The modification of proteins by SUMO (small ubiquitin-related modifier) plays important roles in regulating the activity, stability and cellular localization of target proteins. Similar to ubiquitination, SUMO modification is a dynamic process that can be reversed by SENPs [SUMO-1/sentrin/SMT3 (suppressor of mif two 3 homologue 1)-specific peptidases]. To date, six SENPs have been discovered in humans, although knowledge of their regulation, specificity and biological functions is limited. In the present study, we report that SENP7 has a restricted substrate specificity, being unable to process SUMO precursors and displaying paralogue-specific isopeptidase activity. The C-terminal catalytic domain of SENP7 efficiently depolymerized poly-SUMO-2 chains but had undetectable activity against poly-SUMO-1 chains. SENP7 also displayed isopeptidase activity against di-SUMO-2- and SUMO-2-modified RanGAP1 (Ran GTPase-activating protein 1) but had limited activity against SUMO-1-modified RanGAP1. in vivo, full-length SENP7 was localized to the nucleoplasm and preferentially reduced the accumulation of high-molecular-mass conjugates of SUMO-2 and SUMO-3 compared with SUMO-1. Small interfering RNA-mediated ablation of SENP7 expression led to the accumulation of high-molecular-mass SUMO-2 species and to the accumulation of promyelocytic leukaemia protein in subnuclear bodies. These findings suggest that SENP7 acts as a SUMO-2/3-specific protease that is likely to regulate the metabolism of poly-SUMO-2/3 rather than SUMO-1 conjugation in vivo.
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June 26 2009
Characterization of SENP7, a SUMO-2/3-specific isopeptidase
Lin Nan Shen;
Lin Nan Shen
1Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, U.K.
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Marie-Claude Geoffroy;
Marie-Claude Geoffroy
2Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, U.K.
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Ellis G. Jaffray;
Ellis G. Jaffray
3Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, U.K.
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Ronald T. Hay
Ronald T. Hay
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4Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, U.K.
1To whom correspondence should be addressed (email r.t.hay@dundee.ac.uk).
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Received:
February 10 2009
Revision Received:
April 23 2009
Accepted:
April 24 2009
Accepted Manuscript online:
April 24 2009
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
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2009
Biochem J (2009) 421 (2): 223–230.
Article history
Received:
February 10 2009
Revision Received:
April 23 2009
Accepted:
April 24 2009
Accepted Manuscript online:
April 24 2009
Citation
Lin Nan Shen, Marie-Claude Geoffroy, Ellis G. Jaffray, Ronald T. Hay; Characterization of SENP7, a SUMO-2/3-specific isopeptidase. Biochem J 15 July 2009; 421 (2): 223–230. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BJ20090246
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