Dissection of the GTPase mechanism of Ras protein by MD analysis of ras mutants

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 528-533

  Friedman, Zeev Y ^a   Devary, Yoram ^a  

^a JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

G proteins; Gly 12 oncogenic mutation; Hydrolysis; p21ras; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCINE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN P21; RAS PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENERGY; ENZYME MECHANISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTON TRANSPORT;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); PROTONS; WATER;

EID: 17844383229     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20423     Document Type: Article

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