Rasip1 RA domain in complex with Rap1BRasip1 RA domain in complex with Rap1B

Structural highlights

5kho is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.78Å
Ligands:, ,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

RAIN_HUMAN Required for the proper formation of vascular structures that develop via both vasculogenesis and angiogenesis. Acts as a critical and vascular-specific regulator of GTPase signaling, cell architecture, and adhesion, which is essential for endothelial cell morphogenesis and blood vessel tubulogenesis. Regulates the activity of Rho GTPases in part by recruiting ARHGAP29 and suppressing RhoA signaling and dampening ROCK and MYH9 activities in endothelial cells (By similarity). May act as effector for Golgi-bound HRAS and other Ras-like proteins. May promote HRAS-mediated transformation. Negative regulator of amino acid starvation-induced autophagy.[1] [2]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Ras-interacting protein 1 (Rasip1) is an endothelial-specific Rap1 and Ras effector, important for vascular development and angiogenesis. Here, we report the crystal structure of the Rasip1 RA domain (RRA) alone, revealing the basis of dimerization, and in complex with Rap1 at 2.8 A resolution. In contrast to most RA domains, RRA formed a dimer that can bind two Rap1 (KD = 0.9 muM) or Ras (KD = 2.2 muM) molecules. We solved the Rap1-RRA complex and found that Rasip1 binds Rap1 in the Switch I region, and Rap1 binding induces few conformation changes to Rasip1 stabilizing a beta strand and an unstructured loop. Our data explain how Rasip1 can act as a Rap1 and Ras effector and show that Rasip1 defines a subgroup of dimeric RA domains that could mediate cooperative binding to membrane-associated Ras superfamily members.

Structural Basis of Dimeric Rasip1 RA Domain Recognition of the Ras Subfamily of GTP-Binding Proteins.,Gingras AR, Puzon-McLaughlin W, Bobkov AA, Ginsberg MH Structure. 2016 Dec 6;24(12):2152-2162. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2016.10.001. Epub 2016, Nov 10. PMID:27839947[3]

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See Also

References

  1. Mitin NY, Ramocki MB, Zullo AJ, Der CJ, Konieczny SF, Taparowsky EJ. Identification and characterization of rain, a novel Ras-interacting protein with a unique subcellular localization. J Biol Chem. 2004 May 21;279(21):22353-61. Epub 2004 Mar 18. PMID:15031288 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M312867200
  2. McKnight NC, Jefferies HB, Alemu EA, Saunders RE, Howell M, Johansen T, Tooze SA. Genome-wide siRNA screen reveals amino acid starvation-induced autophagy requires SCOC and WAC. EMBO J. 2012 Apr 18;31(8):1931-46. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2012.36. Epub 2012 Feb 21. PMID:22354037 doi:10.1038/emboj.2012.36
  3. Gingras AR, Puzon-McLaughlin W, Bobkov AA, Ginsberg MH. Structural Basis of Dimeric Rasip1 RA Domain Recognition of the Ras Subfamily of GTP-Binding Proteins. Structure. 2016 Dec 6;24(12):2152-2162. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2016.10.001. Epub 2016, Nov 10. PMID:27839947 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2016.10.001

5kho, resolution 2.78Å

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