Genetic evidence for a multi-subunit complex in the O-methyltransferase steps of coenzyme Q biosynthesis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1484, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 287-297

  Hsu, Adam Y ^a   Do, Thai Q ^a   Lee, Peter T ^a   Clarke, Catherine F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coenzyme Q; S Adenosyl L methionine dependent methyltransferase; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Ubiquinone; Yeast

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYPEPTIDE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UBIQUINONE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; METHYLATION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

ENZYME STABILITY; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; RNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UBIQUINONE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034630103     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-1981(00)00019-6     Document Type: Article

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