RUTBC2 protein, a Rab9A effector and GTPase-activating protein for Rab36 |
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Authors: | Nottingham Ryan M Pusapati Ganesh V Ganley Ian G Barr Francis A Lambright David G Pfeffer Suzanne R |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA. |
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Abstract: | Rab GTPases regulate vesicle budding, motility, docking, and fusion. In cells, their cycling between active, GTP-bound states and inactive, GDP-bound states is regulated by the action of opposing enzymes called guanine nucleotide exchange factors and GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs). The substrates for most RabGAPs are unknown, and the potential for cross-talk between different membrane trafficking pathways remains uncharted territory. Rab9A and its effectors regulate recycling of mannose 6-phosphate receptors from late endosomes to the trans Golgi network. We show here that RUTBC2 is a TBC domain-containing protein that binds to Rab9A specifically both in vitro and in cultured cells but is not a GAP for Rab9A. Biochemical screening of Rab protein substrates for RUTBC2 revealed highest GAP activity toward Rab34 and Rab36. In cells, membrane-associated RUTBC2 co-localizes with Rab36, and expression of wild type RUTBC2, but not the catalytically inactive, RUTBC2 R829A mutant, decreases the amount of membrane-associated Rab36 protein. These data show that RUTBC2 can act as a Rab36 GAP in cells and suggest that RUTBC2 links Rab9A function to Rab36 function in the endosomal system. |
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Keywords: | Cell Biology Endosomes GTPase Membrane Trafficking Rab Proteins GTPase-activating Protein |
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