1998
The Antiproliferative Agent Didemnin B Uncompetitively Inhibits Palmitoyl Protein Thioesterase †
Meng L, Sin N, Crews C. The Antiproliferative Agent Didemnin B Uncompetitively Inhibits Palmitoyl Protein Thioesterase †. Biochemistry 1998, 37: 10488-10492. PMID: 9671519, DOI: 10.1021/bi9804479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPalmitoyl-protein thioesterase 1GTP-binding proteinsDynamic protein palmitoylationDidemnin BPalmitoyl-protein thioesterasePalmitoyl proteinsProtein palmitoylationMembrane associationBaculoviral systemMyristoyl-CoAProduct bindsHa-rasBiochemical supportProteinEnzymatic activityBindingInhibition assaysDepalmitoylationPalmitoylationThioesteraseKinetic analysisInhibitionBindsRegulationUncompetitive mode
1993
Reconstitution of the Raf-1-MEK-ERK signal transduction pathway in vitro.
Macdonald SG, Crews CM, Wu L, Driller J, Clark R, Erikson RL, McCormick F. Reconstitution of the Raf-1-MEK-ERK signal transduction pathway in vitro. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1993, 13: 6615-6620. PMID: 8413257, PMCID: PMC364724, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.11.6615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBaculoviridaeCell LineCloning, MolecularGenes, rasGenes, srcHumansMAP Kinase Kinase 1Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesMothsMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPhosphorylationPolymerase Chain ReactionProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-rafProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Recombinant ProteinsSignal TransductionTransfectionConceptsRaf-1V-SrcV-rasSf9 cellsGlutathione S-transferase fusion proteinS-transferase fusion proteinSerine/threonine kinaseProtein kinase C phosphorylationKinase-inactive versionERK signal transduction pathwayKinase-inactive mutantRaf-1 phosphorylationKinase C phosphorylationSignal transduction pathwaysRaf-1-MEKActivation of MEKTyrosine kinase oncogenesProtein kinase CAutokinase activityFunction upstreamThreonine kinaseDirect substrateMEK activationTransduction pathwaysC phosphorylation