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Clonado molecular de una proteína activadora de la GTPasa específica para la proteína Krev-1 p21rap1

B Rubinfeld¹, S Munemitsu, R Clark

¹Cetus Corporation, Emeryville, California 94608.

|June 14, 1991

Resumen

Los investigadores identificaron una nueva proteína activadora de la GTPasa (GAP) específica para el rap1/Krev-1. Este rap1GAP no se expresa ampliamente, mostrando una mayor abundancia en los tejidos fetales y en líneas específicas de células tumorales.

Área de la Ciencia:

Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
La señalización celular de las células.

Sus antecedentes:

El gen rap1/Krev-1 codifica una proteína relacionada con ras que participa en la supresión de la transformación oncogénica.
Las proteínas activadoras de la GTPasa (GAPs) regulan la actividad de las proteínas relacionadas con las ras.

Objetivo del estudio:

Identificar y caracterizar una proteína activadora de la GTPasa (GAP) específica para el producto del gen rap1/Krev-1.
Para determinar los patrones de expresión de esta novela rap1GAP.

Principales métodos:

Purificación de una proteína activadora de la GTPasa (GAP) de 88 kDa de cerebro bovino.
Aislamiento de un cDNA de 3.3 kb de una biblioteca del cerebro humano utilizando secuencias parciales de aminoácidos.
Expresión del ADNc en las células Sf9 de los insectos.
Análisis de borrado del norte y del oeste para perfiles de expresión.

Principales resultados:

Se purificó un rap1GAP y se confirmó su actividad específica hacia la p21rap1 GTPasa.
El ADNc aislado expresaba un rap1GAP funcional (85-95 kDa) en las células de insectos.
La secuencia de aminoácidos deducida de rap1GAP no mostró homología con los conocidos GAPs ras-específicos.
Se encontró que la expresión de rap1GAP estaba restringida, con los niveles más altos en tejidos fetales y líneas celulares tumorales específicas (SK-NEP-1, SK-MEL-3).

Conclusiones:

Se ha identificado y caracterizado un nuevo rap1GAP.
Este rap1GAP juega un papel específico en la regulación de la p21rap1.
El patrón de expresión restringida sugiere una función especializada en el desarrollo y potencialmente en la tumorigénesis.

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