Biochemical characterization of polypeptides encoded by mutated human Ha-ras1 genes.
Open Access
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Vol. 6 (2) , 730-734
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.6.2.730
Abstract
We expressed six forms of p21-ras polypeptides in Escherichia coli with differing transformation potentials resulting from amino acid substitutions at position 12. The ability of the encoded p21's to autophosphorylate, bind guanine nucleotides, and hydrolyze GTP was assessed. All versions of p21 bound GTP equivalently; the kinase activity, while dependent upon residue 12, did not correlate with the transforming potential of the polypeptide. All transforming versions exhibited an impaired GTPase activity, while a novel nontransforming derivative [p21(pro-12)] possessed an enhanced GTPase activity. These results provide strong support for the proposal that an impairment of the cellular p21 GTPase activity can unmask its transforming potential.This publication has 42 references indexed in Scilit:
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