scholarly journals Sorting Nexin 27 Protein Regulates Trafficking of a p21-activated Kinase (PAK) Interacting Exchange Factor (β-Pix)-G Protein-coupled Receptor Kinase Interacting Protein (GIT) Complex via a PDZ Domain Interaction

2011 ◽  
Vol 286 (45) ◽  
pp. 39403-39416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie L. Valdes ◽  
Jingrong Tang ◽  
Mark I. McDermott ◽  
Jean-Cheng Kuo ◽  
Seth P. Zimmerman ◽  
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2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (17) ◽  
pp. 6354-6363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhou-shen Zhao ◽  
Edward Manser ◽  
Tsui-Han Loo ◽  
Louis Lim

ABSTRACT The p21-activated kinase PAK is targeted to focal complexes (FCs) through interactions with the SH3 domains of the PAK-interacting exchange factor PIX and Nck. PIX is a Rac GTP exchange factor that also binds the G-protein-coupled receptor kinase-interacting protein known as GIT1. Overexpression of GIT1 in fibroblasts or epithelial cells causes a loss of paxillin from FCs and stimulates cell motility. This is due to the direct interaction of a C-terminal 125-residue domain of GIT1 with paxillin, under the regulation of PIX. In its activated state, GIT1 can promote FC disassembly independent of actin-myosin contractile events. Additionally, GIT directly couples to a key component of FCs, focal adhesion kinase (FAK), via a conserved Spa2 homology domain. We propose that GIT1 and FAK cooperate to promote motility both by directly regulating focal complex dynamics and by the activation of Rac.


1999 ◽  
Vol 274 (34) ◽  
pp. 24328-24334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy A. Hall ◽  
Robert F. Spurney ◽  
Richard T. Premont ◽  
Nadeem Rahman ◽  
Jeremy T. Blitzer ◽  
...  

Circulation ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 119 (11) ◽  
pp. 1524-1532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinjiang Pang ◽  
Ryan Hoefen ◽  
Gloria S. Pryhuber ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Guoyong Yin ◽  
...  

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