GTPase catalysis by Ras and other G-proteins: Insights from substrate directed superimposition

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 331, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1157-1170

  Kosloff, Mickey ^a   Selinger, Zvi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conformational rearrangement; Enzymatic catalysis; GTPase; Guanine nucleotides; Structure comparison

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE PHOSPHATE; GLYCINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LYSINE; RAS PROTEIN; URIDINE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; HYDROLYSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0043123344     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00847-7     Document Type: Article

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