Signalling mechanisms and cellular functions of SUMO

ACO Vertegaal - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Sumoylation is an essential post-translational modification that is catalysed by a small
number of modifying enzymes but regulates thousands of target proteins in a dynamic …

Genome control by SMC complexes

C Hoencamp, BD Rowland - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Many cellular processes require large-scale rearrangements of chromatin structure.
Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) protein complexes are molecular machines …

Sumoylation on its 25th anniversary: mechanisms, pathology, and emerging concepts

AB Celen, U Sahin - The FEBS journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sumoylation is an essential post‐translational modification intimately involved in a diverse
range of eukaryotic cellular mechanisms. Small ubiquitin‐like modifier (SUMO) protein …

SENP6 regulates localization and nuclear condensation of DNA damage response proteins by group deSUMOylation

LA Claessens, M Verlaan-de Vries, IJ de Graaf… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The SUMO protease SENP6 maintains genomic stability, but mechanistic understanding of
this process remains limited. We find that SENP6 deconjugates SUMO2/3 polymers on a …

SUMO proteases: from cellular functions to disease

LA Claessens, ACO Vertegaal - Trends in Cell Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Posttranslational modification by small ubiquitin-like modifiers (SUMOs) is critical in
regulating diverse cellular processes including gene expression, cell cycle progression …

The nuclear SUMO-targeted ubiquitin quality control network regulates the dynamics of cytoplasmic stress granules

J Keiten-Schmitz, K Wagner, T Piller, M Kaulich… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Exposure of cells to heat or oxidative stress causes misfolding of proteins. To avoid toxic
protein aggregation, cells have evolved nuclear and cytosolic protein quality control (PQC) …

A chain of events: regulating target proteins by SUMO polymers

NS Jansen, ACO Vertegaal - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2021 - cell.com
Small ubiquitin-like modifiers (SUMOs) regulate virtually all nuclear processes. The fate of
the target protein is determined by the architecture of the attached SUMO protein, which can …

SUMO-SIM interactions: From structure to biological functions

J Lascorz, J Codina-Fabra, D Reverter… - Seminars in Cell & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Post-translational modification by Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier (SUMO) proteins regulates
numerous cellular processes. This modification involves the covalent and reversible …

SENP proteases as potential targets for cancer therapy

P Tokarz, K Woźniak - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Post-translational modification—the biochemical addition of functional
groups or proteins—occurs following protein biosynthesis and contributes to an increase in …

Therapeutic potential of targeting the SUMO pathway in cancer

A Kukkula, VK Ojala, LM Mendez, L Sistonen… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) pathway regulates the hallmark
properties of cancer cells. Moreover, alterations in activity and in levels of SUMO machinery …