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==Crystal Structure of the Vps9 Domain of Rabex-5==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1txu]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human Human]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1TXU OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1TXU FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=MG:MAGNESIUM+ION'>MG</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='NonStdRes'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Non-Standard_Residue|NonStd Res:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=MSE:SELENOMETHIONINE'>MSE</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='gene'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Gene|Gene:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">RABGEF1 ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=9606 HUMAN])</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1txu FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1txu OCA], [http://pdbe.org/1txu PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1txu RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1txu PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1txu ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/RABX5_HUMAN RABX5_HUMAN]] Rab effector protein acting as linker between gamma-adaptin, RAB4A or RAB5A. Involved in endocytic membrane fusion and membrane trafficking of recycling endosomes. Stimulates nucleotide exchange on RAB5A. Can act as a ubiquitin ligase (By similarity).<ref>PMID:9323142</ref> <ref>PMID:11452015</ref> <ref>PMID:15339665</ref>  
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
The Rab5 GTPase, an essential regulator of endocytosis and endosome biogenesis, is activated by guanine-nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) that contain a Vps9 domain. Here, we show that the catalytic core of the Rab GEF Rabex-5 has a tandem architecture consisting of a Vps9 domain stabilized by an indispensable helical bundle. A family-wide analysis of Rab specificity demonstrates high selectivity for Rab5 subfamily GTPases. Conserved exchange determinants map to a common surface of the Vps9 domain, which recognizes invariant aromatic residues in the switch regions of Rab GTPases and selects for the Rab5 subfamily by requiring a small nonacidic residue preceding a critical phenylalanine in the switch I region. These and other observations reveal unexpected similarity with the Arf exchange site in the Sec7 domain.

Structure, exchange determinants, and family-wide rab specificity of the tandem helical bundle and Vps9 domains of Rabex-5.,Delprato A, Merithew E, Lambright DG Cell. 2004 Sep 3;118(5):607-17. PMID:15339665<ref>PMID:15339665</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Rab5 GDP/GTP exchange factor|Rab5 GDP/GTP exchange factor]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Human]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Delprato, A]]
[[Category: Lambright, D G]]
[[Category: Merithew, E]]
[[Category: Gef]]
[[Category: Protein transport]]
[[Category: Rab5 guanine-nucleotide exchange factor]]
[[Category: Vps9 domain]]