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Mutation of N-myristoylation site converts endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase from a membrane to a cytosolic protein.
Circulation research - 1 Apr 1993
Sessa W C, Barber C M, Lynch K R
Abstract excerpt
Endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase (ECNOS) is a membrane-associated enzyme that generates endothelium-derived relaxing factor/nitric oxide (EDRF/NO) from L-arginine. We have suggested, from the cloning of the bovine ECNOS cDNA, that the presence of an N-myristoylation consensus sequence may impart its membrane localization since cytosolic forms of NOS do not contain such domains. To test the hypothesis that...
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