Efficient glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) modification of membrane proteins requires a C-terminal anchoring signal of marginal hydrophobicity

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 16399-16409

  Galian, Carmen ^a   Björkholm, Patrik ^a   Bulleid, Neil ^b   Von Heijne, Gunnar ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C TERMINUS; C-TERMINAL SEGMENTS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM MEMBRANES; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HYDROPHOBIC SEGMENT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMA MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SECRETED PROTEIN; TRANSAMIDATION; TRANSMEMBRANES; TYPE II;

CELL MEMBRANES; HYDROPHOBICITY;

PROTEINS;

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TRANSAMIDATION;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS;

EID: 84860855070     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.350009     Document Type: Article

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