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. 2021 Feb 3;11(4):365–377. doi: 10.1007/s13659-021-00298-w

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6

HNK functions as an inhibitor of sentrin-specific protease 1 (SENP1), an essential enzyme for deSUMOylating proteins. The noncovalent structure of SENP1 in complex with SUMO2 is shown (PDB: 6NNQ) [135]. Inhibition of SENP1 by HNK leads to an increased level of six major proteins component (Sm proteins) of the U2 snRNP complex in cells. By this process, HNK induces SUMOylation of splicing factors, thus preventing the correct assembly of the spliceosome and modulating pre-mRNA splicing [89]