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Identification of Post-translational Modifications of Plant Protein Complexes
Published on: February 22, 2014
Protein Language: Post-Translational Modifications Talking to Each Other
Lam Dai Vu1, Kris Gevaert2, Ive De Smet3
1Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Abstract:
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are at the heart of many cellular signaling events. Apart from a single regulatory PTM, there are also PTMs that function in orchestrated manners. Such PTM crosstalk usually serves as a fine-tuning mechanism to adjust cellular responses to the slightest changes in the environment. While PTM crosstalk has been studied in depth in various species; in plants, this field is just emerging. In this review, we discuss recent studies on crosstalk between three of the most common protein PTMs in plant cells, being phosphorylation, ubiquitination, and sumoylation, and we highlight the diverse underlying mechanisms as well as signaling outputs of such crosstalk.
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