Biology:RANGAP1

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Ran GTPase-activating protein 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the RANGAP1 gene.[1][2]

Function

RanGAP1, is a homodimeric 65-kD polypeptide that specifically induces the GTPase activity of RAN, but not of RAS by over 1,000-fold. RanGAP1 is the immediate antagonist of RCC1, a regulator molecule that keeps RAN in the active, GTP-bound state. The RANGAP1 gene encodes a 587-amino acid polypeptide. The sequence is unrelated to that of GTPase activators for other RAS-related proteins, but is 88% identical to Rangap1 (Fug1), the murine homolog of yeast Rna1p. RanGAP1 and RCC1 control RAN-dependent transport between the nucleus and cytoplasm. RanGAP1 is a key regulator of the RAN GTP/GDP cycle.[2]

Interactions

RanGAP1 is a trafficking protein which helps transport other proteins from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. Small ubiquitin-related modifier needs to be associated with it before it can be localized at the nuclear pore.[3]

RANGAP1 has been shown to interact with:

References

  1. "Human RanGTPase-activating protein RanGAP1 is a homologue of yeast Rna1p involved in mRNA processing and transport". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92 (5): 1749–53. Apr 1995. doi:10.1073/pnas.92.5.1749. PMID 7878053. Bibcode1995PNAS...92.1749B. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: RANGAP1 Ran GTPase activating protein 1". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=5905. 
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  4. "The crystal structure of rna1p: a new fold for a GTPase-activating protein". Mol. Cell 3 (6): 781–91. Jun 1999. doi:10.1016/S1097-2765(01)80010-1. PMID 10394366. 
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  6. "RanGAP1 induces GTPase activity of nuclear Ras-related Ran". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 (7): 2587–91. Mar 1994. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.7.2587. PMID 8146159. Bibcode1994PNAS...91.2587B. 
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  8. "Role of an N-terminal site of Ubc9 in SUMO-1, -2, and -3 binding and conjugation". Biochemistry 42 (33): 9959–69. Aug 2003. doi:10.1021/bi0345283. PMID 12924945. 
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