Processing of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) precursor proteins by prohormone convertases (PCs) and its implications

Peptides

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1919-1925

  Stein, Jeffrey ^a   Steiner, Donald F ^a   Dey, Arunangsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CART (Cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript); PC (Prohormone proprotein convertase); Peptide precursor processing; Post translational modification

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; FURIN; ISOPROTEIN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 5; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APPETITE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN REGION; CANCER; CELL STRAIN GH3; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISULFIDE BOND; DRUG TARGETING; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; GENE TARGETING; GERM CELL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTESTINE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OBESITY; PANCREAS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; REWARD; STRESS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 33746015049     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.10.028     Document Type: Review

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