Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-6-6
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
RH-RhoGEFs are a family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors that contain a regulator of G protein signaling homology (RH) domain. The heterotrimeric G protein G?(13) stimulates the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) activity of RH-RhoGEFs, leading to activation of RhoA. The mechanism by which G?(13) stimulates the GEF activity of RH-RhoGEFs, such as p115RhoGEF, has not yet been fully elucidated. Here, specific residues in G?(13) that mediate activation of p115RhoGEF are identified. Mutation of these residues significantly impairs binding of G?(13) to p115RhoGEF as well as stimulation of GEF activity. These data suggest that the exchange activity of p115RhoGEF is stimulated allosterically by G?(13) and not through its interaction with a secondary binding site. A crystal structure of G?(13) bound to the RH domain of p115RhoGEF is also presented, which differs from a previously crystallized complex with a G?(13)-G?(i1) chimera. Taken together, these data provide new insight into the mechanism by which p115RhoGEF is activated by G?(13).
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1083-351X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
286
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
20625-36
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of critical residues in G(alpha)13 for stimulation of p115RhoGEF activity and the structure of the G(alpha)13-p115RhoGEF regulator of G protein signaling homology (RH) domain complex.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural