Two proteolytic pathways regulate DNA repair by cotargeting the Mgt1 alkylguanine transferase

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2142-2147

  Hwang, Cheol Sang ^a   Shemorry, Anna ^a   Varshavsky, Alexander ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

N end rule; Proteolysis; Ubr1; Ufd4; Yeast

Indexed keywords

MGT1 ENZYME; TRANSFERASE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UBR1 ENZYME; UFD4 ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME BINDING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CODON; DNA REPAIR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE; UBIQUITIN;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 60549096291     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812316106     Document Type: Article

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