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FNTA
Introduction
Protein farnesyltransferase/geranylgeranyltransferase type-1 subunit alpha is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FNTA gene.[1][2]
Prenyltransferases attach either a farnesyl group or a geranylgeranyl group in thioether linkage to the cysteine residue of protein’s with a C-terminal CAAX box. CAAX geranylgeranyltransferase and CAAX farnesyltransferase are heterodimers that share the same alpha subunit but have different beta subunits. This gene encodes the alpha subunit of these transferases. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[2]
References
References
- ↑ Andres DA, Milatovich A, Ozcelik T, Wenzlau JM, Brown MS, Goldstein JL, Francke U (February 1994). “cDNA cloning of the two subunits of human CAAX farnesyltransferase and chromosomal mapping of FNTA and FNTB loci and related sequences”. Genomics. 18 (1): 105–12. doi:10.1006/geno.1993.1432. PMID 8276393.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: FNTA farnesyltransferase, CAAX box, alpha”.
- ↑ Kawabata, M; Imamura T; Miyazono K; Engel M E; Moses H L (December 1995). “Interaction of the transforming growth factor-beta type I receptor with farnesyl-protein transferase-alpha”. J. Biol. Chem. UNITED STATES. 270 (50): 29628–31. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.50.29628. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 8530343.
Further reading
Further reading
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- Armstrong SA, Hannah VC, Goldstein JL, Brown MS (1995). “CAAX geranylgeranyl transferase transfers farnesyl as efficiently as geranylgeranyl to RhoB”. J. Biol. Chem. 270 (14): 7864–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.14.7864. PMID 7713879.
- Zhang FL, Diehl RE, Kohl NE, et al. (1994). “cDNA cloning and expression of rat and human protein geranylgeranyltransferase type-I”. J. Biol. Chem. 269 (5): 3175–80. PMID 8106351.
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- Kawabata M, Imamura T, Miyazono K, et al. (1996). “Interaction of the transforming growth factor-beta type I receptor with farnesyl-protein transferase-alpha”. J. Biol. Chem. 270 (50): 29628–31. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.50.29628. PMID 8530343.
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