The N-End rule pathway

Annual Review of Biochemistry

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 261-289

  Tasaki, Takafumi ^a   Sriram, Shashikanth M ^a   Park, Kyong Soo ^b,c   Kwon, Yong Tae ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

arginylation; N degron; proteolysis; ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; HEMIN; N DEGRON; N RECOGNIN; PROTEASOME; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; DEAMINATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; N END RULE PATHWAY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UBIQUITINATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEOLYSIS; UBIQUITIN;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84861210856     PISSN: 00664154     EISSN: 15454509     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-051710-093308     Document Type: Article

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