Post-translational processing of rat ribosomal proteins. Ubiquitous methylation of Lys22 within the zinc-finger motif of RL40 (carboxy-terminal extension protein 52) and tissue-specific methylation of Lys4 in RL29

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 786-793

  Williamson, Nicholas A ^a   Raliegh, Jeanette ^a   Morrice, Nicholas A ^a   Wettenhall, Richard E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

C terminal extension protein; Eukaryotic ribosomal protein; Methylation; Tissue specificity; Zinc finger motif

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031005345     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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