Characterization of the hinges of the effector loop in the reaction pathway of the activation of ras-proteins. Kinetics of binding of beryllium trifluoride to V29G and I36G mutants of Ha-ras-p21

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1860-1866

  Kuppens, Steven ^a   Díaz, José Fernando ^b   Engelborghs, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conformational change; G proteins; Molecular dynamics; Molecular switch; Stopped flow

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN P21; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REACTION ANALYSIS;

GENETTA;

EID: 0344500744     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.9.1860     Document Type: Article

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