The Enzymes (Protein Lipidation, Volume 22) (The Enzymes)
Contributors: Fuyuhiko Tamanoi (Editor); David S. Sigman (Editor)
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: August 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780121227227
Subjects: Enzymology; Proteins; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Science / Molecular Biology
First sentence: Prenylation is a class of protein lipidation involving covalent addition of either farnesyl (15-carbon) or geranylgeranyl (20-carbon) isoprenoids to cysteine residues at or near the C terminus of a select group of intracellular proteins.