The α-subunit of protein prenyltransferases is a member of the tetratricopeptide repeat family

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1658-1667

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Grishin, Nick V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Helix packing; Protein evolution; Protein prenyltransferases; Protein protein interactions; Tetratricopeptide repeat

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032807382     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.8.1658     Document Type: Article

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