The modular logic of signaling proteins: building allosteric switches from simple binding domains |
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Authors: | Lim Wendell A |
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Institution: | Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0450, USA. wlim@itsa.ucsf.edu |
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Abstract: | Many eukaryotic signal transduction proteins have component-based architectures: they are built from combinations of protein interaction domains and catalytic domains. Intact, these proteins display the sophisticated allosteric behavior required for cellular regulation; the protein's output activity is tightly repressed under basal conditions, but can be robustly activated by a specific set of input effector ligands. A combination of structural, biophysical and computational studies is beginning to shed light on the fundamental principles governing this type of modular allostery. |
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