Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Espinosa EJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2801561 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Espinosa Eric J EJ Calero Monica M Sridevi Khambhampaty K Pfeffer Suzanne R SR
Cell 20090501 5
Rho GTPases are key regulators of the actin-based cytoskeleton; Rab GTPases are key regulators of membrane traffic. We report here that the atypical Rho GTPase family member, RhoBTB3, binds directly to Rab9 GTPase and functions with Rab9 in protein transport from endosomes to the trans Golgi network. Gene replacement experiments show that RhoBTB3 function in cultured cells requires both RhoBTB3's N-terminal, Rho-related domain and C-terminal sequences that are important for Rab9 interaction. Bio ...[more]