Palmitoylation of the Cysteine Residue in the DHHC Motif of a Palmitoyl Transferase Mediates Ca2+ Homeostasis in Aspergillus

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Yuanwei ^a   Zheng, Qingqing ^a   Sun, Congcong ^a   Song, Jinxing ^a   Gao, Lina ^a   Zhang, Shizhu ^a   Muñoz, Alberto ^b   Read, Nick D ^b   Lu, Ling ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AEQUORIN; AKRA PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CYSTEINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; TUNICAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TARGETING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ION TRANSPORT; LIPOYLATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; HYPHAE; ION TRANSPORT; ITRACONAZOLE; LIPOYLATION; SPORES, FUNGAL; TUNICAMYCIN;

EID: 84964801432     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005977     Document Type: Article

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