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- Title
The WRP component of the WAVE-1 complex attenuates Rac-mediated signalling.
- Authors
Soderling, Scott H.; Binns, Kathleen L.; Wayman, Gary A.; Davee, Stephen M.; Ong, Siew Hwa; Pawson, Tony; Scott, John D.
- Abstract
WAVE-1, which is also known as Scar, is a scaffolding protein that directs actin reorganization by relaying signals from the GTPase Rac to the Arp2/3 complex. Although the molecular details of WAVE activation by Rac have been described, the mechanisms by which these signals are terminated remain unknown. Here we have used tandem mass spectrometry to identify previously unknown components of the WAVE signalling network including WRP, a Rac-selective GTPase-activating protein. WRP binds directly to WAVE-1 through its Src homology domain 3 and specifically inhibits Rac function in vivo. Thus, we propose that WRP is a binding partner of WAVEI that functions as a signal termination factor for Rac.
- Subjects
ACTIN; GUANOSINE triphosphatase
- Publication
Nature Cell Biology, 2002, Vol 4, Issue 12, p970
- ISSN
1465-7392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ncb886