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WormBook, 2018 Members of the protein superfamily of small guanosine triphosphatases, also known as small GTPases, small G-proteins, or the Ras superfamily, are involved in nearly every aspect of cell biology. Small GTPases are tightly regulated molecular switches that make binary on/off decisions through controlled loading of GTP (activation) and hydrolysis of GTP ...
David J, Reiner, Erik A, Lundquist
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Current Protocols, 2023 Abstract In different cellular activities like signal transduction, cell division, and intracellular transportation, small GTPases take on a vital role. Their functioning involves hydrolysing guanosine triphosphate (GTP) to guanosine diphosphate (GDP). In this article we explain the application of a commercially accessible GTPase assay,
Sophie Tschirpke +2 more
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WormBook, 2006 Small GTPases of the Ras superfamily are key regulators of diverse cellular and developmental events, including differentiation, cell division, vesicle transport, nuclear assembly, and control of the cytoskeleton. The C. elegans genome encodes 56 members of the major Ras GTPase subfamilies, including the Ras/Ral/Rap family, the Rho family, the Rab ...
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Journal of Biomedical Science, 2007 Chloroplasts import more than 90% of their protein constituents from the cytosol. The import is mediated by translocon complexes located in the chloroplast envelope and the stroma. This review focuses on the two GTPases in the Toc (translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts) complex. Hypotheses are presented about gating across the outer
Hsou-Min, Li +4 more
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A large Rab GTPase family in a small GTPase world [PDF]
Small GTPases, 2016 More than 60 Rab GTPases exist in the human genome to regulate vesicle trafficking between organelles. Rab GTPases are members of the Ras GTPase superfamily that broadly control budding, uncoating, motility and fusion of vesicles in most cell types. Rab proteins interconvert between active, GTP-bound form and inactive, GDP-bound form.
Sonal, Srikanth +2 more
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Ribosome-associated GTPases: The role of RNA for GTPase activation [PDF]
RNA Biology, 2010 The GTPase super-family comprises a variety of G proteins found in all three domains of life. Although they are participating in completely different processes like signal transduction, protein biosynthesis and regulation of cell proliferation, they all share a highly conserved G domain and use a common mechanism for GTP hydrolysis.
Nina, Clementi, Norbert, Polacek
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Protein & Cell, 2011 Small GTPases are key molecular switches that bind and hydrolyze GTP in diverse membrane- and cytoskeleton-related cellular processes. Recently, mounting evidences have highlighted the role of various small GTPases, including the members in Arf/Arl, Rab, and Ran subfamilies, in cilia formation and function.
Yujie, Li, Jinghua, Hu
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GTPases and the origin of the ribosome [PDF]
Biology Direct, 2010 This paper is an attempt to trace the evolution of the ribosome through the evolution of the universal P-loop GTPases that are involved with the ribosome in translation and with the attachment of the ribosome to the membrane. The GTPases involved in translation in Bacteria/Archaea are the elongation factors EFTu/EF1, the initiation factors IF2/aeIF5b +
Smith, Temple F., Hartman, Hyman
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The Targeting of the atToc159 Preprotein Receptor to the Chloroplast Outer Membrane is Mediated by its GTPase Domain and is Regulated by GTP [PDF]
, 2002 The multimeric translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts (Toc) initiates the recognition and import of nuclear-encoded preproteins into chloroplasts.
Hiltbrunner, Andreas +3 more
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Journal of Cell Science, 2007 It has been two decades since the yeast Ypt1 and Sec4 proteins and the mammalian Rab (Ras-related proteins in brain) GTPases were first identified as evolutionarily conserved, essential regulators of membrane trafficking ([Salminen and Novick, 1987][1]; [Schmitt et al., 1986][2]; [Touchot et al.,
Schwartz, Samantha +4 more
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