Evaluation of protein farnesyltransferase substrate specificity using synthetic peptide libraries

AJ Krzysiak, SA Scott, KA Hicks, CA Fierke…

Index: Krzysiak, Amanda J.; Scott, Sarah A.; Hicks, Katherine A.; Fierke, Carol A.; Gibbs, Richard A. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2007 , vol. 17, # 20 p. 5548 - 5551

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Abstract

Farnesylation, catalyzed by protein farnesyltransferase (FTase), is an important post- translational modification guiding cellular localization. Recently predictive models for identifying FTase substrates have been reported. Here we evaluate these models through screening of dansylated-GCaaS peptides, which also provides new insights into the protein substrate selectivity of FTase.