title: Release of autoinhibition of ASEF by APC leads to CDC42 activation and tumor suppression.
abstract: Autoinhibition of the Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor ASEF is relieved by interaction with the APC tumor suppressor. Here we show that binding of the armadillo repeats of APC to a 'core APC-binding' (CAB) motif within ASEF, or truncation of the SH3 domain of ASEF, relieves autoinhibition, allowing the specific activation of CDC42. Structural determination of autoinhibited ASEF reveals that the SH3 domain forms an extensive interface with the catalytic DH and PH domains to obstruct binding and activation of CDC42, and the CAB motif is positioned adjacent to the SH3 domain to facilitate activation by APC. In colorectal cancer cell lines, full-length, but not truncated, APC activates CDC42 in an ASEF-dependent manner to suppress anchorage-independent growth. We therefore propose a model in which ASEF acts as a tumor suppressor when activated by APC and inactivation of ASEF by mutation or APC truncation promotes tumorigenesis.
authors: Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
authors: Natalia
authors: N
authors: Mitin
authors: Laurie
authors: L
authors: Betts
authors: Marielle E
authors: ME
authors: Yohe
authors: Channing J
authors: CJ
authors: Der
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Sondek
authors: Kent L
authors: KL
authors: Rossman
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D064067:Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D020764:cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: C576602:ARHGEF4 protein, human; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D064067:Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D020764:cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein
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