Turnover of mitochondrial Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory (StAR) protein by lon protease: The unexpected effect of proteasome inhibitors

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2164-2177

  Granot, Zvi ^a   Kobiler, Oren ^a   Melamed Book, Naomi ^a   Eimerl, Sarah ^a   Bahat, Assaf ^a   Lu, Bin ^b   Braun, Sergei ^a   Maurizi, Michael R ^c   Suzuki, Carolyn K ^b   Oppenheim, Amos B ^a   Orly, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLEUCINAL; CASEIN; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; ENDOPEPTIDASE LA; EPOXOMICIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FTSH ENZYME; LACTACYSTIN BETA LACTONE; PROTEASOME INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GRANULOSA CELLS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEASE LA; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RATTUS;

EID: 34548446023     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2005-0458     Document Type: Article

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