Protein
Protein farnesyltransferase/geranylgeranyltransferase type-1 subunit alpha
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain 972 / ATCC 24843)
Function
Catalyzes the transfer of a farnesyl or geranyl-geranyl moiety from farnesyl or geranyl-geranyl diphosphate 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.
Similarity
Belongs to the protein prenyltransferase subunit alpha family.
Sequence
MDPIDPELNEILDFTEYGPLTPIPQDDGENPLAKICYTTGYEQGMAYFRAIMAKKEYSLRALNLTGFLIMNNPAHYTVWAYRFQILNHTPSYIDNELEWLDEIAEDFQKNYQVWHHRQKILSLTKNYERELEFTKKMFEIDSKNYHVWSYRVWILQNFNDYSQELKLTNELLEKDIYNNSAWNHRFYVLFETSKVVSWSLEEELNYLKDKILFAPDNQSAWNYLCGVLDKSGPSKLDNLIANLRKNLPALHKPLLEFLAMYEPSSSEEIYQKLANEVDVPHAALWTWMSQRSNP