2dfk

Structural highlights

Function

[ARHG9_RAT] Acts as guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for CDC42. Promotes formation of GPHN clusters.^{[1] [2] [3]} [CDC42_HUMAN] Plasma membrane-associated small GTPase which cycles between an active GTP-bound and an inactive GDP-bound state. In active state binds to a variety of effector proteins to regulate cellular responses. Involved in epithelial cell polarization processes. Regulates the bipolar attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochores before chromosome congression in metaphase. Plays a role in the extension and maintenance of the formation of thin, actin-rich surface projections called filopodia. Mediates CDC42-dependent cell migration.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Evolutionary Conservation

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See Also

• GTP-binding protein

References

1. ↑ Kins S, Betz H, Kirsch J. Collybistin, a newly identified brain-specific GEF, induces submembrane clustering of gephyrin. Nat Neurosci. 2000 Jan;3(1):22-9. PMID:10607391 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/71096
2. ↑ Grosskreutz Y, Hermann A, Kins S, Fuhrmann JC, Betz H, Kneussel M. Identification of a gephyrin-binding motif in the GDP/GTP exchange factor collybistin. Biol Chem. 2001 Oct;382(10):1455-62. PMID:11727829 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/BC.2001.179
3. ↑ Harvey K, Duguid IC, Alldred MJ, Beatty SE, Ward H, Keep NH, Lingenfelter SE, Pearce BR, Lundgren J, Owen MJ, Smart TG, Luscher B, Rees MI, Harvey RJ. The GDP-GTP exchange factor collybistin: an essential determinant of neuronal gephyrin clustering. J Neurosci. 2004 Jun 23;24(25):5816-26. PMID:15215304 doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1184-04.2004
4. ↑ Gauthier-Campbell C, Bredt DS, Murphy TH, El-Husseini Ael-D. Regulation of dendritic branching and filopodia formation in hippocampal neurons by specific acylated protein motifs. Mol Biol Cell. 2004 May;15(5):2205-17. Epub 2004 Feb 20. PMID:14978216 doi:10.1091/mbc.E03-07-0493
5. ↑ Oceguera-Yanez F, Kimura K, Yasuda S, Higashida C, Kitamura T, Hiraoka Y, Haraguchi T, Narumiya S. Ect2 and MgcRacGAP regulate the activation and function of Cdc42 in mitosis. J Cell Biol. 2005 Jan 17;168(2):221-32. Epub 2005 Jan 10. PMID:15642749 doi:10.1083/jcb.200408085
6. ↑ Modzelewska K, Newman LP, Desai R, Keely PJ. Ack1 mediates Cdc42-dependent cell migration and signaling to p130Cas. J Biol Chem. 2006 Dec 8;281(49):37527-35. Epub 2006 Oct 12. PMID:17038317 doi:10.1074/jbc.M604342200
7. ↑ Xiang S, Kim EY, Connelly JJ, Nassar N, Kirsch J, Winking J, Schwarz G, Schindelin H. The crystal structure of Cdc42 in complex with collybistin II, a gephyrin-interacting guanine nucleotide exchange factor. J Mol Biol. 2006 May 26;359(1):35-46. Epub 2006 Mar 29. PMID:16616186 doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2006.03.019