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How often does the myristoylated N-terminal latch of c-Abl come off?
1Department of Physics and Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA. zhou@sb.fsu.edu
Abstract:
The myristoylated N-terminal latching to the C-terminal lobe of c-Abl was recently demonstrated to be an important regulatory element for the kinase, playing a role similar to that of the tyrosine-phosphorylated C-terminal tail of c-Src. A potential mechanism for activating c-Abl is the dissociation of the myristoylated N-terminal latch. How often does this latch spontaneously come off? A recent theoretical model along with the experimental results of Superti-Furga, Kuriyan, and co-workers suggests that the equilibrium fraction of c-Abl in which the myristoylated N-terminal is unlatched is approximately 0.5%.
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