Rho GTPase-activating proteins in cell regulation

SY Moon, Y Zheng - Trends in cell biology, 2003 - cell.com
Rho family small GTPases serve as molecular switches involved in the regulation of diverse
cellular functions including various cytoskeleton-related events and gene transcription. The …

Diacylglycerol, when simplicity becomes complex

S Carrasco, I Mérida - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2007 - cell.com
Diacylglycerol (DAG) has unique functions as a basic component of membranes, an
intermediate in lipid metabolism and a key element in lipid-mediated signaling. In …

Move over protein kinase C, you've got company: alternative cellular effectors of diacylglycerol and phorbol esters

N Brose, C Rosenmund - Journal of cell science, 2002 - journals.biologists.com
Diacylglycerol is an essential second messenger in mammalian cells. The most prominent
intracellular targets of diacylglycerol and of the functionally analogous phorbol esters belong …

C1 domains exposed: from diacylglycerol binding to protein–protein interactions

F Colón-González, MG Kazanietz - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2006 - Elsevier
C1 domains, cysteine-rich modules originally identified in protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes,
are present in multiple signaling families, including PKDs, chimaerins, RasGRPs …

The membrane and lipids as integral participants in signal transduction: lipid signal transduction for the non-lipid biochemist

KM Eyster - Advances in physiology education, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
Reviews of signal transduction have often focused on the cascades of protein kinases and
protein phosphatases and their cytoplasmic substrates that become activated in response to …

Rac signaling in breast cancer: a tale of GEFs and GAPs

E Wertheimer, A Gutierrez-Uzquiza, C Rosemblit… - Cellular signalling, 2012 - Elsevier
Rac GTPases, small G-proteins widely implicated in tumorigenesis and metastasis,
transduce signals from tyrosine-kinase, G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), and integrins …

The p24 family and selective transport processes at the ER—Golgi interface

JRPM Strating, GJM Martens - Biology of the Cell, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The secretory pathway is of vital importance for eukaryotic cells and has a pivotal role in the
synthesis, sorting, processing and secretion of a large variety of bioactive molecules …

Divergence and complexities in DAG signaling: looking beyond PKC

CF Yang, MG Kazanietz - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2003 - cell.com
For many years protein kinase C (PKC) has been the subject of extensive studies as a
molecular target for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. To better define the role of …

Diacylglycerol-dependent binding recruits PKCθ and RasGRP1 C1 domains to specific subcellular localizations in living T lymphocytes

S Carrasco, I Merida - Molecular biology of the cell, 2004 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Diacylglycerol (DAG) signaling relies on the presence of conserved domain 1 (C1) in its
target proteins. Phospholipase C–dependent generation of DAG after T cell receptor (TCR) …

Divergent and convergent signaling by the diacylglycerol second messenger pathway in mammals

N Brose, A Betz, H Wegmeyer - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2004 - Elsevier
Diacylglycerol is an essential second messenger in mammalian cells. The most prominent
intracellular targets of diacylglycerol and the functionally analogous phorbol esters belong to …