KRas localizes to the plasma membrane by spatial cycles of solubilization, trapping and vesicular transport.
Cell
; 157(2): 459-471, 2014 Apr 10.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-24725411
ABSTRACT
KRas is a major proto-oncogene product whose signaling activity depends on its level of enrichment on the plasma membrane (PM). This PM localization relies on posttranslational prenylation for membrane affinity, while PM specificity has been attributed to electrostatic interactions between negatively charged phospholipids in the PM and basic amino-acids in the C terminus of KRas. By measuring kinetic parameters of KRas dynamics in living cells with a cellular-automata-based data-fitting approach in realistic cell-geometries, we show that charge-based specificity is not sufficient to generate PM enrichment in light of the total surface area of endomembranes. Instead, mislocalized KRas is continuously sequestered from endomembranes by cytosolic PDEδ to be unloaded in an Arl2-dependent manner to perinuclear membranes. Electrostatic interactions then trap KRas at the recycling endosome (RE), from where vesicular transport restores enrichment on the PM. This energy driven reaction-diffusion cycle explains how small molecule targeting of PDEδ affects the spatial organization of KRas.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Endosomes
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Cell Membrane
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Ras Proteins
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Cell
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Germany