SUMO losing balance: SUMO proteases disrupt SUMO homeostasis to facilitate cancer development and progression

T Bawa-Khalfe, ETH Yeh - Genes & cancer, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
… Small ubiquitin-like modifiers (SUMO) conjugation to cellular … The SUMO proteases (SENP)
deconjugate modified proteins … SUMO homeostasis and contributes to cancer development

SUMO proteases as potential targets for cancer therapy

P Bialik, K Woźniak - Advances in Hygiene and Experimental Medicine, 2017 - phmd.pl
… Results of studies indicate the role of SUMO proteases in the development of human diseases
including cancer, suggesting that these proteins may be attractive targets for new drugs. …

SUMO-specific protease 1 promotes prostate cancer progression and metastasis

Q Wang, N Xia, T Li, Y Xu, Y Zou, Y Zuo, Q Fan… - Oncogene, 2013 - nature.com
SUMO-specific activating (E1), conjugating (E2) and ligating (E3) enzymes, and is reversed
by a family of Sentrin/SUMO-specific proteases … in placental development and erythropoiesis. …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the development of SUMO specific protease (SENP) inhibitors

A Kumar, KYJ Zhang - Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2015 - Elsevier
… Prior to their conjugation, SUMO proteins need to be proteolytically processed … SUMO
specific proteases (SENPs) are cysteine proteases that cleave the pro or inactive form of SUMO at …

SUMO-specific protease 1 regulates pancreatic cancer cell proliferation and invasion by targeting MMP-9

C Ma, B Wu, X Huang, Z Yuan, K Nong, B Dong, Y Bai… - Tumor Biology, 2014 - Springer
… Thus, it is of great need to develop novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies to reduce the
… Sentrin/SUMO-specific protease 1 (SENP1) is a member of SUMO-specific protease family (…

[HTML][HTML] SUMOylation code in cancer development and metastasis

KI Kim, SH Baek - Molecules and cells, 2006 - Elsevier
SUMO system is also involved in cancer metastasis. In this review, we will summarize and
discuss the possible role of SUMO system in cancer development … distinct SUMO proteases

Function and regulation of SUMO proteases

CM Hickey, NR Wilson, M Hochstrasser - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2012 - nature.com
… ) is translated into a precursor form that must be processed by a SUMO protease before
SUMO can be conjugated to other proteins. Mature SUMO is conjugated to proteins in an ATP-…

SUMO-specific proteases: a twist in the tail

RT Hay - Trends in cell biology, 2007 - cell.com
… for normal growth and development in all … two SUMO proteases in yeast and six SUMO
proteases in humans, it seems likely that these proteases have evolved to carry out specific SUMO

SUMO proteases: from cellular functions to disease

LA Claessens, ACO Vertegaal - Trends in Cell Biology, 2024 - cell.com
… function of USPL1 in Cajal bodies described to date is independent of its SUMO protease
activity [ … of polycomb group protein-mediated gene silencing during embryonic development. …

[HTML][HTML] SENP proteases as potential targets for cancer therapy

P Tokarz, K Woźniak - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
SUMO-specific proteases (SENPs) are cysteine proteases with isopeptidase activity … ’
aberrant expression is associated with the development and progression of cancer. In this review, …