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PLoS ONE, 2022 Protein prenylation by farnesyltransferase (FTase) is often described as the targeting of a cysteine-containing motif (CaaX) that is enriched for aliphatic amino acids at the a1 and a2 positions, while quite flexible at the X position.
Brittany M Berger +6 more
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Specific Disruption of Ras2 CAAX Proteolysis Alters Its Localization and Function
Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Many CAAX proteins, such as Ras GTPase, undergo a series of posttranslational modifications at their carboxyl terminus (i.e., cysteine prenylation, endoproteolysis of AAX, and carboxylmethylation).
Rajani Ravishankar +6 more
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PDE6D Mediates Trafficking of Prenylated Proteins NIM1K and UBL3 to Primary Cilia
Cells, 2023 Mutations in PDE6D impair the function of its cognate protein, phosphodiesterase 6D (PDE6D), in prenylated protein trafficking towards the ciliary membrane, causing the human ciliopathy Joubert Syndrome (JBTS22) and retinal degeneration in mice.
Siebren Faber +10 more
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Single prenyl-binding site on protein prenyl transferases [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1998 Three distinct protein prenyl transferases, one protein farnesyl transferase (FTase) and two protein geranylgeranyl transferases (GGTase), catalyze prenylation of many cellular proteins. One group of protein substrates contains a C-terminal C AAX motif (C is Cys, A is aliphatic, and
L, Desnoyers, M C, Seabra
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Protein Prenylation in the moss Physcomitrium patens
, 2021 Protein prenylation is the addition of a 15 or 20 carbon lipid to a cysteine near carboxyl terminus of target proteins. Prenylation increases hydrophobicity, which facilitates membrane associations and protein-protein interaction.
Running, Mark P. +6 more
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Chloroplastic prenylated proteins [PDF]
FEBS Letters, 1997 By in vivo [3H]mevalonate labelling of spinach combined with biochemical analysis, evidence is provided for the existence of protein prenylation in chloroplasts. Approximately 20 prenylated polypeptides were resolved by SDS‐PAGE followed by autoradiography.
Parmryd, Ingela +4 more
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Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 Newly synthesized small GTPases in the Ras and Rho families are prenylated by cytosolic prenyltransferases and then escorted by chaperones to membranes, the nucleus, and other sites where the GTPases participate in a variety of signaling cascades ...
Anthony C. Brandt +2 more
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Haematologica, 2007 Statins are used to treat hypercholesterolemia and seem to have a preventive effect against cancer through pleiotropic effects including prenylation-inhibition. So far nothing is known about the activity of statins or more specific prenylation-inhibitors
Bastian von Tresckow +5 more
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Lipidation of small GTPase Cdc42 as regulator of its physiological and pathophysiological functions
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 The protein cell division cycle 42 (Cdc42) is a small GTPase of the Rho family regulating a plethora of physiological functions in a tissue, cell and subcellular-specific manner via participating in multiple signaling pathways.
Alexander Wirth, Evgeni Ponimaskin
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Cells, 2020 Nuclear shape modulates cell behavior and function, while aberrant nuclear morphologies correlate with pathological phenotype severity. Nevertheless, functions of specific nuclear morphological features and underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly ...
Sebastian Martewicz +9 more
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