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Mutation of the conserved Gly94 and Gly126 in elongation factor Tu from Escherichia coli. Elucidation of their structural and functional roles.
European journal of biochemistry - 15 Feb 1995
Knudsen C R, Kjaersgård I V, Wiborg O, Clark B F
Abstract excerpt
All guanine-nucleotide-binding proteins cycle between an inactive, GDP-bound and an active, GTP-bound conformation whereby they function as molecular switches. Elongation factor Tu from Escherichia coli is used as a model for defining residues important in the switch mechanism. Gly94 and Gly126 were separately mutated to alanine residues to study their role in the switch mechanism. The mutant proteins are denoted...
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