The UFMylation system in proteostasis and beyond

Y Gerakis, M Quintero, H Li, C Hetz - Trends in cell biology, 2019 - cell.com
Post-translational modifications are at the apex of cellular communication and eventually
regulate every aspect of life. The identification of new post-translational modifiers is opening …

E1 enzymes as therapeutic targets in cancer

SH Barghout, AD Schimmer - Pharmacological reviews, 2021 - ASPET
Post-translational modifications of cellular substrates with ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like
proteins (UBLs), including ubiquitin, SUMOs, and neural precursor cell–expressed …

UFMylation: a ubiquitin-like modification

X Zhou, SJ Mahdizadeh, M Le Gallo… - Trends in Biochemical …, 2024 - cell.com
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) add a major degree of complexity to the proteome
and are essential controllers of protein homeostasis. Amongst the hundreds of PTMs …

Decrypting UFMylation: how proteins are modified with UFM1

S Banerjee, M Kumar, R Wiener - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Besides ubiquitin (Ub), humans have a set of ubiquitin-like proteins (UBLs) that can also
covalently modify target proteins. To date, less is known about UBLs than Ub and even less …

A guide to UFMylation, an emerging posttranslational modification

D Millrine, JJ Peter, Y Kulathu - The FEBS Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ubiquitin Fold Modifier‐1 (UFM1) is a ubiquitin‐like modifier (UBL) that is posttranslationally
attached to lysine residues on substrates via a dedicated system of enzymes conserved in …

Structural basis for UFM1 transfer from UBA5 to UFC1

M Kumar, P Padala, J Fahoum, F Hassouna… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Ufmylation is a post-translational modification essential for regulating key cellular processes.
A three-enzyme cascade involving E1, E2 and E3 is required for UFM1 attachment to target …

The post-translational role of UFMylation in physiology and disease

X Wang, X Xu, Z Wang - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ubiquitin-fold modifier 1 (UFM1) is a newly identified ubiquitin-like protein that has been
conserved during the evolution of multicellular organisms. In a similar manner to ubiquitin …

Allelic strengths of encephalopathy-associated UBA5 variants correlate between in vivo and in vitro assays

X Pan, AN Alvarez, M Ma, S Lu, MW Crawford… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Protein UFMylation downstream of the E1 enzyme UBA5 plays essential roles in
development and endoplasmic reticulum stress. Variants in the UBA5 gene are associated …

Receptor tyrosine kinase ubiquitination and de-ubiquitination in signal transduction and receptor trafficking

WR Critchley, C Pellet-Many, B Ringham-Terry… - Cells, 2018 - mdpi.com
Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are membrane-based sensors that enable rapid
communication between cells and their environment. Evidence is now emerging that …

Highly specialized ubiquitin-like modifications: shedding light into the UFM1 enigma

KF Witting, MPC Mulder - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Post-translational modification with Ubiquitin-like proteins represents a complex signaling
language regulating virtually every cellular process. Among these post-translational …