Multiple conformational switches in a GTPase complex control co-translational protein targeting

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1754-1759

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Schaffitzel, Christiane ^b,c   Ban, Nenad ^b   Shan, Shu Ou ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Protein targeting and translocation; Signal recognition particle

Indexed keywords

DOCKING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; POLYPEPTIDE; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; RECEPTOR BINDING; RIBOSOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RIBOSOMES; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

EID: 60549083291     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808573106     Document Type: Article

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