Multidomain organization of eukaryotic guanine nucleotide exchange translation initiation factor eIF‐2B subunits revealed by analysis of conserved sequence motifs

Protein Science

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 1608-1617

  Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

acetyltransferase; eukaryotic initiation factors; multidomain proteins; nucleotidyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; INITIATION FACTOR; ISOLEUCINE; MAGNESIUM ION; NUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BINDING SITE; DATA BASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029144599     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560040819     Document Type: Article

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