title: A novel human RasGAP-like gene that maps within the prostate cancer susceptibility locus at chromosome 1q25.
abstract: We report the molecular cloning of a human cDNA that encodes a molecule having striking homology with Ras-specific GTPase-activating proteins (RasGAPs). Among previously described RasGAPs, the cDNA product is most closely related to Caenorhabditis elegans GAP-2, including a predicted coiled-coil structure near the carboxyl terminus. Expression of the cDNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae defective in one of two RasGAPs, Ira2, complemented loss of the Ira2 function, indicating that the cDNA product functions as a RasGAP. The RasGAP-like gene is located on the human chromosome 1q25, the locus that appears to contain a hereditary prostate cancer susceptible gene, HPC1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Viral Oncology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Inazawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D020703:ras GTPase-Activating Proteins; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D020703:ras GTPase-Activating Proteins; D018631:ras Proteins