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DSS4-1 is a dominant suppressor of sec4-8 that encodes a nucleotide exchange protein that aids Sec4p function.
Nature - 4 Feb 1993
Moya M, Roberts D, Novick P
Abstract excerpt
The protein Sec4p plays an essential role at the final stage of the yeast secretory pathway and belongs to the ras superfamily of GTP-binding proteins, more specifically to a branch that includes Ypt1p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and rab proteins in mammalian cells. GTP-binding proteins change conformation depending on whether GTP or GDP is bound and can thus act as a regulatory switch. The protein remains in its...
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