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The active conformation of the PAK1 kinase domain.
Structure (London, England : 1993) - 1 May 2005
Lei Ming, Robinson Michael A, Harrison Stephen C
Abstract excerpt
The p21-activated kinases (PAKs) participate in cytoskeletal control networks, downstream of Rho-family GTPases. A structure of PAK1 in an autoregulated, "off" state showed that a regulatory region, N-terminal to the kinase domain, forces the latter into an inactive conformation, prevents phosphorylation of Thr423 in the activation loop, and promotes dimerization. We have now determined structures at 1.8 A...
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