Tuning Bulk Electrostatics to Regulate Protein Function
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Tuning Bulk Electrostatics to Regulate Protein Function
Cyclin-dependent kinase activation can prevent yeast cells from responding to mating pheromone. Strickfaden et al. (2007) now show that this block arises from the multisite phosphorylation of Ste5. This provides a beautiful example of how phosphorylation can produce decisive changes in protein function through bulk electrostatics, without the necessity of intricate conformational changes.
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0092-8674
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.01.018