Molecular Cancer, 2003 Background Ras is an area of intensive biochemical and genetic studies and characterizing downstream components that relay ras-induced signals is clearly important.
Berthezene Patrice +6 more
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Analysis of Binding Site Hot Spots on the Surface of Ras GTPase [PDF]
, 2011 We have recently discovered an allosteric switch in Ras, bringing an additional level of complexity to this GTPase whose mutants are involved in nearly 30% of cancers.
Buhrman, Greg +9 more
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Analysis of mutant Ras proteins [PDF]
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2007 AbstractTerms to be familiar with before you start to solve the test: growth‐factor signaling; Ras proteins; Raf proteins; G proteins; protein kinases; GTPase; GEFs (guanine nucleotide exchange factors); GAPs (GTPase activating proteins); transfection; expression plasmid; mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK); extracellular signal‐regulated kinase ...
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Dynamics of Ras Complexes Observed in Living Cells
Sensors, 2012 K-Ras works as a switch in many important intracellular signaling pathways and plays important roles in cell growth, proliferation, differentiation and carcinogenesis.
Xiangyong Li, Zhiyong Cheng, Honglin Jin
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Pharmacological modulation of oncogenic Ras by natural products and their derivatives: renewed hope in the discovery of novel anti-Ras drugs [PDF]
, 2016 Oncogenic rat sarcoma (Ras) is linked to the most fatal cancers such as those of the pancreas, colon, and lung. Decades of research to discover an efficacious drug that can block oncogenic Ras signaling have yielded disappointing results; thus, Ras was ...
Quah, Shun Ying +3 more
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Divergent Mechanisms Activating RAS and Small GTPases Through Post-translational Modification
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 RAS is a founding member of the RAS superfamily of GTPases. These small 21 kDa proteins function as molecular switches to initialize signaling cascades involved in various cellular processes, including gene expression, cell growth, and differentiation ...
Natsuki Osaka +18 more
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SILAC-based proteomic quantification of chemoattractant-induced cytoskeleton dynamics on a second to minute timescale [PDF]
, 2014 Cytoskeletal dynamics during cell behaviours ranging from endocytosis and exocytosis to cell division and movement is controlled by a complex network of signalling pathways, the full details of which are as yet unresolved.
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Distinct association of HRAS and KRAS with Mn2+ ion illustrated by paramagnetic NMR
Magnetic Resonance LettersRat sarcoma virus oncogene (RAS) proteins are of crucial oncogenic proteins and are involved in several essential intracellular processes. The RAS protein has an intrinsic metal binding site for Mg2+, which is important for the conformational stability ...
Jia-Liang Chen, Xun-Cheng Su
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Peptides That Block RAS-p21 Protein-Induced Cell Transformation
Biomedicines, 2023 This is a review of approaches to the design of peptides and small molecules that selectively block the oncogenic RAS-p21 protein in ras-induced cancers. Single amino acid substitutions in this protein, at critical positions such as at Gly 12 and Gln 61,
Matthew R. Pincus +5 more
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Upregulation of DAB2IP Inhibits Ras Activity and Tumorigenesis in Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, 2020 KRAS mutation-induced Ras activation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer, but the role of wild-type Ras and Ras GTPase-activating proteins remains unclear. The present study was designed to determine the expression spectra of
Yifan Duan MD, PhD +8 more
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