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==STRUCTURES OF ACTIVE CONFORMATIONS OF GI ALPHA 1 AND THE MECHANISM OF GTP HYDROLYSIS==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1gfi]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattus_norvegicus Rattus norvegicus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1GFI OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1GFI FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=ALF:TETRAFLUOROALUMINATE+ION'>ALF</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=GDP:GUANOSINE-5-DIPHOSPHATE'>GDP</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MG:MAGNESIUM+ION'>MG</scene><br>
<tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1gfi FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1gfi OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1gfi RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1gfi PDBsum]</span></td></tr>
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== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Mechanisms of guanosine triphosphate (GTP) hydrolysis by members of the G protein alpha subunit-p21ras superfamily of guanosine triphosphatases have been studied extensively but have not been well understood. High-resolution x-ray structures of the GTP gamma S and GDP.AlF4- complexes formed by the G protein Gi alpha 1 demonstrate specific roles in transition-state stabilization for two highly conserved residues. Glutamine204 (Gln61 in p21ras) stabilizes and orients the hydrolytic water in the trigonal-bipyramidal transition state. Arginine 178 stabilizes the negative charge at the equatorial oxygen atoms of the pentacoordinate phosphate intermediate. Conserved only in the G alpha family, this residue may account for the higher hydrolytic rate of G alpha proteins relative to those of the p21ras family members. The fold of Gi alpha 1 differs from that of the homologous Gt alpha subunit in the conformation of a helix-loop sequence located in the alpha-helical domain that is characteristic of these proteins; this site may participate in effector binding. The amino-terminal 33 residues are disordered in GTP gamma S-Gi alpha 1, suggesting a mechanism that may promote release of the beta gamma subunit complex when the alpha subunit is activated by GTP.

Structures of active conformations of Gi alpha 1 and the mechanism of GTP hydrolysis.,Coleman DE, Berghuis AM, Lee E, Linder ME, Gilman AG, Sprang SR Science. 1994 Sep 2;265(5177):1405-12. PMID:8073283<ref>PMID:8073283</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Guanine nucleotide-binding protein|Guanine nucleotide-binding protein]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Rattus norvegicus]]
[[Category: Berghuis, A M.]]
[[Category: Coleman, D E.]]
[[Category: Sprang, S R.]]
[[Category: Signal transduction protein]]