Identification of the catalytic domains and their functionally critical arginine residues of two yeast GTPase-activating proteins specific for Ypt/Rab transport GTPases

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 5216-5225

  Albert, Štefan ^a   Will, Elke ^a   Gallwitz, Dieter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

GTP hydrolysis; GTPase activating protein; Rab GTPase; Vesicular protein transport; Ypt GTPase

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA PRIMERS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033214775     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.19.5216     Document Type: Article

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