“…Recently, evidence is heavily accumulating which suggests that the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway may control a range of cellular signaling processes in plants, such as those mediated by hormones, light and sucrose, as well as development and response to pathogens (Ellis et al, 2002;Smalle and Vierstara, 2004). The ubiquitin cascade is operated sequentially in a multi-step fashion by a multi-enzymatic system, consisting of ubiquitin-activating (E1), -conjugating (E2), and -ligating (E3) enzymes (Delauré et al, 2008;Glickman and Ciechanover, 2002). E3 ubiquitin ligases mediate the final transfer of ubiquitin to the target proteins, and therefore, they represent an important portion of the degradation process.…”