Revised nomenclature and functional overview of the ULP gene family of plant deSUMOylating proteases

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2018

Authors

Castro, PH (Author) Other; Bachmair, A (Author) Other; Bejarano, ER (Author) Other; Coupland, G (Author) Other; Lois, LM (Author) Other; Sadanandom, A (Author) Other; van den Burg, HA (Author) Other; Vierstra, RD (Author) Other; Azevedo, H (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Experimental Botany

Vol. 69

Pages: 4505-4509

ISSN: 0022-0957

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Authenticus ID: P-00P-KNY

DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery301

Abstract (EN): Functional insight on the post-translational modifier SUMO and its biochemical pathway in plants has steadily increased over the past decade. In contrast to the low number of core components that catalytically control SUMO attachment to targets, the enzymes that control deconjugation and SUMO maturation seem to have diversified in terms of both gene number and biological function. However, studies on these deSUMOylating proteases have been accompanied by diversity in nomenclature and unclear evolutionary categorization. We provide a state-of-the-art assessment of the evolutionary subclades within the ULP gene family of plant deSUMOylating proteases, and propose a nomenclature for this protease subgroup for consistent annotation of ULP-encoding genes in plant genomes.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5