Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Dynamic regulation of GDP binding to G proteins revealed by magnetic field-dependent NMR relaxation analyses

  • Yuki Toyama,
  • Hanaho Kano,
  • Yoko Mase,
  • Mariko Yokogawa,
  • Masanori Osawa,
  • Ichio Shimada

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14523
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Heterotrimeric guanine-nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins) act as molecular switches. Here the authors use NMR relaxation analyses, which reveal the dynamics of G protein alpha subunit binding to GDP on a microsecond timescale.