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Molecular evolution of the Rab-escort-protein/guanine-nucleotide-dissociation-inhibitor superfamily

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authors

  • Alory, C.
  • Balch, William E.

publication date

  • September 2003

journal

  • Molecular Biology of the Cell  Journal

abstract

  • Prenylation of Rab GTPases regulating vesicle traffic by Rab geranylgeranyltransferase (RabGGTase) requires a complex formed by the association of newly synthesized Rab proteins with Rab-escort-protein (REP), the choroideremia-gene-product that is mutated in disease, leading to loss of vision. After delivery to the membrane by the REP-Rab complex, subsequent recycling to the cytosol requires the REP-related guanine-nucleotide-dissociation-inhibitor (GDI). Although REP and GDI share common Rab-binding properties, GDI cannot assist in Rab prenylation and REP cannot retrieve Rab proteins from the membranes. We have now isolated REP mutant proteins that are able to partially function as both REP and GDI. These results provide molecular insight into the functional and evolutionary organization of the REP/GDI superfamily.

subject areas

  • Alkyl and Aryl Transferases
  • Escherichia coli
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitors
  • Models, Structural
  • Mutation
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Prenylation
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Signal Transduction
  • rab GTP-Binding Proteins
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC196578

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1059-1524

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1091/mbc.E03-04-0227

PubMed ID

  • 12972569
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 3857

end page

  • 3867

volume

  • 14

issue

  • 9

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