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Mol. Cell. Biol., Jun 1996, 2561-2569, Vol 16, No. 6
F Parker, F Maurier, I Delumeau, M Duchesne, D Faucher, L Debussche, A Dugue, F Schweighoffer and B Tocque
We report the purification of a Ras-GTPase-activating protein (GAP)-
binding protein, G3BP, a ubiquitously expressed cytosolic 68-kDa protein
that coimmunoprecipitates with GAP. G3BP physically associates with the SH3
domain of GAP, which previously had been shown to be essential for Ras
signaling. The G3BP cDNA revealed that G3BP is a novel 466-amino-acid
protein that shares several features with heterogeneous nuclear RNA-binding
proteins, including ribonucleoprotein (RNP) motifs RNP1 and RNP2, an
RG-rich domain, and acidic sequences. Recombinant G3BP binds effectively to
the GAP SH3 domain G3BP coimmunoprecipitates with GAP only when cells are
in a proliferating state, suggesting a recruitment of a GAP-G3BP complex
when Ras is in its activated conformation.
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A Ras-GTPase-activating protein SH3-domain-binding protein
Gene Medicine Department, Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Centre de Recherche de Vitry-Alfortville, Vitry Sur Seine, France.
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