Crystal structure of a small G protein in complex with the GTPase- activating protein rhoGAP

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6643, 1997, Pages 693-697

  Rittinger, Katrin ^a   Walker, Philip A ^a   Eccleston, John F ^a   Nurmahomed, Kurshid ^a   Owen, Darerca ^b   Laue, Ernest ^b   Gamblin, Steven J ^a   Smerdon, Stephen J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ARGININE; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0030759770     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41805     Document Type: Article

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