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 …

The chromosomal passenger complex (CPC): from easy rider to the godfather of mitosis

M Carmena, M Wheelock, H Funabiki… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2012 - nature.com
Successful cell division requires the precise and timely coordination of chromosomal,
cytoskeletal and membrane trafficking events. These processes are regulated by the …

SUMOylation-mediated regulation of cell cycle progression and cancer

K Eifler, ACO Vertegaal - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2015 - cell.com
Protein conjugation with Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMOylation) has critical roles during
cell cycle progression. Many important cell cycle regulators, including many oncogenes and …

Activated SUMOylation restricts MHC class I antigen presentation to confer immune evasion in cancer

UM Demel, M Böger, S Yousefian… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Activated SUMOylation is a hallmark of cancer. Starting from a targeted screening for SUMO-
regulated immune evasion mechanisms, we identified an evolutionarily conserved function …

Sensing centromere tension: Aurora B and the regulation of kinetochore function

MA Lampson, IM Cheeseman - Trends in cell biology, 2011 - cell.com
Maintaining genome integrity during cell division requires regulated interactions between
chromosomes and spindle microtubules. To ensure that daughter cells inherit the correct …

SUMOylation in carcinogenesis

K Bettermann, M Benesch, S Weis, J Haybaeck - Cancer letters, 2012 - Elsevier
SUMOylation is a post-translational modification characterized by covalent and reversible
binding of small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) to a target protein. In mammals, four different …

Akt SUMOylation regulates cell proliferation and tumorigenesis

R Li, J Wei, C Jiang, D Liu, L Deng, K Zhang, P Wang - Cancer research, 2013 - AACR
Proto-oncogene Akt plays essential roles in cell proliferation and tumorigenesis. Full
activation of Akt is regulated by phosphorylation, ubiquitination, and acetylation. Here we …

A positive feedback loop involving Haspin and Aurora B promotes CPC accumulation at centromeres in mitosis

F Wang, NP Ulyanova, MS van der Waal, D Patnaik… - Current Biology, 2011 - cell.com
Haspin phosphorylates histone H3 at Thr3 (H3T3ph) during mitosis [1, 2], providing a
chromatin binding site for the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) at centromeres to …

Cell division control by the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

MS van der Waal, RCC Hengeveld… - Experimental cell …, 2012 - Elsevier
The Chromosomal Passenger Complex (CPC) consisting of Aurora B kinase, INCENP,
Survivin and Borealin, is essential for genomic stability by controlling multiple processes …

Profiling of ubiquitin-like modifications reveals features of mitotic control

Y Merbl, P Refour, H Patel, M Springer, MW Kirschner - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like (Ubl) protein modifications affect protein stability, activity, and
localization, but we still lack broad understanding of the functions of Ubl modifications. We …