title: Alternative splicing of the human proto-oncogene c-H-ras renders a new Ras family protein that trafficks to cytoplasm and nucleus.
abstract: We characterized a novel protein of the Ras family, p19 (H-RasIDX). The c-H-ras proto-oncogene undergoes alternative splicing of the exon termed IDX. We show that the alternative p19 mRNA is stable and as abundant as p21 (p21 H-Ras4A) mRNA in all of the human tissues and cell lines tested. IDX is spliced into stable mRNA in different mammalian species, which present a high degree of nucleotide conservation. Both the endogenous and the transiently expressed p19 protein are detected in COS-1 and HeLa cells and show nuclear diffuse and speckled patterns as well as cytoplasmic localization. In yeast two-hybrid assays, p19 did not interact with two known p21 effectors, Raf1 and Rin1, but was shown to interact with RACK1, a scaffolding protein that promotes multiprotein complexes in different signaling pathways. This observation suggests that p19 and p21 play differential and complementary roles in the cell.
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019556:COS Cells; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D011905:Genes, ras / Q000235:genetics*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D000075370:Receptors for Activated C Kinase; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; C419368:RACK1 protein, human; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000075370:Receptors for Activated C Kinase; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D018631:ras Proteins