On the roles of Mg in the activation of G proteins

Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 372-375

  Birnbaumer, Lutz ^a   Zurita, Adolfo R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

GTPase fold; Octahedral coordination shell; regulatory GTPase; transition state

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMINE DERIVATIVE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HETERODIMER; MAGNESIUM; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; THREONINE;

DISSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; HYDROLYSIS; NUCLEOPHILICITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SHORT SURVEY;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS;

EID: 78649652517     PISSN: 10799893     EISSN: 15324281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10799893.2010.508165     Document Type: Short Survey

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