UFMylation: a ubiquitin-like modification

X Zhou, SJ Mahdizadeh, M Le Gallo… - Trends in Biochemical …, 2024 - cell.com
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) add a major degree of complexity to the proteome
and are essential controllers of protein homeostasis. Amongst the hundreds of PTMs …

The UFM1 system: Working principles, cellular functions, and pathophysiology

M Komatsu, T Inada, NN Noda - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Summary Ubiquitin-fold modifier 1 (UFM1) is a ubiquitin-like protein covalently conjugated
with intracellular proteins through UFMylation, a process similar to ubiquitylation. Growing …

RPL26/uL24 UFMylation is essential for ribosome-associated quality control at the endoplasmic reticulum

F Scavone, SC Gumbin… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Ribosomes that stall while translating cytosolic proteins are incapacitated by incomplete
nascent chains, termed “arrest peptides”(APs) that are destroyed by the ubiquitin …

Vacuolar degradation of plant organelles

MS Otegui, C Steelheart, W Ma, J Ma, BH Kang… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Plants continuously remodel and degrade their organelles due to damage from their
metabolic activities and environmental stressors, as well as an integral part of their cell …

The UFM1 E3 ligase recognizes and releases 60S ribosomes from ER translocons

L Makhlouf, JJ Peter, HM Magnussen, R Thakur… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Stalled ribosomes at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are covalently modified with the
ubiquitin-like protein UFM1 on the 60S ribosomal subunit protein RPL26 (also known as …

UFM1 E3 ligase promotes recycling of 60S ribosomal subunits from the ER

PA DaRosa, I Penchev, SC Gumbin, F Scavone… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Reversible modification of target proteins by ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins (UBLs) is
widely used by eukaryotic cells to control protein fate and cell behaviour. UFM1 is a UBL that …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of autophagy function and regulation in plant growth, development, and response to abiotic stress

Y Li, X Xu, G Qi, D Cui, C Huang, X Sui, G Li, Q Fan - The Crop Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved degradation pathway of lysosomes (in mammals)
and vacuoles (in yeasts and plants) from lower yeasts to higher mammals. It wraps …

Autophagosome biogenesis and organelle homeostasis in plant cells

X Zhuang, B Li, L Jiang - The Plant Cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Autophagy is one of the major highly inducible degradation processes in response to plant
developmental and environmental signals. In response to different stimuli, cellular materials …

The emerging roles of UFMylation in the modulation of immune responses

Z Liang, R Ning, Z Wang, X Kong, Y Yan… - Clinical and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Post‐translational modification is a rite of passage for cellular functional proteins and
ultimately regulate almost all aspects of life. Ubiquitin‐fold modifier 1 (UFM1) system …

Structural study of UFL1‐UFC1 interaction uncovers the role of UFL1 N‐terminal helix in ufmylation

S Banerjee, JK Varga, M Kumar, G Zoltsman… - EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Ufmylation plays a crucial role in various cellular processes including DNA damage
response, protein translation, and ER homeostasis. To date, little is known about how the …