Trypanosoma brucei prenylated-protein carboxyl methyltransferase prefers farnesylated substrates

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 367, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 809-816

  Buckner, Frederick S ^a   Kateete, David P ^a   Lubega, George W ^a   Van Voorhis, Wesley C ^a   Yokoyama, Kohei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti parasitic agent; Baculovirus expression system; Farnesylcysteine; Post translational modification

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CATALYSIS; CELLS; CLONING; GENES; PROTEINS; PROTOZOA;

CELL-FREE SYSTEMS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYL S FARNESYLCYSTEINE; N ACETYL S GERANYLGERANYLCYSTEINE; PRENYLATED PROTEIN CARBOXYL METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CATALYSIS; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPODOPTERA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0036845954     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20020277     Document Type: Article

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