title: The fast-growing business of SUMO chains.
abstract: Like ubiquitin itself, the small ubiquitin-related modifier SUMO can form polymeric chains on many of its targets. Recent analyses have provided evidence for a number of distinct biological functions of the poly-SUMO signal.
authors.affiliation: Clare Hall Laboratories, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, EN6 3LD, UK. helle.ulrich@cancer.org.uk
authors.forename: Helle D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Ulrich
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D015398:Signal Transduction; D025841:Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000378:metabolism; D054875:Ubiquitination / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D025841:Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins; D025801:Ubiquitin; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases