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Abstract
The small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) is a ubiquitin-like protein that covalently modifies a large number of cellular proteins. SUMO modification has emerged as an important regulatory mechanism for protein function and localization. SUMOylation is a dynamic process that is mediated by activating (E1), conjugating (E2), and ligating (E3) enzymes and readily reversed by a family of ubiquitin-like protein-specific proteases (Ulp) in yeast and sentrin/SUMO-specific proteases (SENP) in human. This review will focus on the de-SUMOylating enzymes with special attention to their biological function.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19008217 PMCID: PMC2659178 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R800050200
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol Chem ISSN: 0021-9258 Impact factor: 5.157