Encodes a small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) polypeptide that becomes covalently attached to various intracellular protein targets, much like ubiquitination, leading to post-translational modification of those targets.
Computational Description
small ubiquitin-like modifier 1 (SUMO1); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Ubiquitin (InterPro:IPR000626), Ubiquitin supergroup (InterPro:IPR019955); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: small ubiquitin-like modifier 2 (TAIR:AT5G55160.1); Has 1807 Blast hits to 1807 proteins in 277 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 736; Fungi - 347; Plants - 385; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 339 (source: NCBI BLink).