Análisis global de la palmitoilación de proteínas en levaduras

Amy F Roth1, Junmei Wan, Aaron O Bailey

  • 1Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.

Cell
|June 6, 2006
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores identificaron nuevas proteínas modificadas por la palmitoilación, un proceso clave en la señalización y el tráfico celular. Este estudio vincula enzimas específicas con sus sustratos, avanzando nuestra comprensión de las proteínas aciltransferasas (PAT) en la levadura.

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