "Isoenergetic transfer of ubiquitin from one protein to another via the reaction X-ubiquitin + Y = Y-ubiquitin + X, where both the X-ubiquitin and Y-ubiquitin linkages are thioester bonds between the C-terminal glycine of ubiquitin and a sulfhydryl side group of a cysteine residue." [GOC:BioGRID, GOC:dph]
synonym: "E2" BROAD [GOC:dph]
synonym: "HECT E3" RELATED [GOC:dph]
xref: EC:2.3.2.23
is_a: GO:0004842 ! ubiquitin-protein transferase activity
is_a: GO:0061650 ! ubiquitin-like protein conjugating enzyme activity

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0061631</GOterm>
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