title: The p21(RAS) farnesyltransferase alpha subunit in TGF-beta and activin signaling.
abstract: The alpha subunit of p21(RAS) farnesyltransferase (FNTA), which is also shared by geranylgeranyltransferase, was isolated as a specific cytoplasmic interactor of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and activin type I receptors with the use of the yeast two-hybrid system. FNTA interacts specifically with ligand-free TGF-beta type l receptor but is phosphorylated and released upon ligand binding. Furthermore, the release is dependent on the kinase activity of the TGF-beta type II receptor. Thus, the growth inhibitory and differentiative pathways activated by TGF-beta and activin involve novel mechanisms of serine-threonine receptor phosphorylation-dependent release of cytoplasmic interactors and regulation of the activation of small G proteins, such as p21(RAS).
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Danielson
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Donahoe
mesh_terms: D029404:Activin Receptors; D030201:Activin Receptors, Type I; D028341:Activins; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D006801:Humans; D007265:Inhibins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008024:Ligands; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077293:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014166:Transferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D028341:Activins; D007265:Inhibins; D014166:Transferases; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; C064911:p21(ras) farnesyl-protein transferase; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D029404:Activin Receptors; D030201:Activin Receptors, Type I; D000077293:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II