title: How Ras works: structure of a Rap-Raf complex.
abstract: The three-dimensional structure of the complex between Rap and the 'Ras-binding domain' of Raf could be the prototype for a G protein-effector interaction.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9050, USA.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Sprang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020668:rap GTP-Binding Proteins; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D020668:rap GTP-Binding Proteins; D018631:ras Proteins