Enzymatic Characterization of GOAT, ghrelin O-acyltransferase

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 514, Issue , 2012, Pages 147-163

  Ohgusu, Hideko ^a   Takahashi, Tomoko ^a   Kojima, Masayasu ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acyl donor; acyl modification; CHAPS; copper; ghrelin O acyltransferase (GOAT); iron; membrane bound acyltransferase; n octanoic acid; optimal pH; optimal temperature

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; GHRELIN; GHRELIN O ACYLTRANSFERASE, RAT; GHRELIN O-ACYLTRANSFERASE, RAT; MESSENGER RNA; OCTANOIC ACID; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SERINE;

ACYLATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HAMSTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PH; RAT; STOMACH;

ACYLATION; ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CAPRYLATES; CELL MEMBRANE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ASSAYS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GHRELIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE; STOMACH; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873426247     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: 15577988     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381272-8.00010-6     Document Type: Chapter

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