Insight into Catalysis of a Unique GTPase Reaction by a Combined Biochemical and FTIR Approach

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 367, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 983-995

  Chakrabarti, Partha P ^a   Daumke, Oliver ^a   Suveyzdis, Yan ^b   Kötting, Carsten ^b   Gerwert, Klaus ^b   Wittinghofer, Alfred ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; GTPase activation; guanine nucleotide binding protein; phosphoryl transfer; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; FLUORIDE; GLUTAMINE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RAP1 PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; RHEB PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; THREONINE; TUBERIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847780433     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.11.022     Document Type: Article

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