Structure of the G protein chaperone and guanine nucleotide exchange factor Ric-8A bound to Gαi1

Autor: Levi J. McClelland, Kaiming Zhang, Tung-Chung Mou, Jake Johnston, Cindee Yates-Hansen, Shanshan Li, Celestine J. Thomas, Tzanko I. Doukov, Sarah Triest, Alexandre Wohlkonig, Gregory G. Tall, Jan Steyaert, Wah Chiu, Stephen R. Sprang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14943-4
Popis: Ric-8A is guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) that also acts as a folding chaperone for its Gα subunit. Here, the authors present the structure of Ric-8A bound to nucleotide-free Gαi1, revealing the mechanism by which Ric-8A exerts both GEF and chaperone activity.
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