Conformational flexibility and structural dynamics in GPCR-mediated G protein activation: A perspective

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 425, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2288-2298

  Preininger, Anita M ^a   Meiler, Jens ^a,b   Hamm, Heidi E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conformational flexibility; G ; hydrophobic triad; IC2; 2 3 loop

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW;

EID: 84879093879     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.04.011     Document Type: Review

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