PREX1

PREX1
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases PREX1, P-REX1, phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate dependent Rac exchange factor 1
External IDs MGI: 3040696 HomoloGene: 10821 GeneCards: PREX1
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

57580

277360

Ensembl

ENSG00000124126

ENSMUSG00000039621

UniProt

Q8TCU6

Q69ZK0

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020820

NM_177782

RefSeq (protein)

NP_065871.2

NP_808450.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 20: 48.62 – 48.83 Mb Chr 2: 166.57 – 166.71 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate-dependent Rac exchanger 1 protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PREX1 gene.[3][4][5][6]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene acts as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for the RHO family of small GTP-binding proteins (RACs). It has been shown to bind to and activate RAC1 by exchanging bound GDP for free GTP. The encoded protein, which is found mainly in the cytoplasm, is activated by phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate and the beta-gamma subunits of heterotrimeric G proteins.[6]

Clinical significance

The protein has been implicated in the spread of melanoma skin cancer.[7]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Welch HC, Coadwell WJ, Ellson CD, Ferguson GJ, Andrews SR, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Hawkins PT, Stephens LR (Apr 2002). "P-Rex1, a PtdIns(3,4,5)P3- and Gbetagamma-regulated guanine-nucleotide exchange factor for Rac". Cell. 108 (6): 809–21. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00663-3. PMID 11955434.
  4. Hill K, Krugmann S, Andrews SR, Coadwell WJ, Finan P, Welch HC, Hawkins PT, Stephens LR (Feb 2005). "Regulation of P-Rex1 by phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate and Gbetagamma subunits". J Biol Chem. 280 (6): 4166–73. doi:10.1074/jbc.M411262200. PMID 15545267.
  5. Mayeenuddin LH, Garrison JC (Jan 2006). "Phosphorylation of P-Rex1 by the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase inhibits the phosphatidylinositiol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate and Gbetagamma-mediated regulation of its activity". J Biol Chem. 281 (4): 1921–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M506035200. PMID 16301320.
  6. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: PREX1 phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate-dependent RAC exchanger 1".
  7. Lindsay CR, Lawn S, Campbell AD, et al. (2011). "P-Rex1 is required for efficient melanoblast migration and melanoma metastasis". Nature Communications. 2: 555. doi:10.1038/ncomms1560. Lay summary Cancer Research UK.

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