N-terminal methionine removal and methionine metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 964-974

  Dummitt, Benjamin ^a   Micka, William S ^a   Chang, Yie Hwa ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid metabolism; Enzyme regulation; Product inhibition; Protein processing; Sulfur salvage

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; METHIONYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE ACTIVATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; METHYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTHESIS; YEAST;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; METHIONINE; MUTAGENESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0042268057     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10566     Document Type: Article

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