N-terminal N-myristoylation of proteins: Refinement of the sequence motif and its taxon-specific differences

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 317, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 523-540

  Maurer Stroh, Sebastian ^a   Eisenhaber, Birgit ^a   Eisenhaber, Frank ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents; Gene function prediction; Myristoylation; NMT inhibitor design; Protein sequence motif

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; PROTEIN N MYRISTOYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN N MYRISTOYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; SC 58272; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DESIGN; ENTOMOPOXVIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MYRISTYLATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTOZOON; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TAXONOMY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036295384     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2002.5425     Document Type: Article

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