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SCIENCE
Volume 294, Issue 5548, Pages 1939-1942Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1064757
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA58689] Funding Source: Medline
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL53773, HL63885] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [AG14563] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK17780] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM56904] Funding Source: Medline
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Heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins (G proteins) control cellular functions by transducing signals from the outside to the inside of cells. Regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins are key modulators of the amplitude and duration of G protein-mediated signaling through their ability to serve as guanosine triphosphatase-activating proteins (GAPS). We have identified RGS-PX1, a G alpha (s)-specific GAP. The RGS domain of RGS-PX1 specifically interacted with G alpha (s) accelerated its GTP hydrolysis, and attenuated G alpha (s)-mediated signaling. RGS-PX1 also contains a Phox (PX) domain that resembles those in sorting nexin (SNX) proteins. Expression of RGS-PX1 delayed Lysosomal degradation of the EGF receptor. Because of its bifunctional role as both a GAP and a SNX, RGS-PX1 may link heterotrimeric G protein signaling and vesicular trafficking.
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