title: The PIX-GIT complex: a G protein signaling cassette in control of cell shape.
abstract: Arf and Rho GTP-binding proteins coordinately regulate membrane dynamics and cytoskeletal rearrangements. The Cdc42/Rac guanine nucleotide exchange factor PIX and the Arf GTPase-activating protein GIT form a stable complex in cells. The PIX-GIT complex functions to integrate signaling among Arf, Cdc42, and Rac proteins in response to cues emanating from integrins, heterotrimeric G proteins, receptor tyrosine kinases, and cell-cell interactions. A concept that emerges from the literature is that the PIX-GIT complex serves as a cassette to elicit changes in cell shape essential for polarized cell responses in a wide range of biological contexts.
authors.affiliation: GI Cell Biology Laboratory, The Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Scott R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: Steen H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D016764:Cell Polarity; D048430:Cell Shape; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D064067:Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D064067:Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins