Molecular probing of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae sterol 24-C methyltransferase reveals multiple amino acid residues involved with C2-transfer activity

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1781, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 344-351

  Ganapathy, Kulothungan ^a   Jones, Christopher W ^a   Stephens, Camille M ^a   Vatsyayan, Rit ^a   Marshall, Julie A ^a   Nes, W David ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active site; Erg6p; Fecosterol; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Site directed mutagenesis; Sterol catalysis; Sterol methyltransferase yeast; Zymosterol

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; STEROL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR PROBE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

PROTOZOA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 50949132701     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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