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SUBMITTER: Tu D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3061879 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tu Daqi D Li Yiqun Y Song Hyun Kyu HK Toms Angela V AV Gould Christopher J CJ Ficarro Scott B SB Marto Jarrod A JA Goode Bruce L BL Eck Michael J MJ
PloS one 20110321 3
The small GTPase Rho and one of its targets, Rho-associated kinase (ROCK), participate in a variety of actin-based cellular processes including smooth muscle contraction, cell migration, and stress fiber formation. The ROCK protein consists of an N-terminal kinase domain, a central coiled-coil domain containing a Rho binding site, and a C-terminal pleckstrin homology domain. Here we present the crystal structure of a large section of the central coiled-coil domain of human ROCK I (amino acids 53 ...[more]