The C2 domain of SynGAP is essential for stimulation of the Rap GTPase reaction.

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Published in EMBO Rep on March 07, 2008

Authors

Vladimir Pena1, Michael Hothorn, Alexander Eberth, Nikolai Kaschau, Annabel Parret, Lothar Gremer, Fabien Bonneau, Mohammad Reza Ahmadian, Klaus Scheffzek

Author Affiliations

1: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology and Developmental Biology Units, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.

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