Structural basis of activation and GTP hydrolysis in Rab proteins

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 413-423

  Dumas, John J ^a   Zhu, Zhongyuan ^a   Connolly, Joseph L ^a   Lambright, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein; GTP hydrolysis; Neurotransmitter release; Rab protein; Vesicular trafficking

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING;

EID: 0033561376     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(99)80054-9     Document Type: Article

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