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GAP1 family members constitute bifunctional Ras and Rap GTPase-activating proteins

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Item Type:Article
Title:GAP1 family members constitute bifunctional Ras and Rap GTPase-activating proteins
Creators Name:Kupzig, S. and Deaconescu, D. and Bouyoucef, D. and Walker, S.A. and Liu, Q. and Polte, C.L. and Daumke, O. and Ishizaki, T. and Lockyer, P.J. and Wittinghofer, A. and Cullen, P.J.
Abstract:GAP1(IP4BP) is a member of the GAP1 family of Ras GTPase-activating proteins (Ras GAPs) that includes GAP1(m), CAPRI, and RASAL. Composed of a central Ras GAP domain, surrounded by amino-terminal C(2) domains and a carboxyl-terminal pleckstrin homology/Bruton's tyrosine kinase domain, GAP1(IP4BP) has previously been shown to possess an unexpected GAP activity on the Ras-related protein Rap, besides the predicted Ras GAP activity (Cullen, P. J., Hsuan, J. J., Truong, O., Letcher, A. J., Jackson, T. R., Dawson, A. P., and Irvine, R. F. (1995) Nature 376, 527-530). Here we have shown that GAP1(IP4BP) is indeed an efficient Ras/Rap GAP, having K(m)s of 213 and 42 microm and estimated k(cat)s of 48 and 16 s(-1) for Ras and Rap, respectively. For this dual activity, regions outside the Ras GAP domain are required, as the isolated domain (residues 291-569) retains a pronounced Ras GAP activity yet has very low activity toward Rap. Interestingly, mutagenesis of the Ras GAP arginine finger, and surrounding residues important in Ras binding, inhibit both Ras and Rap GAP activity of GAP1(IP4BP). Although the precise details by which GAP1(IP4BP) can function as a Rap GAP remain to be determined, these data are consistent with Rap associating with GAP1(IP4BP) through the Ras-binding site within the Ras GAP domain. Finally, we have established that such dual Ras/Rap GAP activity is not restricted to GAP1(IP4BP). Although GAP1(m) appears to constitute a specific Ras GAP, CAPRI and RASAL display dual activity. For CAPRI, its Rap GAP activity is modulated upon its Ca(2+)-induced association with the plasma membrane.
Keywords:Arginine, CHO Cells, Calcium, Cell Membrane, Cricetinae, Drug Dose-Response Relationship, Escherichia coli, Bacterial Gene Expression Regulation, In Vitro Techniques, Kinetics, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Nucleotides, Plasmids, Protein Binding, Tertiary Protein Structure, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Receptors, Transfection, Animals
Source:Journal of Biological Chemistry
ISSN:1083-351X
Publisher:American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Volume:281
Number:15
Page Range:9891-900
Date:14 April 2006
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m512802200

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