Rac activation: P-Rex1 - a convergence point for PIP(3) and Gbetagamma?
P-Rex1, a novel Rac activator, has been identified in the first biochemical purification of a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for GTPases of the Rho family. P-Rex1 is synergistically activated by PIP(3) and Gbetagamma and may act as a coincidence detector for these signaling molecules.
Weiner
Orion D
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Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave/ C-1, 502, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. orion_weiner@hms.harvard.edu
D004789:Enzyme Activation; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D020962:Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; C453280:PREX1 protein, human; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates; C060974:phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D020962:Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins