title: Emerging role of SUMO in pancreatic beta-cells.
abstract: Post-translational attachment of small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO), defined as SUMOylation, can affect the localization, interactions, stability and/or activity of substrate proteins, and thus can participate in a large variety of cellular processes. Most SUMO substrates are involved in transcriptional regulation. Hence, SUMOylation can either activate or, more commonly, repress gene transcription. The modulation of gene expression by SUMO through diverse mechanisms and specifically the recent findings concerning SUMOylation in pancreatic beta-cells are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Experimental Diabetology, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ehninger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mziaut
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solimena
mesh_terms: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000235:genetics; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D051473:Maf Transcription Factors, Large / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000502:physiology*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D054635:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 8 / Q000378:metabolism; D025842:SUMO-1 Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D007328:Insulin; C485159:MAFA protein, human; D051473:Maf Transcription Factors, Large; D025842:SUMO-1 Protein; D015534:Trans-Activators; C084010:pancreatic and duodenal homeobox 1 protein; D054635:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 8