What would happen initially to cells that lack a functional ubiquitin?
A) Nothing would happen.
B) Transcriptional initiation would increase.
C) Protein degradation would decrease.
D) Histone modifications would increase.
E) Translation of proteins would be more efficient.

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Ubiquitin is responsible for marking proteins for degradation by the proteasome. Therefore, if cells lack functional ubiquitin, protein degradation would decrease.

What Would Happen Initially to Cells That Lack a Functional