SUMO Protein
- Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier (SUMO) is a family of small proteins that are covalently attached to and detached from other proteins in cells to modify their function.This process is called SUMOylation.
- SUMOylation is directed by an enzymatic cascade analogous to that involved in ubiquitination.
- In contrast to ubiquitin, SUMO is not used to tag proteins for degradation.
- Mature SUMO is produced when the last four amino acids of the C-terminus have been cleaved off to allow formation of an isopeptide bond between the C-terminal glycine residue of SUMO and an acceptor lysine on the target ....
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