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1School of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa. 089manch@cosmos.wits.ac.za
Abstract:
There are conflicting reports over the question of whether the displacement by GTP of GDP bound to eIF2 catalyzed by eIF2B follows a substituted enzyme mechanism, as is believed to be the case for other guanine nucleotide exchange factors, or is a sequential mechanism. Analysis of data recently provided by Williams et al. (J. Biol. Chem. 276, 24697-24703, 2001) showing displacement by eIF2B of GDP bound to eIF2 in the absence of displacing nucleotide appears to offer a way of resolving the dispute and suggests that both mechanisms may be operative.
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