The Kex2p proregion is essential for the biosynthesis of an active enzyme and requires a C-terminal basic residue for its function

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1947-1957

  Lesage, Guillaume ^a   Prat, Annik ^a   Lacombe, Julie ^a   Thomas, David Y ^b   Seidah, Nabil G ^c   Boileau, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; ENZYME; FURIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034131425     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.6.1947     Document Type: Article

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