Regulating Rho GTPases and their regulators

RG Hodge, AJ Ridley - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2016 - nature.com
Rho GTPases regulate cytoskeletal and cell adhesion dynamics and thereby coordinate a
wide range of cellular processes, including cell migration, cell polarity and cell cycle …

RhoA signaling in neurodegenerative diseases

SI Schmidt, M Blaabjerg, K Freude, M Meyer - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ras homolog gene family member A (RhoA) is a small GTPase of the Rho family involved in
regulating multiple signal transduction pathways that influence a diverse range of cellular …

Rho GTPases: Regulation and roles in cancer cell biology

RB Haga, AJ Ridley - Small GTPases, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Rho GTPases are well known for their roles in regulating cell migration, and also contribute
to a variety of other cellular responses. They are subdivided into 2 groups: typical and …

Structural basis for the ubiquitination of G protein βγ subunits by KCTD5/Cullin3 E3 ligase

W Jiang, W Wang, Y Kong, S Zheng - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
G protein–coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling is precisely controlled to avoid
overstimulation that results in detrimental consequences. Gβγ signaling is negatively …

The cullin protein family

A Sarikas, T Hartmann, ZQ Pan - Genome biology, 2011 - Springer
Cullin proteins are molecular scaffolds that have crucial roles in the post-translational
modification of cellular proteins involving ubiquitin. The mammalian cullin protein family …

Protein neddylation and its alterations in human cancers for targeted therapy

L Zhou, W Zhang, Y Sun, L Jia - Cellular signalling, 2018 - Elsevier
Neddylation, a post-translational modification that conjugates an ubiquitin-like protein
NEDD8 to substrate proteins, is an important biochemical process that regulates protein …

Neddylation: a novel modulator of the tumor microenvironment

L Zhou, Y Jiang, Q Luo, L Li, L Jia - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Neddylation, a post-translational modification that adds an ubiquitin-like protein NEDD8 to
substrate proteins, modulates many important biological processes, including …

Ubiquitin-dependent regulation of COPII coat size and function

L Jin, KB Pahuja, KE Wickliffe, A Gorur, C Baumgärtel… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Packaging of proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum into COPII vesicles is essential for
secretion. In cells, most COPII vesicles are approximately 60–80 nm in diameter, yet some …

Kctd13 deletion reduces synaptic transmission via increased RhoA

CO Escamilla, I Filonova, AK Walker, ZX Xuan… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Copy-number variants of chromosome 16 region 16p11. 2 are linked to neuropsychiatric
disorders,,,,, and are among the most prevalent in autism spectrum disorders,,. Of many …

The covalent modifier Nedd8 is critical for the activation of Smurf1 ubiquitin ligase in tumorigenesis

P Xie, M Zhang, S He, K Lu, Y Chen, G Xing… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Neddylation, the covalent attachment of ubiquitin-like protein Nedd8, of the Cullin-RING E3
ligase family regulates their ubiquitylation activity. However, regulation of HECT ligases by …