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I Schlichting1, S C Almo, G Rapp, K Wilson, K Petratos, A Lentfer, A Wittinghofer, W Kabsch, E F Pai, G A Petsko.
Abstract
Crystals of Ha-Ras p21 with caged GTP at the active site have been used to investigate the conformational changes of p21 on GTP hydrolysis. The structure of the short-lived p21.GTP complex was determined by Laue diffraction methods. After GTP hydrolysis, substantial structural changes occur in the parts of the molecule implicated in the interaction with GTPase-activating protein. The trigger for this process seems to be a change in coordination of the active-site Mg2+ ion as a result of loss of the gamma-phosphate of GTP.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2111463 DOI: 10.1038/345309a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962