TIME-RESOLVED X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE IN HA-RAS P21 PROTEIN ON GTP HYDROLYSIS

被引:468
作者
SCHLICHTING, I
ALMO, SC
RAPP, G
WILSON, K
PETRATOS, K
LENTFER, A
WITTINGHOFER, A
KABSCH, W
PAI, EF
PETSKO, GA
GOODY, RS
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST MED RES,BIOPHYS ABT,W-6900 HEIDELBERG 1,GERMANY
[2] MIT,DEPT CHEM,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[3] DESY,EUROPEAN MOLEC BIOL LAB OUTSTN,W-2000 HAMBURG,GERMANY
关键词
D O I
10.1038/345309a0
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Crystals of Ha-Ras p21 with caged GTP at the active site have been used to investigate the conformational changes of p21 on GTP hydrolysis. The structure of the short-lived p21-GTP complex was determined by Laue diffraction methods. After GTP hydrolysis, substantial structural changes occur in the parts of the molecule implicated in the interaction with GTPase-activating protein. The trigger for this process seems to be a change in coordination of the active-site Mg2+ion as a result of loss of the γ-phosphate of GTP. © 1990 Nature Publishing Group.
引用
收藏
页码:309 / 315
页数:7
相关论文
共 35 条