Lipid modification in Wnt structure and function

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-133

  Ke, Jiyuan ^a   Xu, H ^a   Williams, Bart ^b  

^a Laboratory of Structural Studies   (United States)

^b VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

frizzled; lipidation; palmitoleic acid; palmitoylation; Wnt; Wnt crystal structure

Indexed keywords

FRIZZLED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN; WNT8A PROTEIN;

CELL MIGRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; LIPIDATION; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIGANDS; LIPIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875210360     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: 14736535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOL.0b013e32835df2bf     Document Type: Review

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