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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: Free Radic Biol Med. 2013 Jun 6;66:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.05.045. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.05.045

Fig 2.

Fig 2

Keap1 reacts in a Michael addition with a polyphenol oxidized to the corresponding orthoquinone (or paraquinone) form . The alkylation of Keap1 permits Nrf2 to escape ubiquitinylation and degradation. As described in the text, phosphorylation is also required for Nrf2 translocation to the nucleus and activation of transcription through EpRE.