Conformational ensemble-dependent lipid recognition and segregation by prenylated intrinsically disordered regions in small GTPases

Abstract We studied diverse prenylated intrinsically disordered regions (PIDRs) of Ras and Rho family small GTPases using long timescale atomistic molecular dynamics simulations in an asymmetric model membrane of phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylserine (PS) lipids. Here we show that conforma...

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Main Authors: Mussie K. Araya, Alemayehu A. Gorfe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05487-6