2011
Insights regarding guanine nucleotide exchange from the structure of a DENN-domain protein complexed with its Rab GTPase substrate
Wu X, Bradley MJ, Cai Y, Kümmel D, De La Cruz EM, Barr FA, Reinisch KM. Insights regarding guanine nucleotide exchange from the structure of a DENN-domain protein complexed with its Rab GTPase substrate. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 18672-18677. PMID: 22065758, PMCID: PMC3219131, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1110415108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBinding SitesBiological TransportCrystallography, X-RayDeath Domain Receptor Signaling Adaptor ProteinsGuanineGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsHumansKineticsNucleotidesProtein BindingProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiaryRab GTP-Binding ProteinsRab1 GTP-Binding ProteinsConceptsGuanine nucleotide exchange factorsDENN domain proteinsMembrane traffic pathwaysNucleotide exchange factorsGDP-bound formGTP-bound formSwitch regions IHigher eukaryotesRab GTPasesGEF familyEukaryotic cellsTraffic pathwaysExchange factorSwitch INucleotide bindingKey regulatorConformational changesFirst structureNovel insightsRab35ProteinDENND1BEukaryotesRegion IGTPases
2009
Kinetic Analysis of the Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Activity of TRAPP, a Multimeric Ypt1p Exchange Factor
Chin HF, Cai Y, Menon S, Ferro-Novick S, Reinisch KM, De La Cruz EM. Kinetic Analysis of the Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Activity of TRAPP, a Multimeric Ypt1p Exchange Factor. Journal Of Molecular Biology 2009, 389: 275-288. PMID: 19361519, PMCID: PMC2770256, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.03.068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane trafficExchange factorGuanine nucleotide exchange activityRab GTPase Ypt1pLarge multimeric assembliesNucleotide exchange activityThermodynamic linkage analysisWeak thermodynamic couplingTRAPP complexesStable ternary complexTRAPP subunitsGEF activityYpt1pNucleotide bindingMultimeric assembliesNucleotide exchangeNucleotide dissociationNucleotide affinityLinkage analysisIndependent pathwaysGEF systemTernary complexExchange activityTRAPPOverall net change
2008
The Structural Basis for Activation of the Rab Ypt1p by the TRAPP Membrane-Tethering Complexes
Cai Y, Chin HF, Lazarova D, Menon S, Fu C, Cai H, Sclafani A, Rodgers DW, De La Cruz EM, Ferro-Novick S, Reinisch KM. The Structural Basis for Activation of the Rab Ypt1p by the TRAPP Membrane-Tethering Complexes. Cell 2008, 133: 1202-1213. PMID: 18585354, PMCID: PMC2465810, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.04.049.Peer-Reviewed Original Research