Targeting the N terminus for site-selective protein modification

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 697-705

  Rosen, Christian B ^a   Francis, Matthew B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLIDINONE; METHIONINE; METHIONYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; OXIME; PROTEIN N MYRISTOYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID; PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONJUGATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE COUPLING; PH; PICTET SPENGLER REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; TRANSAMINATION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACIDS; HUMANS; PROTEINS;

EID: 85021091827     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2416     Document Type: Review

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