Global analysis of SUMO chain function reveals multiple roles in chromatin regulation.

Like ubiquitin, the small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) proteins can form oligomeric chains, but the biological functions of these superstructures are not well understood. Here, we created mutant yeast strains unable to synthesize SUMO chains (smt3(allR)) and subjected them to high-content microscopic screening, synthetic genetic array (SGA) analysis, and high-density transcript profiling to perform the first global analysis of SUMO chain function. This comprehensive assessment identified 144 proteins with altered localization or intensity in smt3(allR) cells, 149 synthetic genetic interactions, and 225 mRNA transcripts (primarily consisting of stress- and nutrient-response genes) that displayed a \u3e1.5-fold increase in expression levels. This information-rich resource strongly implicates SUMO chains in the regulation of chromatin. Indeed, using several different approaches, we demonstrate that SUMO chains are required for the maintenance of normal higher-order chromatin structure and transcriptional repression of environmental stress response genes in budding yeast

Raw data for the identification of SUMOylated proteins in S. cerevisiae subjected to two types of osmotic shock, using affinity purification coupled with mass spectrometry

The small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) “stress response” (SSR) is a poorly understood evolutionarily conserved phenomenon in which steady-state SUMO conjugate levels are dramatically increased in response to environmental stresses. Here we describe the data acquired using affinity-purification coupled with mass spectrometry to identify proteins that are SUMOylated in response to two different types of osmotic stress, 1 M sorbitol and 1 M KCl. The mass spectrometry dataset described here has been uploaded to the MassIVE repository with ID: MSV000078739, and consists of 32 raw MS files acquired in data-dependent mode on a Thermo Q-Exactive instrument. iProphet-processed MS/MS search results and associated SAINT scores are also included as a reference. These data are discussed and interpreted in “The S. cerevisiae SUMO stress response is a conjugation–deconjugation cycle that targets the transcription machinery”, by Lewicki et al. in the Journal of Proteomics, 2014 [1]