Biochemical and structural insights into intramembrane metalloprotease mechanisms

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1828, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2873-2885

  Kroos, Lee ^a   Akiyama, Yoshinori ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CBS domain; Intramembrane metalloprotease; PDZ domain; RseP; S2P; SpoIVFB

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; MEMBRANE ENZYME; METALLOPROTEINASE; PDZ PROTEIN; RSEP PROTEIN; S2P PROTEIN; SPOIVFB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS; STRESS; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE;

(CYSTATHIONINE-Β-SYNTHASE); (PSD-95, DLG, ZO-1); CBS; CBS DOMAIN; GFP; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMMP(S); INTRAMEMBRANE METALLOPROTEASE; INTRAMEMBRANE METALLOPROTEASE(S); INTRAMEMBRANE PROTEASE(S); IP(S); OMP(S); OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN(S); PDZ; PDZ DOMAIN; RNA POLYMERASE; RNAP; RSEP; S1P; S2P; SCAP; SITE-1 PROTEASE; SITE-2 PROTEASE; SPOIVFB; SREBP(S); SREBP-CLEAVAGE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN; STEROL-REGULATORY ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN(S); TMS(S); TRANSMEMBRANE SEGMENT(S);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PROTEOLYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885153827     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.03.032     Document Type: Review

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