The role of magnesium for geometry and charge in GTP hydrolysis, revealed by quantum mechanics/Molecular mechanics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 293-302

  Rudack, Till ^a   Xia, Fei ^b   Schlitter, Jürgen ^a   Kötting, Carsten ^a   Gerwert, Klaus ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM; RAS PROTEIN; TYROSINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM THEORY; VIBRATION;

BIOCATALYSIS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; QUANTUM THEORY; RAS PROTEINS; TYROSINE; VIBRATION; WATER;

EID: 84864759029     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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