Protein Prenylation

Part A

Edited by

Christine Hrycyna, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Martin Bergo, Wallenberg Laboratory, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Fuyuhiko Tamanoi, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

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Biochemists, cell biologists, molecular biologists, biophysicists.

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Hardbound, 356 Pages

Published: July 2011

Imprint: Academic Press

ISBN: 978-0-12-381339-8

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

Protein Prenylation

Part A

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