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 …

Novel therapeutic perspectives in Noonan syndrome and RASopathies

C Saint-Laurent, L Mazeyrie, A Yart… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Noonan syndrome belongs to the family of RASopathies, a group of multiple congenital
anomaly disorders caused by pathogenic variants in genes encoding components or …

Complex interplay between RAS GTPases and RASSF effectors regulates subcellular localization of YAP

S Singh, G Bernal Astrain, AM Hincapie… - EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
RAS GTPases bind effectors to convert upstream cues to changes in cellular function.
Effectors of classical H/K/NRAS are defined by RBD/RA domains which recognize the GTP …

Small molecule inhibition for RASopathy-associated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Clinical application of a basic concept

D Chaput, G Andelfinger - Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2024 - Elsevier
The term RASopathies designates a group of developmental syndrome that are caused by
activating variants of the RAS/MAPK cascade. The most prevalent clinical diagnosis is …

RASopathies in Cardiac Disease

S Chennappan, MI Kontaridis - Annual Review of Medicine, 2024 - annualreviews.org
RASopathies are a group of clinically overlap** autosomal dominant disorders caused
primarily by mutations in genes that reside along the canonical Ras–mitogen-activated …

Inhibition and degradation of NRAS with a pan-NRAS monobody

M Whaby, G Ketavarapu, A Koide, M Mazzei, M Mintoo… - Oncogene, 2024 - nature.com
The RAS family GTPases are the most frequently mutated oncogene family in human
cancers. Activating mutations in either of the three RAS isoforms (HRAS, KRAS, or NRAS) …

RIT1 Promotes the Proliferation of Gliomas Through the Regulation of the PI3K/AKT/c‐Myc Signalling Pathway

Z Liu, H Jiang, H Kan, L Zhang, Y Rao… - Journal of Cellular …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, RIT1 has been implicated in a range of neurological disorders; however, its
precise function in glioma pathogenesis is not yet well‐defined. This study employed …

[HTML][HTML] Biochanin A inhibits cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis in vivo and in vitro

Z Feng, N Zhang, J Bai, Q Lin, Y **e, Y **a - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
The heart undergoes pathological cardiac hypertrophy as an adaptive response to
prolonged pathological stimulation, leading to cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, fibroblast …

[HTML][HTML] Dysregulation of RAS proteostasis by autosomal-dominant LZTR1 mutation induces Noonan syndrome–like phenotypes in mice

T Abe, K Morisaki, T Niihori, M Terao, S Takada… - JCI …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Leucine-zipper–like posttranslational regulator 1 (LZTR1) is a member of the BTB-Kelch
superfamily, which regulates the RAS proteostasis. Autosomal dominant (AD) mutations in …

The deubiquitinase USP9X regulates RIT1 protein abundance and oncogenic phenotypes

AK Riley, M Grant, A Snell, E Cromwell, A Vichas… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
RIT1 is a rare and understudied oncogene in lung cancer. Despite structural similarity to
other RAS GTPase proteins such as KRAS, oncogenic RIT1 activity does not appear to be …