title: Ras and Rap: are former enemies now friends?
abstract: The small GTPase Rap1 was originally thought to function as an antagonist of Ras. A recent paper by provides evidence that Ras and Rap1 function in parallel to activate Raf downstream of the Torso receptor tyrosine kinase in Drosophila.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Iswar K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Hariharan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004330:Drosophila / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000378:metabolism; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000502:physiology*; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D048490:raf Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020827:rap1 GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C087725:Hkb protein, Drosophila; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C074090:TLL protein, Drosophila; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C080148:tor protein, Drosophila; D048490:raf Kinases; D020827:rap1 GTP-Binding Proteins; D018631:ras Proteins