The gap junction channel protein connexin 43 is covalently modified and regulated by SUMOylation

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 15851-15861

  Kjenseth, Ane ^a,b   Fykerud, Tone A ^a,b   Sirnes, Solveig ^a,b   Bruun, Jarle ^a,b   Yohannes, Zeremariam ^a,b   Kolberg, Matthias ^a,b   Omori, Yasufumi ^c   Rivedal, Edgar ^a,b   Leithe, Edward ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-TERMINAL TAIL; CONNEXIN 43; DIRECT TRANSFER; GAP JUNCTION CHANNELS; GAP JUNCTIONS; INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR LOOP; ISOFORMS; KEY DETERMINANTS; LYSINE RESIDUES; POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS; PROTEIN LEVEL; SMALL MOLECULES; SMALL UBIQUITIN-LIKE MODIFIERS; SUMOYLATION; TARGET PROTEINS;

AMINO ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES;

PROTEINS;

CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; CONNEXIN 43; LYSINE; SUMO 1 PROTEIN; SUMO 2 PROTEIN; SUMO 3 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SUMOYLATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LYSINE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; SMALL UBIQUITIN-RELATED MODIFIER PROTEINS; SUMO-1 PROTEIN; SUMOYLATION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84860850440     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.281832     Document Type: Article

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