Membrane Traffic: Controlling Membrane Fusion by Modifying NSF

نویسندگان

  • Alan Morgan
  • Robert D. Burgoyne
چکیده

Recent studies show that NSF, isolated over 15 years ago as a protein required for membrane fusion in vitro, can be reversibly inactivated by both S-nitrosylation and tyrosine phosphorylation. Different cell types use distinct post-translational modifications of NSF for localized regulation of membrane fusion.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current Biology

دوره 14  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004