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The Rho family of GTPases is a family of small (~21 kDa) signaling G proteins, and is a subfamily of the Ras superfamily.The members of the Rho GTPase family have been shown to regulate many aspects of intracellular actin dynamics, and are found in all eukaryotic kingdoms, including yeasts and some plants.
A Rho factor acts on an RNA substrate. Rho's key function is its helicase activity, for which energy is provided by an RNA-dependent ATP hydrolysis. The initial binding site for Rho is an extended (~70 nucleotides, sometimes 80–100 nucleotides) single-stranded region, rich in cytosine and poor in guanine, called the rho utilisation site (rut), in the RNA being synthesised, upstream of the ...
RhoA and Rho kinase mechanisms have been linked to diabetes due to the up-regulated expression of targets within type 1 and 2 diabetic animals. Inhibition of this pathway prevented and ameliorated pathologic changes in diabetic complications, indicating that RhoA pathway is a promising target for therapeutic development in diabetes treatment [ 68 ]
Rho-associated protein kinase or Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase (ROCK) is a kinase belonging to the AGC (PKA/ PKG/PKC) family of serine-threonine specific protein kinases. It is involved mainly in regulating the shape and movement of cells by acting on the cytoskeleton .
RhoC small interfering RNA (siRNA) have been used in studies to successfully inhibit proliferation of some invasive cancers [16] [23] RhoC can be used as a biomarker for judging the metastatic potential of tumors [21] [24] One study used "recombinant adenovirus mediated RhoC shRNA in tandem linked expression" to successfully inhibit RhoC [23] It has been found that RhoC expression is not ...
RhoGEF domain describes two distinct structural domains with guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) activity to regulate small GTPases in the Rho family.Rho small GTPases are inactive when bound to GDP but active when bound to GTP; RhoGEF domains in proteins are able to promote GDP release and GTP binding to activate specific Rho family members, including RhoA, Rac1 and Cdc42.
391 56212 Ensembl ENSG00000177105 ENSMUSG00000073982 UniProt P84095 P84096 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001665 NM_019566 RefSeq (protein) NP_001656 NP_062512 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 3.83 – 3.84 Mb Chr 7: 101.89 – 101.91 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse RhoG (R as ho mology G rowth-related) (or ARGH) is a small (~21 kDa) monomeric GTP -binding protein (G protein), and is an ...
The five main families are Ras, Rho, Ran, Rab and Arf GTPases. [2] The Ras family itself is further divided into 6 subfamilies: Ras, Ral, Rap, Rheb, Rad and Rit. Miro is a recent contributor to the superfamily. Each subfamily shares the common core G domain, which provides essential GTPase and nucleotide exchange activity.