Article ; Online: MRAS: A Close but Understudied Member of the RAS Family.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine
2018 Volume 8, Issue 12
Abstract: MRAS is the closest relative to the classical RAS oncoproteins and shares most regulatory and effector interactions. However, it also has unique functions, including its ability to function as a phosphatase regulatory subunit when in complex with SHOC2 ... ...
Abstract | MRAS is the closest relative to the classical RAS oncoproteins and shares most regulatory and effector interactions. However, it also has unique functions, including its ability to function as a phosphatase regulatory subunit when in complex with SHOC2 and protein phosphatase 1 (PP1). This phosphatase complex regulates a crucial step in the activation cycle of RAF kinases and provides a key coordinate input required for efficient ERK pathway activation and transformation by RAS. MRAS mutations rarely occur in cancer but deregulated expression may play a role in tumorigenesis in some settings. Activating mutations in MRAS (as well as SHOC2 and PP1) do occur in the RASopathy Noonan syndrome, underscoring a key role for MRAS within the RAS-ERK pathway. MRAS also has unique roles in cell migration and differentiation and has properties consistent with a key role in the regulation of cell polarity. Further investigations should shed light on what remains a relatively understudied RAS family member. |
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MeSH term(s) | Carcinogenesis/genetics ; Cell Differentiation/genetics ; Cell Movement/genetics ; Cell Polarity/genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Humans ; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism ; MAP Kinase Signaling System/genetics ; Noonan Syndrome/genetics ; Protein Phosphatase 1/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; ras Proteins/genetics ; ras Proteins/metabolism |
Chemical Substances | Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; MRAS protein, human ; SHOC2 protein, human ; Protein Phosphatase 1 (EC 3.1.3.16) ; ras Proteins (EC 3.6.5.2) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2018-12-03 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
ISSN | 2157-1422 |
ISSN (online) | 2157-1422 |
DOI | 10.1101/cshperspect.a033621 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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