Mechanisms for Regulating Protein Function

Question 1

allostery

Answer 1

change in structure by the binding of a ligand

Question 2

GEF

Answer 2

guanine exchange factor

Question 3

GAPs

Answer 3

guanine hydrolysis accelerating proteins

Question 4

GTP-ase

Answer 4

enzyme that can bind and hydrolyze GTP

Question 5

Phosphorylation

Answer 5

protein kinase adds phosphate group to R-group to inactivate protein enzyme