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Mol. Cell. Biol., Mar 1997, 1346-1353, Vol 17, No. 3
J Han, B Das, W Wei, L Van Aelst, RD Mosteller, R Khosravi-Far, JK Westwick, CJ Der and D Broek
Vav is a member of a family of oncogene proteins that share an
approximately 250-amino-acid motif called a Dbl homology domain.
Paradoxically, Dbl itself and other proteins containing a Dbl domain
catalyze GTP-GDP exchange for Rho family proteins, whereas Vav has been
reported to catalyze GTP-GDP exchange for Ras proteins. We present
Saccharomyces cerevisiae genetic data, in vitro biochemical data, and
animal cell biological data indicating that Vav is a guanine nucleotide
exchange factor for Rho-related proteins, but in similar genetic and
biochemical experiments we fail to find evidence that Vav is a guanine
nucleotide exchange factor for Ras. Further, we present data indicating
that the Lck kinase activates the guanine nucleotide exchange factor and
transforming activity of Vav.
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Lck regulates Vav activation of members of the Rho family of GTPases
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA.
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