Proteolytic processing of certain CaaX motifs can occur in the absence of the Rce1p and Ste24p CaaX proteases

Yeast

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 451-463

  Krishnankutty, Ranjith K ^a   Kukday, Sayali S ^a   Castleberry, Amanda J ^a   Breevoort, Sarah R ^a   Schmidt, Walter K ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

a factor; Axl1p; CaaX; Mating pheromone; Rce1p; Ste23p; Ste24p; Yeast

Indexed keywords

FACTOR A; METALLOPROTEINASE; PEROXIN 19; PROTEIN AXL1P; PROTEIN CAAX; PROTEIN KINASE LKB1; PROTEIN RCE1; PROTEIN S ISOPRENYLCYSTEINE O METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN STE24; TETRAPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; RCE1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; STE24 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENOTYPE; ISOPRENYLATION; MATING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; MATING FACTOR; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENES, REPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDES; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 70349256227     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1678     Document Type: Article

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