title: Compartmentalized signalling: Ras proteins and signalling nanoclusters.
abstract: Differential subcellular compartmentalization of the three main Ras isoforms (H-Ras, N-Ras and K-Ras) is believed to underlie their biological differences. Modulatable interactions between cellular membranes and Ras C-terminal hypervariable region motifs determine differences in trafficking and the relative proportions of each isoform in cell-surface signalling nanoclusters and intracellular endoplasmic reticulum/Golgi, endosomal and mitochondrial compartments. Ras regulators, effectors and scaffolds are also differentially distributed, potentially enabling preferential coupling to specific signalling pathways in each subcellular location. Here we summarize the mechanisms underlying compartment-specific Ras signalling and the outputs generated.
authors.affiliation: Physiological Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Jasminka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Omerovic
authors.forename: Ian A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Prior
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002451:Cell Compartmentation / Q000502:physiology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D011992:Endosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D021381:Protein Transport; D015398:Signal Transduction; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018631:ras Proteins