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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
Previous studies have identified a novel oncogene, rgr, which has homology to the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) Ral guanine dissociation stimulator (RALGDS). To determine the mechanism of activation of rgr, the wild-type form was isolated. rgr is expressed physiologically at very low levels, due, at least in part, to a long 5'-untranslated region that contains eight AUGs, which inhibit translation of the main open reading frame. When these regulatory sequences are removed, the wild-type gene is expressed at high levels. An investigation of how this GEF could transform cells showed that RGR interacts with RAS, supporting its involvement as a RAS-GEF. Because RAL is localized mainly to the Golgi, the expression of the RGR protein was identified in RK13 cells, a cell line that expresses endogenous rgr. RGR localizes to endomembranes. To determine its location upon transformation, a green fluorescent protein-RGR fusion protein was used to track the movement of RGR. Increasing amounts of expression result in enhanced localization of RGR to the plasma membrane. These results indicate that rgr is activated when its tight translational controls are eliminated and increased expression allows its relocation to the plasma membrane, where efficient activation of RAS occurs.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4188-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12874025-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-5' Untranslated Regions, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-Oncogenes, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-Subcellular Fractions, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-ral Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor, pubmed-meshheading:12874025-ras Proteins
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
rgr oncogene: activation by elimination of translational controls and mislocalization.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.