Protein farnesyltransferase/geranylgeranyltransferase type-1 subunit alpha is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FNTAgene.[1][2]
Prenyltransferases attach either a farnesyl group or a geranylgeranyl group in thioether linkage to the cysteine residue of protein's with a C-terminal CAAX box. CAAX geranylgeranyltransferase and CAAX farnesyltransferase are heterodimers that share the same alpha subunit but have different beta subunits. This gene encodes the alpha subunit of these transferases. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[2]
↑Andres DA, Milatovich A, Ozcelik T, Wenzlau JM, Brown MS, Goldstein JL, Francke U (February 1994). "cDNA cloning of the two subunits of human CAAX farnesyltransferase and chromosomal mapping of FNTA and FNTB loci and related sequences". Genomics. 18 (1): 105–12. doi:10.1006/geno.1993.1432. PMID8276393.
↑Kawabata, M; Imamura T; Miyazono K; Engel M E; Moses H L (December 1995). "Interaction of the transforming growth factor-beta type I receptor with farnesyl-protein transferase-alpha". J. Biol. Chem. UNITED STATES. 270 (50): 29628–31. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.50.29628. ISSN0021-9258. PMID8530343.
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Kawabata M, Imamura T, Miyazono K, et al. (1996). "Interaction of the transforming growth factor-beta type I receptor with farnesyl-protein transferase-alpha". J. Biol. Chem. 270 (50): 29628–31. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.50.29628. PMID8530343.
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Ashar HR, James L, Gray K, et al. (2000). "Farnesyl transferase inhibitors block the farnesylation of CENP-E and CENP-F and alter the association of CENP-E with the microtubules". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (39): 30451–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M003469200. PMID10852915.
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1jcr: CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF RAT PROTEIN FARNESYLTRANSFERASE COMPLEXED WITH THE NON-SUBSTRATE TETRAPEPTIDE INHIBITOR CVFM AND FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE SUBSTRATE
1tny: Rat Protein Geranylgeranyltransferase Type-I Complexed with a GGPP analog and a FREKKFFCAIL Peptide Derived from the Heterotrimeric G Protein Gamma-2 Subunit