The ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Pex4p of Hansenula polymorpha is required for efficient functioning of the PTS1 import machinery

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 3608-3618

  Van Der Klei, Ida J ^a   Hilbrands, Reinder E ^a   Kiel, Jan A K W ^a   Rasmussen, Soeren W ^b   Cregg, James M ^c   Veenhuis, Marten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peroxisome deficient mutant; Protein import; PTS1 receptor; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); MALATE SYNTHASE; MATRIX PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DELETION MUTANT; DOSE RESPONSE; HANSENULA POLYMORPHA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FUNGAL PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LIGASES; MICROBODIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PICHIA; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 0032127487     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.13.3608     Document Type: Article

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