Characterization of the geranylgeranyl transferase type I from Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1357-1367

  Arellano, Manuel ^a   Coll, Pedro M ^a   Yang, Wenli ^b   Duran, Angel ^a   Tamanoi, Fuyuhiko ^b   Perez, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN FARNESYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BETA CHAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ACTINS; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031696971     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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