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New insights into the dimerization of small GTPase Rac/ROP guanine nucleotide exchange factors in rice. [PDF]

Plant Signal Behav, 2015
Molecular links between receptor-kinases and Rac/ROP family small GTPases mediated by activator guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) govern diverse biological processes. However, it is unclear how the Rac/ROP GTPases orchestrate such a wide variety
Akamatsu A, Uno K, Kato M, Wong HL, Shimamoto K, Kawano Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Enhancing Maturation of Human Neuromuscular Organoids via Electrical Stimulation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A framework for on‐demand and non‐invasive exposure of human neuromuscular organoids (NMOs) to electrical stimuli is established to promote their maturation. The robustness and effectiveness of different stimulation regimes are evaluated via thorough characterization of organoid tissue structure and contraction capacity. Chronic electrical stimulation,
Chrysanthi‐Maria Moysidou, Inês Afonso Martins, Ismail Amr El‐Shimy, Iacopo Bicci, Donatella Cea, Christina Bukas, Isra Mekki, Mara‐Camelia Rusu, Aylin Nebol, Ines Lahmann, Marie Piraud, Enrico Klotzsch, Mina Gouti   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tumor‐Intrinsic ARHGEF3 Enhances Antitumor Immunity by Promoting T‐Cell Infiltration and Limiting Myeloid Cell‐Mediated Immunosuppression

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ARHGEF3 is broadly downregulated across human cancers and correlates with patient prognosis. Tumor‐intrinsic ARHGEF3 activates the RHOA–ROCK–PTEN cascade to inhibit AKT signaling, thereby promoting chemokine‐driven T‐cell infiltration and relieving lipid‐mediated myeloid immunosuppression.
Yue Li, Lan Wang, Zihao Zhang, Chunmei Qian, Ning Li, Wei Huang, Qian Ba, Xiaojian Liu, Mayu Sun   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated conformational and lipid-sensing regulation of endosomal ArfGEF BRAG2. [PDF]

PLoS Biology, 2013
The mechanisms whereby guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) coordinate their subcellular targeting to their activation of small GTPases remain poorly understood.
Kaheina Aizel, Valérie Biou, Jorge Navaza, Lionel V Duarte, Valérie Campanacci, Jacqueline Cherfils, Mahel Zeghouf   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ligand‐Defined Interfacial Chemistry Enables Instant and Sequence‐General DNA Chemisorption on Gold Nanoparticles Toward Label‐Free SERS With Single‐Base Resolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Ascorbic Acid‐Engineered Interface Enables Universal DNA Functionalization on Gold Nanoparticles: Attenuating electrostatic repulsion and leveraging synergistic hydrogen‐bonding interactions significantly lowers the kinetic barrier for DNA adsorption, enabling rapid and sequence‐general functionalization of non‐thiolated DNA‐requiring only a single ...
Guangping Li, Cheng Wang, Xinyue Wu, Zhongxiang Ding, Heng Gao, Zhonggang Liu, Yu Zhang, Jinai Chen, Feng Wang, Honglin Liu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

ARNO Is a Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor for ADP-ribosylation Factor 6 [PDF]

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1998
ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs) constitute a family of small monomeric GTPases. ARFs 1 and 3 function in the recruitment of coat proteins to membranes of the Golgi apparatus, whereas ARF6 is localized to the plasma membrane, where it appears to modulate both the assembly of the actin cytoskeleton and endocytosis.
S, Frank, S, Upender, S H, Hansen, J E, Casanova   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Coordinating the Activation of RhoA by Diverse RhoGEFs: SmgGDS and G-alpha-q-Responsive Dbl Family Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors

, 2007
G proteins are molecular switches that fluctuate between on and off states and regulate a multitude of essential signaling cascades within the cell. G proteins implicated in signal transduction can be divided into two major groups, the heterotrimeric G ...
Rojas, Rafael Jose
core   +1 more source

Nucleic Acid Therapeutics for “Undruggable” Cancer Targets: Mechanisms, Challenges, and Prospects

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Nucleic acid therapeutics bypass the structural limitations of conventional drugs by targeting mRNA rather than proteins. This review examines how antisense oligonucleotides, siRNAs, miRNAs, aptamers, and mRNA vaccines intervene against historically undruggable oncoproteins including Ras, MYC, and p53, highlighting mechanistic advances, delivery ...
Feng Xu, Ke Wang, Kaizhong Lu, Tianlun Hou, Yuan Chen, Xian Wang, Hongchuan Jin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional Analysis of Cdc42 Residues Required for Guanine Nucleotide Exchange

, 2002
Guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) directly engage small GTPases to facilitate the exchange of bound GDP for GTP, leading to GTPase activation. Several recent crystal structures of GEFs in complex with Rho family GTPases highlight the conserved ...
Whitehead, Ian P., Snyder, Jason T., Cheng, Li, Rossman, Kent L., Worthylake, David K., Sondek, John   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Reprogramming tumor immune microenvironment by ultrasound‐responsive nanoplatforms for enhanced cancer immunotherapy

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Ultrasound‐responsive nanoplatforms reprogram the tumor immune microenvironment by targeting tumor cells, immune cells, and non‐immune stromal cells to enhance the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy. Abstract Cancer immunotherapy represents a significant advancement in cancer treatment by enhancing the specific recognition and elimination of cancer cells.
Shilong Zhao, Rui Qu, Zan Dai, Xiqun Jiang, Xu Zhen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source