Ras-related proteins in signal transduction and growth control

Molecular Reproduction and Development
F McCormick

Abstract

Ras proteins are members of a superfamily of small GTPases that are involved in many aspects of cell growth control. The ras p21 protooncogene products, H-ras, K-ras, and N-ras, transmit signals from growth factor receptors to a cascade of protein kinases that begins with the Raf protooncogene product, and leads to alterations in transcription factors and cell cycle proteins in the nucleus. This cascade is controlled at several points: Ras p21 proteins are regulated by GAPs and by exchange factors, whose activities are altered by growth factor receptor activation (Boguski and McCormick, 1993: Nature 366:643-654). Transmission of signals from Ras to Raf is regulated by the Ras-related protein Rap1 (a protein capable of reverting cell transformation) and by cAMP. Other aspects of Ras p21 regulation will be discussed, including the existence of RasGDl proteins that inhibit GDP dissociation from Ras, and may thus regulate the level of active Ras in the cell. The role of Ras in activation of Raf kinase appears to be limited to the recruitment of Raf to the plasma membrane, at which time Raf becomes stably modified to render it active (Leevers et al., 1994: Nature 369:411-414; Stokoe et al., 1994: Science 264:1463-1467). The nature o...Continue Reading

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