A novel membrane-associated metalloprotease, Ste24p, is required for the first step of NH2-terminal processing of the yeast a-factor precursor

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 271-285

  Fujimura Kamada, Konomi ^a   Nouvet, Franklin J ^a   Michaelis, Susan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; METALLOPROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL MATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HAPLOIDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEM CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOMO SAPIENS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031048991     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.136.2.271     Document Type: Article

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