Crystal structures of the small G protein Rap2A in complex with its substrate GTP, with GDP and with GTPγS

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5582-5591

  Cherfils, Jacqueline ^a   Ménétrey, Julie ^a   Le Bras, Gérard ^a   Le Bras, Gisèle ^a   Janoueix Lerosey, Isabelle ^b   De Gunzburg, Jean ^b   Garel, Jean Renaud ^a   Auzat, Isabelle ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; G proteins; GTP hydrolysis; Rap; Ras

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROXYL GROUP; ONCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROGEN BONDING; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RAP GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAS PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 1842301722     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.18.5582     Document Type: Article

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