DHR2 domain
DHR2 (DOCK homology region 2), also known as CZH2 or Docker2, is a protein domain of approximately 450-550 amino acids that is present in the DOCK family of proteins.[1] This domain functions as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) domain for small G proteins of the Rho family.[2] DHR2 domains bear no significant similarity to the well described DH domain (Dbl homologous domain) present in other RhoGEFs such as Vav, and TRIO. Indeed, the most divergent mammalian DHR2 domains share only 16-17% sequence similarity.
References[]
- ^ Meller N, Merlot S, Guda C (November 2005). "CZH proteins: a new family of Rho-GEFs". J. Cell Sci. 118 (Pt 21): 4937–46. doi:10.1242/jcs.02671. PMID 16254241.
- ^ Côté JF, Vuori K (December 2002). "Identification of an evolutionarily conserved superfamily of DOCK180-related proteins with guanine nucleotide exchange activity". J. Cell Sci. 115 (Pt 24): 4901–13. doi:10.1242/jcs.00219. PMID 12432077.
Further reading[]
- Côté JF, Vuori K (2007). "GEF what? Dock180 and related proteins help Rac to polarize cells in new ways". Trends Cell Biol. 17 (8): 383–393. doi:10.1016/j.tcb.2007.05.001. PMC 2887429. PMID 17765544.
- Côté JF, Vuori K (2006). "In vitro guanine nucleotide exchange activity of DHR-2/DOCKER/CZH2 domains". Meth. Enzymol. Methods in Enzymology. 406: 41–57. doi:10.1016/S0076-6879(06)06004-6. ISBN 9780121828110. PMID 16472648.
- Lu M, Kinchen JM, Rossman KL, et al. (2005). "GEF A Steric-inhibition model for regulation of nucleotide exchange via the Dock180 family of GEFs". Curr. Biol. 15 (4): 371–77. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.050. PMID 15723800. S2CID 14267018.
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- Protein domains