Proteins that are degraded by the proteasome are first modified by a set of
enzymes that attach multiple copies of ubiquitin to substrate lysines, but
a tiny minority, including the polyamine-synthesizing enzyme ornithine dec
arboxylase, is handled differently. This enzyme is targeted for destruction
by another protein - antizyme. Why does ornithine decarboxylase have its o
wn dedicated destruction mechanism, how does it work, and is it the only pr
otein to be targeted to the proteasome in this way?.