TIEro on "Duplicating actions behind Submit button"

Is there a list somewhere of all the actions that pressing the "Submit for Review" button kicks off? Or a simple way to call the same set of functions?

I'd like to present a "Submit" option in a custom posts list, you see. I can do it with php/MySQL if I have to, but I figured it'd be more elegant if there's a WP function that does the same thing.

Tried searching the Codex, but...

Thanks!