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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-23
pubmed:abstractText
The APC-associated guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) Asef regulates cell morphology and migration. Asef contains a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain in addition to Dbl homology (DH), APC-binding (ABR), and Src homology 3 (SH3) domains. Here we show that the PH domain of Asef binds to phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphophate [PtdIns(3,4,5)P3] and targets Asef to the cell-cell adhesion sites in MDCK II cells. Furthermore, we demonstrate that overexpression of Asef in MDCK II cells results in increases in the amounts of E-cadherin and the actin filaments at the sites of cell-cell contact. These results suggest that Asef is targeted via its PH domain to the cell-cell adhesion sites and is involved in the regulation of cell adhesion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
355
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
85-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-9-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
PH domain-mediated membrane targeting of Asef.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Molecular and Genetic Information, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't