Protein Prenylation, Part A

Informationen zum Autor Fuyu Tamanoi is a biochemist who has served on the UCLA School of Medicine and UCLA College faculty since he joined the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics in 1993. He became a full professor in 1997. Klappentext This volume of The Enzymes features high-caliber thematic articles on the topic of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring of proteins. Zusammenfassung Features thematic articles on the topic of glycosylphopshatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring of proteins. This title offers information on the developments in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Protein prenylation: A perspective on initial discoveries John Glomset Chapter 2: Insights into the function of prenylation from nuclear lamin farnesylation Michael Sinensky Chapter 3: Posttranslational Processing of Nuclear Lamins Brandon S. J. Davies, Catherine Coffinier, Shao H. Yang, Hea-Jin Jung, Loren G. Fong, and Stephen G. Young Chapter 4: Prenylated Proteins in Peroxisome Biogenesis Robert Rucktäschel, Rezeda Mirgalieva, Ralf Erdmann Chapter 5: Lipid Modification of Ras Superfamily GTPases: Not Just Membrane Glue Emily J. Chenette,, Channing J. Der Chapter 6: Heterogeneous Prenyl Processing of the Heterotrimeric G protein Gamma Subunits John Hildebrandt Chapter 7: Farnesylation versus geranylgeranylation in G-protein-mediated light signaling Masahiro Okada , Hidetoshi Kassai, Yoshitaka Fukada Chapter 8: Organization and function of the Rab prenylation and recycling machinery Kirill Alexandrov, Yaowen Wu, Wulf Blankenfeldt, Herbert Waldmann, Roger S. Goody Chapter 9: Protein prenylation and CaaX processing in plants Shaul Yalovsky Chapter 10: Posttranslational isoprenylation on tryptophan residue in Bacillus subtilis Masahiro Okada, Fumitada Tsuji, Youji Sakagami Chapter 11: Global analysis of prenylated proteins by the use of a tagging via substrate approach Lai N. Chan, Fuyuhiko Tamanoi Chapter 12: Global Identification of Protein Prenyltransferase Substrates: Defining the Prenylated Proteome Corissa L. Lamphear, Elaina A. Zverina, James L. Hougland, Carol A. Fierke Chapter 13: Structural biochemistry of CaaX protein prenyltransferases Michael A. Hast , Lorena S. Beese Chapter 14: Genetic Analyses of the CAAX Protein Prenyltransferases in Mice MOHAMED X. IBRAHIM, OMAR M. KHAN, MARTIN O. BERGO Chapter 15: Farnesyl Transferase Inhibitors: From Targeted Cancer Therapeutic to a Potential Treatment for Progeria W. Robert Bishop, Ronald Doll, Paul Kirschmeier ...

Autorentext
Fuyu Tamanoi is a biochemist who has served on the UCLA School of Medicine and UCLA College faculty since he joined the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics in 1993. He became a full professor in 1997.

Klappentext

This volume of The Enzymes features high-caliber thematic articles on the topic of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring of proteins.

Zusammenfassung
Features thematic articles on the topic of glycosylphopshatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring of proteins. This title offers information on the developments in the field.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Protein prenylation: A perspective on initial discoveries

John Glomset

Chapter 2: Insights into the function of prenylation from nuclear lamin farnesylation

Michael Sinensky

Chapter 3: Posttranslational Processing of Nuclear Lamins

Brandon S. J. Davies, Catherine Coffinier, Shao H. Yang, Hea-Jin Jung, Loren G. Fong, and Stephen G. Young

Chapter 4: Prenylated Proteins in Peroxisome Biogenesis

Robert Rucktäschel, Rezeda Mirgalieva, Ralf Erdmann

Chapter 5: Lipid Modification of Ras Superfamily GTPases: Not Just Membrane Glue

Emily J. Chenette,, Channing J. Der

Chapter 6: Heterogeneous Prenyl Processing of the Heterotrimeric G protein Gamma Subunits

John Hildebrandt

Chapter 7: Farnesylation versus geranylgeranylation in G-protein-mediated light signaling

Masahiro Okada , Hidetoshi Kassai, Yoshitaka Fukada

Chapter 8: Organization and function of the Rab prenylation and recycling machinery

Kirill Alexandrov, Yaowen Wu, Wulf Blankenfeldt, Herbert Waldmann, Roger S. Goody

Chapter 9: Protein prenylation and CaaX processing in plants

Shaul Yalovsky

Chapter 10: Posttranslational isoprenylation on tryptophan residue in Bacillus subtilis

Masahiro Okada, Fumitada Tsuji, Youji Sakagami

Chapter 11: Global analysis of prenylated proteins by the use of a tagging via substrate approach

Lai N. Chan, Fuyuhiko Tamanoi

Chapter 12: Global Identification of Protein Prenyltransferase Substrates: Defining the Prenylated Proteome

Corissa L. Lamphear, Elaina A. Zverina, James L. Hougland, Carol A. Fierke

Chapter 13: Structural biochemistry of CaaX protein prenyltransferases

Michael A. Hast , Lorena S. Beese

Chapter 14: Genetic Analyses of the CAAX Protein Prenyltransferases in Mice

MOHAMED X. IBRAHIM, OMAR M. KHAN, MARTIN O. BERGO

Chapter 15: Farnesyl Transferase Inhibitors: From Targeted Cancer Therapeutic to a Potential Treatment for Progeria

W. Robert Bishop, Ronald Doll, Paul Kirschmeier