Proprotein convertases play an important role in regulating PKGI endoproteolytic cleavage and nuclear transport

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Kato, Shin ^a,b   Zhang, Ruiguang ^a,b   Roberts, Jesse D ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Guanosine 3',5' cyclic monophosphate dependent protein kinase I; Nitric oxide and guanosine 3',5' cyclic monophosphate signaling; Proprotein convertase

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE 1; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENDOPROTEOLYTIC CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EPITOPE MAPPING; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GOLGI COMPLEX; HINGE REGION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSGENE;

EID: 84880164084     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00391.2012     Document Type: Article

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