A Rho-like small GTPase of Entamoeba histolytica contains an unusual amino acid residue in a conserved GDP-stabilization region and is not a substrate for C3 exoenzyme

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 107-110

  Godbold, Gene D ^a,b   Corbett, Kevin D ^a,c   Mann, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C3 exoenzyme; Entamoeba histolytica; Molecular switch; Ras superfamily; Small GTPase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENZYME; EXOENZYME C3; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ISOLEUCINE; ISOPROTEIN; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DISSOCIATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HALF LIFE TIME; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 0036628460     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4894(02)00101-7     Document Type: Article

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