调节Ras及其亲属的蛋白质
1National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20894.
Nature
|December 16, 1993
概括
拉斯超级家族的GTPases通过在活性和非活性状态之间切换来控制细胞功能. 研究人员正在确定许多调节这些GTPase的蛋白质,这些蛋白质通常比它们的目标更大,更复杂.
科学领域:
- 分子和细胞生物学分子和细胞生物学
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 细胞信号传递 细胞信号传递
背景情况:
- 拉斯超级家族的GTPases是基本细胞过程的关键调节者,包括生长,分化和运动.
- 它们的活性受到GTP结合和水解周期的严格控制,影响它们的细胞定位和功能.
研究的目的:
- 审查Ras超级GTPases家族的已知的调节者.
- 突出这些调节蛋白的复杂性及其在细胞网络中的相互作用.
主要方法:
- 对Ras超级家族GTPases及其相互作用蛋白的研究的文献综述.
- 蛋白质域结构和功能相互作用的分析.
主要成果:
- 已经确定了许多调节GTPase活动,核酸交换和膜局部化的蛋白质.
- 与目标GTPases相比,许多已识别的调节者要大得多,并且具有多个域.
- 这些调节剂与复杂的细胞酶和结构网络相互作用.
结论:
- 拉斯超级GTPase家族的调节涉及到各种各样的复杂蛋白质.
- 了解这些复杂的调节网络对于理解细胞信号通路至关重要.
- 对这些相互作用的进一步研究将阐明基本的细胞机制.
相关概念视频
GTPases and their Regulation
Guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G-proteins), also known as GTPases, are a superfamily of proteins that regulate many cellular processes, such as cell signaling, vesicular transport, and the regulation of cell shape and motility. Mutation or dysfunction of these proteins can lead to disease. There are around 40,000 known G-proteins that can broadly be classified into two groups ‒ small G-proteins consisting of a single domain and large multi-domain G-proteins.
Large G-proteins, also known...
Large G-proteins, also known...
The Ras Gene
The Ras-gene-encoded proteins are regulators of signaling pathways controlling cell proliferation, differentiation, or cell survival. The Ras-gene family in humans constitutes three primary members—the HRas, NRas, and KRas. These genes code for four functionally distinct yet closely related proteins—the HRas, NRas, KRas4A, and KRas4B. The involvement of mutant Ras genes in human cancer was first discovered in 1982 and is among the most common causes of human tumorigenesis.
Ras is a superfamily...
Ras is a superfamily...
GTPases and their Regulation
Guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G-proteins), also known as GTPases, are a superfamily of proteins that regulate many cellular processes, such as cell signaling, vesicular transport, and the regulation of cell shape and motility. Mutation or dysfunction of these proteins can lead to disease. There are around 40,000 known G-proteins that can broadly be classified into two groups ‒ small G-proteins consisting of a single domain and large multi-domain G-proteins.
Large G-proteins, also known...
Large G-proteins, also known...
Small GTPases - Ras and Rho
Ras and Rho are small monomeric GTPases that act downstream of receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) and regulate various cellular processes. These GTPases switch between active and inactive states by binding to guanine nucleotides.
Three regulatory proteins control their activity:
Three regulatory proteins control their activity:
MAPK Signaling Cascades
Mitogen-activated protein kinase, or MAPK pathway, activates three sequential kinases to regulate cellular responses such as proliferation, differentiation, survival, and apoptosis. The canonical MAPK pathway starts with a mitogen or growth factor binding to an RTK. The activated RTKs stimulate Ras, which recruits Raf or MAP3 Kinase (MAPKKK), the first kinase of the MAPK signaling cascade. Raf further phosphorylates and activates MEK or MAP2 Kinases (MAPKK), which in turn phosphorylates MAP...
The Ras Gene
The Ras-gene-encoded proteins are regulators of signaling pathways controlling cell proliferation, differentiation, or cell survival. The Ras-gene family in humans constitutes three primary members—the HRas, NRas, and KRas. These genes code for four functionally distinct yet closely related proteins—the HRas, NRas, KRas4A, and KRas4B. The involvement of mutant Ras genes in human cancer was first discovered in 1982 and is among the most common causes of human tumorigenesis.
Ras is a superfamily...
Ras is a superfamily...


