title: Identification and characterization of RHEBL1, a novel member of Ras family, which activates transcriptional activities of NF-kappa B.
abstract: The Ras family of small GTPases regulates a wide variety of cellular functions that include cell growth, differentiation, and transformation. In this study, we identified and characterized a novel member of Ras family named RHEBL1, belonging to the Rheb branch of small GTPase proteins. The cDNA sequence contains an open reading frame of 551 bp, encoding a putative protein of 183 amino acid residues. The expression pattern of RHEBL1 showed that it was ubiquitously expressed in 17 tissues. RHEBL1 gene encodes a 20.69 kDa protein, localized in cytoplasm when overexpressed in COS7 cells. Reporter gene assays showed that overexpression of RHEBL1 in HEK 293T cells strongly activated the transcriptional activities of NF-kappa B, while the mutant (D60K) only weakly activates NF-kappa B-mediated transcription. Our findings suggest that RHEBL1 is a positive regulator of NF-kappa B-mediated gene transcription.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Science, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Yuxi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Xinya
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wenwen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Kuntian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D040461:Gene Components; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000235:genetics*; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016328:NF-kappa B; C504241:RHEBL1 protein, human; D018631:ras Proteins