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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6988
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-13
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Rap1 is a Ras-like guanine-nucleotide-binding protein (GNBP) that is involved in a variety of signal-transduction processes. It regulates integrin-mediated cell adhesion and might activate extracellular signal-regulated kinase. Like other Ras-like GNBPs, Rap1 is regulated by guanine-nucleotide-exchange factors (GEFs) and GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs). These GAPs increase the slow intrinsic GTPase reaction of Ras-like GNBPs by many orders of magnitude and allow tight regulation of signalling. The activation mechanism involves stabilization of the catalytic glutamine of the GNBP and, in most cases, the insertion of a catalytic arginine of GAP into the active site. Rap1 is a close homologue of Ras but does not possess the catalytic glutamine essential for GTP hydrolysis in all other Ras-like and Galpha proteins. Furthermore, RapGAPs are not related to other GAPs and apparently do not use a catalytic arginine residue. Here we present the crystal structure of the catalytic domain of the Rap1-specific Rap1GAP at 2.9 A. By mutational analysis, fluorescence titration and stopped-flow kinetic assay, we demonstrate that Rap1GAP provides a catalytic asparagine to stimulate GTP hydrolysis. Implications for the disease tuberous sclerosis are discussed.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenosine Diphosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aluminum Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Asparagine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fluorides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GTPase-Activating Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Guanosine Triphosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RAP1GAP protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Repressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Suppressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/aluminum fluoride, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/rap1 GTP-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/tuberous sclerosis complex 2 protein
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1476-4687
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
429
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
197-201
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-5-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Adenosine Diphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Aluminum Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Asparagine, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Catalysis, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Catalytic Domain, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Fluorides, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-GTPase-Activating Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Guanosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Hydrolysis, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-Tumor Suppressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15141215-rap1 GTP-Binding Proteins
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The GTPase-activating protein Rap1GAP uses a catalytic asparagine.
pubmed:affiliation
Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahnstr. 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't