Ubiquinone biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: The molecular organization of O-methylase Coq3p depends on Abc1p/Coq8p

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1263-1275

  Tauche, Anja ^a   Krause Buchholz, Udo ^a   Rödel, Gerhard ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abc1p Coq8p; Coq3p; Q; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; UBIQUINONE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; UBIQUINONE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 55349084786     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2008.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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