Update on sumoylation: defining core components of the plant SUMO conjugation system by phylogenetic comparison.

ABSTRACT: The conjugation of the small ubiquitin-related modifier, SUMO, to substrate proteins is a reversible and dynamic process, and an important response of plants to environmental challenges. Nevertheless, reliable data have so far been restricted largely to the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The increasing availability of genome information for other plant species offers the possibility to identify a core set of indispensable components, and to discover species-specific features of the sumoylation pathway. We analyzed the enzymes responsible for the conjugation of SUMO to substrates for their conservation between dicots and monocots. We thus assembled gene sets that relate the Arabidopsis SUMO conjugation system to that of the dicot species tomato, grapevine and poplar, and to four plant sp

SUBMITTER: Novatchkova M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3399776 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature