title: Phospholipase C(epsilon): a novel Ras effector.
abstract: Three classes of mammalian phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PLC) have been characterized, PLCbeta, PLCgamma and PLCdelta, that are differentially regulated by heterotrimeric G-proteins, tyrosine kinases and calcium. Here we describe a fourth class, PLCepsilon, that in addition to conserved PLC domains, contains a GTP exchange factor (GRF CDC25) domain and two C-terminal Ras-binding (RA) domains, RA1 and RA2. The RA2 domain binds H-Ras in a GTP-dependent manner, comparable with the Ras-binding domain of Raf-1; however, the RA1 domain binds H-Ras with a low affinity in a GTP-independent manner. While G(alpha)q, Gbetagamma or, surprisingly, H-Ras do not activate recombinant purified protein in vitro, constitutively active Q61L H-Ras stimulates PLC(epsilon) co-expressed in COS-7 cells in parallel with Ras binding. Deletion of either the RA1 or RA2 domain inhibits this activation. Site-directed mutagenesis of the RA2 domain or Ras demonstrates a conserved Ras-effector interaction and a unique profile of activation by Ras effector domain mutants. These studies identify a novel fourth class of mammalian PLC that is directly regulated by Ras and links two critical signaling pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. kelleyg@mail.upstate.edu
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Reks
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ondrako
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Smrcka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D018411:Spodoptera; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; C423320:phospholipase C epsilon; D018631:ras Proteins