scholarly journals Mechanistic Insights into Specificity, Activity, and Regulatory Elements of the Regulator of G-protein Signaling (RGS)-containing Rho-specific Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors (GEFs) p115, PDZ-RhoGEF (PRG), and Leukemia-associated RhoGEF (LARG)

2011 ◽  
Vol 286 (20) ◽  
pp. 18202-18212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamta Jaiswal ◽  
Lothar Gremer ◽  
Radovan Dvorsky ◽  
Lars Christian Haeusler ◽  
Ion C. Cirstea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
G Protein ◽  
Regulatory Elements ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors ◽  
G Protein Signaling ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide ◽  
Protein Signaling ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange Factors

scholarly journals Activation of G proteins by guanine nucleotide exchange factors relies on GTPase activity

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob J Stanley ◽  
Geraint MH Thomas
Keyword(s):  
G Protein ◽  
G Proteins ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide ◽  
Gtpase Activity ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Signalling Molecules ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange Factors ◽  
Experimental Strategies

G proteins are an important family of signalling molecules controlled by guanine nucleotide exchange and GTPase activity in what is commonly called an 'activation/inactivation cycle'. The molecular mechanism by which guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) catalyse the activation of monomeric G proteins is well-established, however the complete reversibility of this mechanism is often overlooked. Here, we use a theoretical approach to prove that GEFs are unable to positively control G protein systems at steady-state in the absence of GTPase activity. Instead, positive regulation of G proteins must be seen as a product of the competition between guanine nucleotide exchange and GTPase activity -- emphasising a central role for GTPase activity beyond merely signal termination. We conclude that a more accurate description of the regulation of G proteins via these processes is as a 'balance/imbalance' mechanism. This result has implications for the understanding of many intracellular signalling processes, and for experimental strategies that rely on modulating G protein systems.

scholarly journals Regulation of the G-protein Regulatory-GαiSignaling Complex by Nonreceptor Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors

2012 ◽  
Vol 288 (5) ◽  
pp. 3003-3015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukru Sadik Oner ◽  
Ellen M. Maher ◽  
Meital Gabay ◽  
Gregory G. Tall ◽  
Joe B. Blumer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
G Protein ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange Factors
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