Are prenyl groups on proteins sticky fingers or greasy handles?

摘要

pThis Commentary discusses the work of Dietrich et al. in this issue of the iBiochemical Journal/i, which sheds new light on the biological roles of protein-bound prenyl groups by providing evidence that the α-subunit of the heterotrimeric G-protein transducin has a binding site for the geranylgeranyl group of the γ-subunit./p