1n9a

Structural highlights

Function

[FNTA_RAT] Catalyzes the transfer of a farnesyl or geranyl-geranyl moiety from farnesyl or geranyl-geranyl pyrophosphate to a cysteine at the fourth position from the C-terminus of several proteins having the C-terminal sequence Cys-aliphatic-aliphatic-X. The alpha subunit is thought to participate in a stable complex with the substrate. The beta subunit binds the peptide substrate. Through RAC1 prenylation and activation may positively regulate neuromuscular junction development downstream of MUSK (By similarity). [FNTB_RAT] Catalyzes the transfer of a farnesyl moiety from farnesyl pyrophosphate to a cysteine at the fourth position from the C-terminus of several proteins. The beta subunit is responsible for peptide-binding.

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

• Farnesyltransferase

References

1. ↑ Gwaltney SL 2nd, O'Connor SJ, Nelson LT, Sullivan GM, Imade H, Wang W, Hasvold L, Li Q, Cohen J, Gu WZ, Tahir SK, Bauch J, Marsh K, Ng SC, Frost DJ, Zhang H, Muchmore S, Jakob CG, Stoll V, Hutchins C, Rosenberg SH, Sham HL. Aryl tetrahydropyridine inhibitors of farnesyltransferase: bioavailable analogues with improved cellular potency. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2003 Apr 7;13(7):1363-6. PMID:12657283