title: An E3-like factor that promotes SUMO conjugation to the yeast septins.
abstract: Covalent attachment of the ubiquitin-related protein SUMO to other proteins participates in many processes including signal transduction, transcriptional regulation, and growth control. We report the characterization of Siz1 as an E3-like factor in the SUMO pathway. Siz1 is required for SUMO attachment to the S. cerevisiae septins in vivo and strongly stimulates septin sumoylation in vitro. Siz1 and the related protein Siz2 promote SUMO conjugation to different substrates at different stages of the cell cycle and, together, are required for most SUMO conjugation in yeast. Siz1, Siz2, and the PIAS (protein inhibitor of activated STAT) proteins form a conserved family defined by an unusual RING-related motif. Our results suggest that this family functions by promoting SUMO conjugation to specific substrates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. erica.johnson@mail.tju.edu
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005838:Genotype; D008025:Ligases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050828:Protein Inhibitors of Activated STAT; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D025842:SUMO-1 Protein; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D014452:Ubiquitins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D050828:Protein Inhibitors of Activated STAT; D011506:Proteins; D025842:SUMO-1 Protein; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C436836:Siz2 protein, S cerevisiae; D014452:Ubiquitins; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D008025:Ligases; C436837:Siz1 protein, S cerevisiae