Structure, mechanism and function of prenyltransferases

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 3339-3354

  Liang, Po Huang ^a   Ko, Tzu Ping ^a   Wang, Andrew H J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3D structure; Chain elongation; Isoprenoid; Lipid carrier; Prenyltransferase; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

5 EPIARISTOLOCHENE SYNTHASE; ALLYL COMPOUND; AMINO ACID; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; ISOPRENYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PENTALENENE SYNTHASE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRENYLTRANSFERASE; PYROPHOSPHATE; RAB PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; SQUALENE CYCLASE; SYNTHETASE; TERPENE; TERPENOID CYCLASE; TRANSFERASE; TRICHODIENE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CYCLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0036375597     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03014.x     Document Type: Review

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