SUMO: from bench to bedside

HM Chang, ETH Yeh - Physiological Reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Sentrin/small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) is protein modification pathway that regulates
multiple biological processes, including cell division, DNA replication/repair, signal …

Ubiquitin-like protein conjugation: structures, chemistry, and mechanism

L Cappadocia, CD Lima - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Ubiquitin-like proteins (Ubl's) are conjugated to target proteins or lipids to regulate their
activity, stability, subcellular localization, or macromolecular interactions. Similar to ubiquitin …

Structural diversity of ubiquitin E3 ligase

S Toma-Fukai, T Shimizu - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The post-translational modification of proteins regulates many biological processes. Their
dysfunction relates to diseases. Ubiquitination is one of the post-translational modifications …

The SUMO pathway: emerging mechanisms that shape specificity, conjugation and recognition

JR Gareau, CD Lima - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2010 - nature.com
Proteins of the small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) family are conjugated to proteins to
regulate such cellular processes as nuclear transport, transcription, chromosome …

Building ubiquitin chains: E2 enzymes at work

Y Ye, M Rape - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2009 - nature.com
The modification of proteins with ubiquitin chains can change their localization, activity
and/or stability. Although ubiquitylation requires the concerted action of ubiquitin-activating …

SUMO conjugation–a mechanistic view

A Pichler, C Fatouros, H Lee, N Eisenhardt - Biomolecular concepts, 2017 - degruyter.com
The regulation of protein fate by modification with the small ubiquitin-related modifier
(SUMO) plays an essential and crucial role in most cellular pathways. Sumoylation is highly …

Perilous journey: a tour of the ubiquitin–proteasome system

G Kleiger, T Mayor - Trends in cell biology, 2014 - cell.com
Eukaryotic cells are equipped to degrade proteins via the ubiquitin–proteasome system
(UPS). Proteins become degraded upon their conjugation to chains of ubiquitin where they …

Ubiquitin-like protein activation by E1 enzymes: the apex for downstream signalling pathways

BA Schulman, J Wade Harper - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2009 - nature.com
Attachment of ubiquitin or ubiquitin-like proteins (known as UBLs) to their targets through
multienzyme cascades is a central mechanism to modulate protein functions. This process is …

Substrate-assisted inhibition of ubiquitin-like protein-activating enzymes: the NEDD8 E1 inhibitor MLN4924 forms a NEDD8-AMP mimetic in situ

JE Brownell, MD Sintchak, JM Gavin, H Liao… - Molecular cell, 2010 - cell.com
The NEDD8-activating enzyme (NAE) initiates a protein homeostatic pathway essential for
cancer cell growth and survival. MLN4924 is a selective inhibitor of NAE currently in clinical …

The family of ubiquitin‐conjugating enzymes (E2s): deciding between life and death of proteins

SJL Van Wijk, HTM Timmers - The FASEB Journal, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The family of ubiquitin‐conjugating (E2) enzymes is characterized by the presence of a
highly conserved ubiquitin‐conjugating (UBC) domain. These domains accommodate the …