Enzymic characterization of fission yeast farnesyl transferase Recognition of the -CAAL motif at the C-terminus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 236, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 847-851

  Danjoh, Inaho ^a   Fujiyama, Asao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Farnesyl transferase; Fission yeast; Isoprenoid; Localization; Ras

Indexed keywords

FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MUTANT; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RAS PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 0029972749     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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