Identification and Functional Characterization of N-Terminally Acetylated Proteins in Drosophila melanogaster
Author(s) -
Sandra Goetze,
Ermir Qeli,
Christian Mosimann,
An Staes,
Bertran Gerrits,
Bernd Roschitzki,
Sonali Mohanty,
Eva Niederer,
Endre Laczkó,
Evy Timmerman,
Vinzenz Lange,
Ernst Hafen,
Ruedi Aebersold,
Joël Vandekerckhove,
Konrad Basler,
Christian H. Ahrens,
Kris Gevaert,
Erich Brunner
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000236
Subject(s) - acetylation , biology , drosophila melanogaster , biochemistry , amino acid , function (biology) , peptide sequence , schneider 2 cells , genetics , gene , rna , rna interference
A new study reveals a functional rule for N-terminal acetylation in higher eukaryotes called the (X)PX rule and describes a generic method that prevents this modification to allow the study of N-terminal acetylation in any given protein.
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