title: Molecular cloning of a member of a new class of low-molecular-weight GTP-binding proteins.
abstract: We report the cloning of a low-molecular-weight GTP-binding protein that appears to be the first member of a new class of G proteins. This G protein was cloned from the HT4 neural cell line and has the closest homology to the rab, sec4, and ypt1 members of the low-molecular-weight (LMW) G-protein family. The amino acid sequence identity is only 30% with these other LMW G proteins, but in the four conserved GTP-binding domains, amino acid identity increases to 50-100%. A unique feature that distinguishes this G protein from other LMW G proteins is its carboxy-terminal amino acid sequence -Cys-Cys-Pro. In keeping with the current nomenclature for other members of the ras superfamily, we will designate this new class as rah (ras-related homolog). On the basis of sequence homology, rah may function in vesicular trafficking and possibly in neurotransmitter secretion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Koshland
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins