The carboxyl terminus of the Gα-subunit is the latch for triggered activation of heterotrimeric G proteins

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 397-405

  Nanoff, Christian ^a   Koppensteiner, Romana ^a   Yang, Qiong ^a   Fuerst, Elisabeth ^b   Ahorn, Horst ^a   Freissmuth, Michael ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM RCV GMBH AND CO KG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM ION; RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 30044447642     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: 15210111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.105.016725     Document Type: Article

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