So far there are six SUMO proteases in humans that have been designated SENP1-3 and SENP5-7 (sentrin/SUMO-specific protease).1 The six proteases possess a conserved C-terminal domain which are variable in size, and with a distinct N-terminal domain between them. The C-terminal domain shows catalytic activity and N-terminal domain regulates cell localization and substrate specificity.[4]
Features
SENP1 (Sentrin-specific protease 1) is a human protease of 643 amino acids with a weight of 73 kDa, EC number in humans 3.4.22.B70, which adopts a conformation that identifies it as a member of the superfamily of cysteine proteases contain a catalytic triad with characterized three amino acids: a cysteine at position 602, a histidine at position 533 and aspartic acid at position 550.
The important nucleophile is cysteine located at the N-terminal alpha helix of the protein core, the other two amino acids, aspartate and histidine, are located in a beta sheet end.
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Location
Both SENP1 are located in the nucleus and cytosol depending on the cell type, although it has been seen that is exported out from the nucleus to the cytosol through a sequence of nuclear export (NES) that is located at the C-terminus. The mammalian SENP1 is localized mainly in the nucleus.[6]
Function
SENP1 catalyzes maturation SUMO protein (small ubiquitin-related modifier), which causes hydrolysis peptide bond of SUMO is in a conserved sequence Gly-Gly-|-Ala-Thr-Tyr at the C-terminal [7] to be added to the conjugation of other proteins (sumoylation).[8]
In vertebrates there are three members of the family of SUMO: SUMO-1, -2 and -3. SENP1 can catalyze any of these three.
This conjugation of SUMO toward other proteins is a lot like ubiquitination, however these modifications leads to different results depending on the type of protein been modified.[9]
References
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↑Kim YH, Sung KS, Lee SJ, Kim YO, Choi CY, Kim Y (2005). "Desumoylation of homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2) through the cytoplasmic-nuclear shuttling of the SUMO-specific protease SENP1". FEBS Letters. 579 (27): 6272–6278. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2005.10.010. PMID16253240.
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Bailey D, O'Hare P (Dec 2002). "Herpes simplex virus 1 ICP0 co-localizes with a SUMO-specific protease". The Journal of General Virology. 83 (Pt 12): 2951–64. doi:10.1099/0022-1317-83-12-2951. PMID12466471.
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Cheng J, Perkins ND, Yeh ET (Apr 2005). "Differential regulation of c-Jun-dependent transcription by SUMO-specific proteases". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280 (15): 14492–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M412185200. PMID15701643.
Rajan S, Plant LD, Rabin ML, Butler MH, Goldstein SA (Apr 2005). "Sumoylation silences the plasma membrane leak K+ channel K2P1". Cell. 121 (1): 37–47. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2005.01.019. PMID15820677.
Veltman IM, Vreede LA, Cheng J, Looijenga LH, Janssen B, Schoenmakers EF, Yeh ET, van Kessel AG (Jul 2005). "Fusion of the SUMO/Sentrin-specific protease 1 gene SENP1 and the embryonic polarity-related mesoderm development gene MESDC2 in a patient with an infantile teratoma and a constitutional t(12;15)(q13;q25)". Human Molecular Genetics. 14 (14): 1955–63. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddi200. PMID15917269.
Kim YH, Sung KS, Lee SJ, Kim YO, Choi CY, Kim Y (Nov 2005). "Desumoylation of homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2) through the cytoplasmic-nuclear shuttling of the SUMO-specific protease SENP1". FEBS Letters. 579 (27): 6272–8. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2005.10.010. PMID16253240.