Consensus on the RAS dimerization hypothesis: Strong evidence for lipid-mediated clustering but not for G-domain-mediated interactions

DK Simanshu, MR Philips, JF Hancock - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
One of the open questions in RAS biology is the existence of RAS dimers and their role in
RAF dimerization and activation. The idea of RAS dimers arose from the discovery that RAF …

MYC and KRAS cooperation: from historical challenges to therapeutic opportunities in cancer

S Casacuberta-Serra, Í González-Larreategui… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
RAS and MYC rank amongst the most commonly altered oncogenes in cancer, with RAS
being the most frequently mutated and MYC the most amplified. The cooperative interplay …

[HTML][HTML] Review of PIP2 in cellular signaling, functions and diseases

K Mandal - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Phosphoinositides play a crucial role in regulating many cellular functions, such as actin
dynamics, signaling, intracellular trafficking, membrane dynamics, and cell–matrix adhesion …

Targeting small GTPases: emerging grasps on previously untamable targets, pioneered by KRAS

G Yin, J Huang, J Petela, H Jiang, Y Zhang… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Small GTPases including Ras, Rho, Rab, Arf, and Ran are omnipresent molecular
switches in regulating key cellular functions. Their dysregulation is a therapeutic target for …

Glycolysis regulates KRAS plasma membrane localization and function through defined glycosphingolipids

J Liu, R van der Hoeven, WE Kattan, JT Chang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Oncogenic KRAS expression generates a metabolic dependency on aerobic glycolysis,
known as the Warburg effect. We report an effect of increased glycolytic flux that feeds into …

Signaling from RAS to RAF: the molecules and their mechanisms

H Jeon, E Tkacik, MJ Eck - Annual review of biochemistry, 2024 - annualreviews.org
RAF family protein kinases are a key node in the RAS/RAF/MAP kinase pathway, the
signaling cascade that controls cellular proliferation, differentiation, and survival in response …

Accessory proteins of the RAS-MAPK pathway: moving from the side line to the front line

S Pudewell, C Wittich, NS Kazemein Jasemi… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Health and disease are directly related to the RTK-RAS-MAPK signalling cascade. After
more than three decades of intensive research, understanding its spatiotemporal features is …

Functional and structural insights into RAS effector proteins

AM Mozzarelli, DK Simanshu, P Castel - Molecular cell, 2024 - cell.com
RAS proteins are conserved guanosine triphosphate (GTP) hydrolases (GTPases) that act
as molecular binary switches and play vital roles in numerous cellular processes. Upon GTP …

[HTML][HTML] Allostery: allosteric cancer drivers and innovative allosteric drugs

R Nussinov, M Zhang, R Maloney, Y Liu, CJ Tsai… - Journal of molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Here, we discuss the principles of allosteric activating mutations, propagation downstream of
the signals that they prompt, and allosteric drugs, with examples from the Ras signaling …

RAS variant signalling

SP Mo, JM Coulson, IA Prior - Biochemical Society …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
RAS proteins are small GTPases that regulate signalling networks that control cellular
proliferation and survival. They are frequently mutated in cancer and a commonly occurring …