“…As a master molecular machine in protein quality control, p97/Cdc48 is critical for cellular protein homeostasis 3 , 4 . In complex with a variety of cofactors and adaptors, p97/Cdc48 acts as a segregase or unfoldase that extracts polyubiquitinated proteins from membranes, chromatin, macromolecular complexes, and misfolded protein aggregates for subsequent degradation or remodeling 1 , 3 , 5 – 7 . As such, it regulates diverse cellular processes, including endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation, mitochondrial-associated degradation, membrane fusion, and DNA replication and repair 1 – 3 .…”