A conserved amphipathic helix in WASP/scar proteins is essential for activation of Arp2/3 complex

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 591-598

  Panchal, Sanjay C ^a   Kaiser, Donald A ^b   Torres, Eduardo ^a,c   Pollard, Thomas D ^d   Rosen, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SCAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0041989754     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb952     Document Type: Article

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