Signal-recognition-particle GTPase

Signal-recognition-particle GTPase
Identifiers
EC number 3.6.5.4
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Signal-recognition-particle GTPase (EC 3.6.5.4) is an enzyme with systematic name GTP phosphohydrolase (protein-synthesis-assisting).[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

GTP + H2O GDP + phosphate

Enzyme activity is associated with the signal-recognition particle.

References

  1. Connolly, T.; Gilmore, R. (1989). "The signal recognition particle receptor mediates the GTP-dependent displacement of SRP from the signal sequence of the nascent polypeptide". Cell. 57 (4): 599–610. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(89)90129-3. PMID 2541918.
  2. Connolly, T.; Rapiejko, P.J.; Gilmore, R. (1991). "Requirement of GTP hydrolysis for dissociation of the signal recognition particle from its receptor". Science. 252 (5009): 1171–1173. doi:10.1126/science.252.5009.1171. PMID 1851576.
  3. Miller, J.D.; Wilhelm, H.; Gierasch, L.; Gilmore, R.; Walter, P. (1993). "GTP binding and hydrolysis by the signal recognition particle during initiation of protein translocation". Nature. 366 (6453): 351–354. doi:10.1038/366351a0. PMID 8247130.
  4. Freymann, D.M.; Keenan, R.J.; Stroud, R.M.; Walter, P. (1997). "Structure of the conserved GTPase domain of the signal recognition particle". Nature. 385 (6614): 361–364. doi:10.1038/385361a0. PMID 9002524.

See also

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