The Active Conformation of the PAK1 Kinase Domain
Lei, M., Robinson, M.A., Harrison, S.C.(2005) Structure 13: 769-778
- PubMed: 15893667 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2005.03.007
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1YHV, 1YHW - PubMed Abstract: 
The p21-activated kinases (PAKs) participate in cytoskeletal control networks, downstream of Rho-family GTPases. A structure of PAK1 in an autoregulated, "off" state showed that a regulatory region, N-terminal to the kinase domain, forces the latter into an inactive conformation, prevents phosphorylation of Thr423 in the activation loop, and promotes dimerization ...