title: Regulation of inositol lipid kinases by Rho and Rac.
abstract: Rho and Rac small GTPases associate with type-I phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinase to regulate the production of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. This lipid appears to mediate some of the effects of Rho and Rac on the actin cytoskeleton. The genes for several type-I phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinases have been cloned recently but it is not known which one interacts with Rho and/or Rac. Rho family GTPases also interact with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, though this kinase can be either upstream or downstream of the GTPases depending upon the system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. xdren@scripps.edu
authors.forename: X D
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism*; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins; D020742:rhoA GTP-Binding Protein
chemical_list: D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C020077:1-phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins; D020742:rhoA GTP-Binding Protein