Molecular Function
sumoylation
Subclass of:
Ubiquitination
Definitions related to sumoylation:
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A type of POST-TRANSLATIONAL PROTEIN MODIFICATION by SMALL UBIQUITIN-RELATED MODIFIER PROTEINS (also known as SUMO proteins).NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(protein sumoylation) The process in which a SUMO protein (small ubiquitin-related modifier) is conjugated to a target protein via an isopeptide bond between the carboxy-terminus of SUMO with an epsilon-amino group of a lysine residue of the target protein.Gene Ontology DictionaryGene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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