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New insights into the role of the small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) in plants.
International review of cell and molecular biology - 1 Jan 2013
Park Hee Jin, Yun Dae-Jin
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Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) is a small (∼12kDa) protein that occurs in all eukaryotes and participates in the reversible posttranslational modification of target cellular proteins. The three-dimensional structure of SUMO and ubiquitin (Ub) are superimposable although there is very little similarity in their primary amino acid sequences. In all organisms, conjugation and deconjugation of Ub and SUMO...
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