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. 1990 Jul 13;249(4965):169-71.
doi: 10.1126/science.2164710.

Inhibition of GTPase activating protein stimulation of Ras-p21 GTPase by the Krev-1 gene product

M Frech  1 , J John, V Pizon, P Chardin, A Tavitian, R Clark, F McCormick, A Wittinghofer
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Inhibition of GTPase activating protein stimulation of Ras-p21 GTPase by the Krev-1 gene product

M Frech et al. Science. .

Abstract

Krev-1 is known to suppress transformation by ras. However, the mechanism of the suppression is unclear. The protein product of Krev-1, Rap1A-p21, is identical to Ras-p21 proteins in the region where interaction with guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) activating protein (GAP) is believed to occur. Therefore, the ability of GAP to interact with Rap1A-p21 was tested. Rap1A-p21 was not activated by GAP but bound tightly to GAP and was an effective competitive inhibitor of GAP-mediated Ras-GTPase activity. Binding of GAP to Rap1A-p21 was strictly guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-dependent. The ability of Rap1A-p21 to bind tightly to GAP may account for Krev-1 suppression of transformation by ras. This may occur by preventing interaction of GAP with Ras-p21 or with other cellular proteins necessary for GAP-mediated Ras GTPase activity.

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