title: Obg, a G domain with a beautiful extension.
abstract: The structure of Obg, a protein involved in a complicated genetic network that regulates stress response and sporulation in Bacillus subtilis, reveals a completely new type of guanine nucleotide binding protein and provides some hints about its function.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut f. molekulare Physiologie, Dortmund, Germany.
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wittinghofer
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000378:metabolism*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary
chemical_list: D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins