Emerging role of SUMOylation in plant development
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In Vitro SUMOylation Assay to Study SUMO E3 Ligase Activity
Published on: January 29, 2018
1Guangdong Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development; College of Life Science; South China Normal University; Guangzhou, PR China.
Abstract:
Post-translational attachment of small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO), defined as SUMOylation, has emerged as a new mechanism of protein regulation in plant biology. In plant, SUMOylation has been shown to play crucial roles in a variety of biotic and abiotic stress responses. Recent work using viable mutants with defective SUMOylation have indicated an important role for SUMOylation in a wide range of developmental processes, such as cell division, expansion, survival and differentiation, vegetative growth and reproductive development. This review will summarize the currently emerging information regarding the function of SUMOylation in plant development.
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