Structures of Ras superfamily effector complexes: What have we learnt in two decades?

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 85-133

  Mott, Helen R ^a   Owen, Darerca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arf; GTPase; Rab; Ran; Ras; Rho; Small G protein

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 6; ARF PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; EXPORTIN 5; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PLECKSTRIN; PLEXIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RAB PROTEIN; RAN PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; RHO FACTOR; MONOMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING;

BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RAS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84928822477     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: 15497798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2014.999191     Document Type: Review

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