Identifying and controlling inactive and active conformations of a serine protease.

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Serine proteases have been proposed to dynamically sample inactive and active conformations, but direct evidence at atomic resolution has remained elusive. Using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), we identified a single residue, D164, in exfoliative toxin A (ETA) that acts as a molecular "switch" to regulate global dynamic sampling. Mutations at this site shift the balance between inactive and active states,...

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