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Ring finger in the peroxisome assembly factor‐1
Author(s) -
Patarca Roberto,
Fletcher Mary Ann
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(92)81397-5
Subject(s) - peroxisome , biogenesis , ring finger , subsequence , microbiology and biotechnology , transcription factor , peroxisome proliferator , chemistry , gene , biochemistry , biology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , bounded function
The peroxisome assembly factor‐1 (PAF‐1) is reported here to contain the signature subsequence for a ring finger motif in its carboxyl‐terminus. This conserved subsequence in PAF‐1 may be the key to a gene expression regulatory pathway important in peroxisome biogenesis.