First Things First: Vital Protein Marks by N-Terminal Acetyltransferases

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 746-760

  Aksnes, Henriette ^a   Drazic, Adrian ^a   Marie, Michaël ^a   Arnesen, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

N terminal acetylation; N terminal acetyltransferase (NAT); N acetyltransferase (Naa); protein folding; protein interactions; protein stability.

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE ALPHA N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEASOME; ACYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME MECHANISM; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ACETYLATION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ACETYLATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ACETYLATION; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 84995422358     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: 13624326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2016.07.005     Document Type: Review

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