RAM1/YDL090C Literature Guide Help

Other names published for RAM1: DPR1, FUS8, SCG2, SGP2, STE16, protein farnesyltransferase, YDL090C

RAM1 - Strains/Constructs (26)

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Apweiler E, et al.  (2012) Yeast glucose pathways converge on the transcriptional regulation of trehalose biosynthesis. BMC Genomics 13(1):239
Fell GL, et al.  (2011) Identification of yeast genes involved in k homeostasis: loss of membrane traffic genes affects k uptake. G3 (Bethesda) 1(1):43-56
Manandhar SP, et al.  (2010) Chemical inhibition of CaaX protease activity disrupts yeast Ras localization. Yeast 27(6):327-43
Porcu G, et al.  (2010) A yeast-based genomic strategy highlights the cell protein networks altered by FTase inhibitor peptidomimetics. Mol Cancer 9():197
Rucktaschel R, et al.  (2009) Farnesylation of pex19p is required for its structural integrity and function in peroxisome biogenesis. J Biol Chem 284(31):20885-96
Sullivan DP, et al.  (2009) Tritium suicide selection identifies proteins involved in the uptake and intracellular transport of sterols in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Eukaryot Cell 8(2):161-9
Summers DW, et al.  (2009) The Type I Hsp40 Ydj1 Utilizes a Farnesyl Moiety and Zinc Finger-like Region to Suppress Prion Toxicity. J Biol Chem 284(6):3628-39
Flom GA, et al.  (2008) Farnesylation of Ydj1 is required for in vivo interaction with Hsp90 client proteins. Mol Biol Cell 19(12):5249-58
Lockshon D, et al.  (2007) The sensitivity of yeast mutants to oleic Acid implicates the peroxisome and other processes in membrane function. Genetics 175(1):77-91
Huyer G, et al.  (2006) Saccharomyces cerevisiae a-factor mutants reveal residues critical for processing, activity, and export. Eukaryot Cell 5(9):1560-70
Ferguson SB, et al.  (2005) Protein kinase A regulates constitutive expression of small heat-shock genes in an Msn2/4p-independent and Hsf1p-dependent manner in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 169(3):1203-14
Harris CM, et al.  (2002) Modulation of the zinc(II) center in protein farnesyltransferase by mutagenesis of the zinc(II) ligands. Biochemistry 41(33):10554-62
Rozema DB and Poulter CD  (1999) Yeast protein farnesyltransferase. pKas of peptide substrates bound as zinc thiolates. Biochemistry 38(40):13138-46
Caplin BE, et al.  (1998) Amino acid residues that define both the isoprenoid and CAAX preferences of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein farnesyltransferase. Creating the perfect farnesyltransferase. J Biol Chem 273(16):9472-9
Dolence JM, et al.  (1997) Yeast protein farnesyltransferase. Site-directed mutagenesis of conserved residues in the beta-subunit. Biochemistry 36(30):9246-52
Kurth DD, et al.  (1997) Functional consequence of mutating conserved residues of the yeast farnesyl-protein transferase beta-subunit Ram1(Dpr1). Biochemistry 36(50):15932-9
Trueblood CE, et al.  (1997) Substrate specificity determinants in the farnesyltransferase beta-subunit. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94(20):10774-9
Mitsuzawa H, et al.  (1995) Mutant farnesyltransferase beta subunit of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that can substitute for geranylgeranyltransferase type I beta subunit. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92(5):1704-8
Kurihara LJ, et al.  (1994) Nuclear congression and membrane fusion: two distinct events in the yeast karyogamy pathway. J Cell Biol 126(4):911-23
Mayer MP, et al.  (1993) Protein farnesyltransferase: production in Escherichia coli and immunoaffinity purification of the heterodimer from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gene 132(1):41-7
He B, et al.  (1991) RAM2, an essential gene of yeast, and RAM1 encode the two polypeptide components of the farnesyltransferase that prenylates a-factor and Ras proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 88(24):11373-7
Nakayama N, et al.  (1988) Role of SGP2, a suppressor of a gpa1 mutation, in the mating-factor signaling pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol 8(12):5410-6
Tamanoi F, et al.  (1988) Posttranslational modification of ras proteins: detection of a modification prior to fatty acid acylation and cloning of a gene responsible for the modification. J Cell Biochem 36(3):261-73
Fujiyama A, et al.  (1987) A novel yeast mutant defective in the processing of ras proteins: assessment of the effect of the mutation on processing steps. EMBO J 6(1):223-8
Wilson KL and Herskowitz I  (1987) STE16, a new gene required for pheromone production by a cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 115(3):441-9
Powers S, et al.  (1986) RAM, a gene of yeast required for a functional modification of RAS proteins and for production of mating pheromone a-factor. Cell 47(3):413-22