Activation of the Aspergillus PacC zinc finger transcription factor requires two proteolytic steps

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1350-1359

  Díez, Eliecer ^a   Álvaro, Josué ^a   Espeso, Eduardo A ^a   Rainbow, Lynne ^b   Suárez, Teresa ^c   Tilburn, Joan ^d   Arst, Herbert N ^e   Peñalva, Miguel Á ^e  

^a DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Australia)

^d College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering ^*  (China)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

PacC; Proteolytic processing; Signal transduction; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; PACC PROTEIN; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BINDING SITES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LEUCINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 0037086544     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.6.1350     Document Type: Article

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