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2011

Arginylation

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Protein Modification By Arginylation, Hideko Kaji, Akira Kaji Jan 2011

Protein Modification By Arginylation, Hideko Kaji, Akira Kaji

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Papers

The modification of protein by arginine catalyzed by arginyltransferases (ATE1) described by the Kashina group in this issue shows that arginylation of protein occurs widely in biology and is being recognized as a key regulatory reaction such as phosphorylation of proteins (Wang et al., 2011).