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  • Title: Mutagenesis of the H-ras p21 at glycine-60 residue disrupts GTP-induced conformational change.
    Author: Sung YJ, Carter M, Zhong JM, Hwang YW.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1995 Mar 14; 34(10):3470-7. PubMed ID: 7880841.
    Abstract:
    The function of Gly-60, the conserved glycine in the DXXG domain of v-H-ras, was examined by site-directed mutagenesis. It was found that while the G60A (Gly-60 to Ala substitution) mutation has little effect on the interaction of H-ras with guanine nucleotides, it completely abolishes the biological activity of v-H-ras. The G60A mutation also exerts little effect on the interaction of H-ras with SDC25C (a guanine nucleotide exchange factor) and GAP. However, the G60A mutation does lower the ability of H-ras to bind Raf. GTP induces an enhancement of fluorescence emission in complexes consisting of H-ras and the fluorescent dye 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid. This enhancement is blocked by the G60A mutation. On the basis of these observations, we propose that the GTP-induced conformational change of H-ras, a process required for H-ras activities, is impaired by the G60A mutation.
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