Analyzing N-terminal arginylation through the use of peptide arrays and degradation assays

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 291, Issue 40, 2016, Pages 20976-20992

  Wadas, Brandon ^a   Piatkov, Konstantin I ^b   Brower, Christopher S ^c   Varshavsky, Alexander ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b SKOLKOVO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; PEPTIDES;

AMINO ACID RESIDUES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOXYL GROUPS; DEGRADATION SIGNALS; PEPTIDE ARRAYS; PROTEOLYTIC SYSTEM; SUBSTRATE PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

SUBSTRATES;

ARGINYLTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; ATE1 ARGINYLTRANSFERASE; CELL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARGINYLATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION ASSAY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ISOENZYMES; MICE; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84988962992     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M116.747956     Document Type: Article

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