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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-3
pubmed:abstractText
The mammalian Rit and Rin proteins, along with the Drosophila homologue RIC, comprise a distinct and evolutionarily conserved subfamily of Ras-related small GTP-binding proteins. Unlike other Ras superfamily members, these proteins lack a signal for prenylation, contain a conserved but distinct effector domain, and, in the case of Rin and RIC, contain calmodulin-binding domains. To address the physiological role of this Ras subfamily in vivo, activated forms of the Drosophila Ric gene were introduced into flies. Expression of activated RIC proteins altered the development of well-characterized adult structures, including wing veins and photoreceptors of the compound eye. The effects of activated RIC could be mitigated by a reduction in dosage of several genes in the Drosophila Ras cascade, including Son of sevenless (Sos), Dsor (MEK), rolled (MAPK), and Ras itself. On the other hand, reduction of calmodulin exacerbated the defects caused by activated RIC, thus providing the first functional evidence for interaction of these molecules. We conclude that the activation of the Ras cascade may be an important in vivo requisite to the transduction of signals through RIC and that the binding of calmodulin to RIC may negatively regulate this small GTPase.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1058-8388
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
232
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
817-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-3-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Animals, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Calmodulin, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Eye, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Transgenes, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-Wing, pubmed-meshheading:15712277-ras Proteins
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Activated RIC, a small GTPase, genetically interacts with the Ras pathway and calmodulin during Drosophila development.
pubmed:affiliation
T.H. Morgan School of Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural