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Structural insight into the rearrangement of the switch I region in GTP-bound G12A K-Ras.
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology - 1 Dec 2017
Xu Shenyuan, Long Brian N, Boris Gabriel H, Chen Anqi, Ni Shuisong, Kennedy Michael A
Abstract excerpt
K-Ras, a molecular switch that regulates cell growth, apoptosis and metabolism, is activated when it undergoes a conformation change upon binding GTP and is deactivated following the hydrolysis of GTP to GDP. Hydrolysis of GTP in water is accelerated by coordination to K-Ras, where GTP adopts a high-energy conformation approaching the transition state. The G12A mutation reduces intrinsic K-Ras GTP hydrolysis by...
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