DNA is often damaged by environmental agents which lead to the up-regulation of several genes involved in different repair pathways. The regulation of DNA repair is important for cell survival following exposure to DNA-damaging agents. Schistosoma mansoni is a parasite that undergoes several modifications in its complex life cycle, being exposed to a subset of DNA-damaging agents, such as the environment and ho...
The sumoylation pathway is a post-translational modification of nuclear proteins widespread among several organisms. SMT3C is the main protein involved in this process and it is covalently conjugated to a diverse assortment of nuclear protein targets. To date, 3 SUMO paralogues (SMT3C, A/B) have been characterized in mammals and plants. In this work we characterized two SUMO related genes, named SMT3B and SMT3C...