Structural basis of Rab effector specificity: Crystal structure of the small G protein Rab3A complexed with the effector domain of raBphilin-3A

Cell

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-374

  Ostermeier, Christian ^a,b   Brunger, Axel T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM ION; PROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN; RAB3A PROTEIN; RABPHILIN 3A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0033525215     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80549-8     Document Type: Article

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