THE GTPASE SUPERFAMILY - A CONSERVED SWITCH FOR DIVERSE CELL FUNCTIONS

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BOURNE, HR
SANDERS, DA
MCCORMICK, F
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[1] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO, DEPT MED, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94143 USA
[2] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO, CARDIOVASC RES INST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94143 USA
[3] CETUS CORP, DEPT MOLEC BIOL, EMERYVILLE, CA 94608 USA
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10.1038/348125a0
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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];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Proteins that bind and hydrolyse GTP are being discovered at a rapidly increasing rate. Each of these many GTPases acts as a molecular switch whose 'on' and 'off' states are triggered by binding and hydrolysis of GTP. Conserved structure and mechanism in myriad versions of the switch - in bacteria, yeast, flies and vertebrates - suggest that all derive from a single primordial protein, repeatedly modified in the course of evolution to perform a dazzling variety of functions. © 1990 Nature Publishing Group.
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