guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity

Term Information

Accession
GO:0005085
Ontology
molecular function
Synonyms
narrow: GNRP
alt_id: GO:0008433
alt_id: GO:0019839
exact: GEF
exact: guanyl-nucleotide release factor activity
exact: guanyl-nucleotide releasing factor
Definition
Stimulates the exchange of guanyl nucleotides associated with a GTPase. Under normal cellular physiological conditions, the concentration of GTP is higher than that of GDP, favoring the replacement of GDP by GTP in association with the GTPase. [source: GOC:kd, GOC:mah]
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