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SUMO

Nature volume 452, pages 709–711 (2008)Cite this article

A protein called small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) can be coupled to other proteins to control their function. This SUMOylation has been implicated in the regulation of a host of cellular processes, and is essential for the health, and even the survival, of most organisms.

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Figure 1: SUMO conjugation and deconjugation.
Figure 2: SUMOylation and localization of target proteins.

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Figure 3: Molecular switches.
Figure 4: SUMOylation is influenced by and affects a plethora of pathways.

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  1. Erik Meulmeester and Frauke Melchior are in the Department of Biochemistry I, Faculty of Medicine, University of Göttingen, Humboldt-Allee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.,

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Meulmeester, E., Melchior, F. SUMO. Nature 452, 709–711 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452709a

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