Membrane recruitment of Raf-1 is not the only function of Ras in Raf-1 activation

Oncogene
M TamadaT Kataoka

Abstract

Ras interacts with Raf-1 and stimulates its kinase activity, which results in activation of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase cascade. It has been proposed that the main function of Ras in Raf-1 activation is to recruit Raf-1 to the plasma membrane, where a separate activation event such as phosphorylation takes place. Here, we examined the activities of various mutants of human Ha-Ras to induce membrane translocation of Raf-1 and to activate Raf-1 in vivo. Overexpression of an activator region mutant Ha-Ras(V45E) in COS7 cells induced membrane translocation of Raf-1 as effectively as wild-type Ha-Ras. However, the activity of this mutant to activate Raf-1 and extracellular signal-regulated kinase-2 (ERK2) was attenuated by approximately 70% compared to that of wild-type Ha-Ras. The decrease in the specific activity was further demonstrated by measuring the activity of the Ha-Ras(V45E)-associated Raf-1 purified from the membrane fraction. These results imply that the association of Ras with Raf-1 has another important consequence, presumably dependent on the interaction between its activator region and Raf-1, than the simple recruitment of Raf-1 to the plasma membrane.

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