The human mitochondrial translation release factor HMRF1L is methylated in the GGQ motif by the methyltransferase HMPrmC

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-103

  Ishizawa, Toshihiro ^a   Nozaki, Yusuke ^a   Ueda, Takuya ^a   Takeuchi, Nono ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mammalian mitochondria; Methyltransferase; Translation release factor

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GLUTAMINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN HMPRMC; PROTEIN HMRF1L; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TRIPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CODON, TERMINATOR; GLUTAMINE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 45849104577     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.05.176     Document Type: Article

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