title: Raf kinase inhibitor protein regulation of raf and MAPK signaling.
abstract: The Raf kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP) belongs to an evolutionarily conserved family of phosphatidylethanolamine-binding proteins (PEBPs), which have important functions as inhibitors of kinase signaling pathways and metastasis. Most notably, RKIP can interrupt signaling through the Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK pathway by dissociating the interaction between Raf-1 and its substrate MEK, highlighting the importance of protein interactions as regulatory interfaces. Furthermore, RKIP was shown to inhibit IkappaB kinases (IKKs) interfering with the activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NFkappaB), and G-protein coupled receptor-kinase 2 (GRK2), impeding receptor downregulation and prolonging signaling. More recently, RKIP has emerged as an important suppressor of metastasis. Here, we review the functions of RKIP and present methods to detect and measure RKIP expression and activity in cells and tissues.
authors.affiliation: The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Signalling and Proteomics Laboratory, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hagan
authors.forename: Rey
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Amardeep
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dhillon
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kolch
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D049488:Phosphatidylethanolamine Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D018411:Spodoptera; D048490:raf Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C511482:PEBP1 protein, human; D049488:Phosphatidylethanolamine Binding Protein; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf; D048490:raf Kinases; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases