Dual roles for Ste24p in yeast a-factor maturation: NH2-terminal proteolysis and COOH-terminal CAAX processing

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 635-649

  Tam, Amy ^a   Nouvet, Franklin J ^a   Fujimura Kamada, Konomi ^a,b   Slunt, Hilda ^a   Sisodia, Sangram S ^a,c   Michaelis, Susan ^a  

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

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CAAX processing; Metalloproteinases; Posttranslational modification; Prenylated protein precursor; Yeast mating pheromone

Indexed keywords

FACTOR A; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN STE24P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UBIQUITINS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031874938     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.3.635     Document Type: Article

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