1wg7

Structural highlights

Function

[DOCK9_HUMAN] Guanine nucleotide-exchange factor (GEF) that activates CDC42 by exchanging bound GDP for free GTP. Overexpression induces filopodia formation.^{[1] [2]}

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

• Dedicator of cytokinesis protein

References

1. ↑ Meller N, Irani-Tehrani M, Kiosses WB, Del Pozo MA, Schwartz MA. Zizimin1, a novel Cdc42 activator, reveals a new GEF domain for Rho proteins. Nat Cell Biol. 2002 Sep;4(9):639-47. PMID:12172552 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncb835
2. ↑ Yang J, Zhang Z, Roe SM, Marshall CJ, Barford D. Activation of Rho GTPases by DOCK exchange factors is mediated by a nucleotide sensor. Science. 2009 Sep 11;325(5946):1398-402. PMID:19745154 doi:325/5946/1398