GEF means go: turning on RHO GTPases with guanine nucleotide-exchange factors

KL Rossman, CJ Der, J Sondek - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2005 - nature.com
Guanine nucleotide-exchange factors (GEFs) are directly responsible for the activation of
Rho-family GTPases in response to diverse extracellular stimuli, and ultimately regulate …

G-protein signaling: back to the future

CR McCudden, MD Hains, RJ Kimple… - Cellular and molecular …, 2005 - Springer
Heterotrimeric G-proteins are intracellular partners of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).
GPCRs act on inactive Gα· GDP/Gβγ heterotrimers to promote GDP release and GTP …

[HTML][HTML] The GAPs, GEFs, and GDIs of heterotrimeric G-protein alpha subunits

DP Siderovski, FS Willard - International journal of biological …, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The heterotrimeric G-protein alpha subunit has long been considered a bimodal, GTP-
hydrolyzing switch controlling the duration of signal transduction by seven-transmembrane …

Gi protein activation in intact cells involves subunit rearrangement rather than dissociation

M Bünemann, M Frank… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
G protein-coupled receptors transduce diverse extracellular signals, such as
neurotransmitters, hormones, chemokines, and sensory stimuli, into intracellular responses …

Regulators of G-protein signaling and their Gα substrates: promises and challenges in their use as drug discovery targets

AJ Kimple, DE Bosch, PM Giguere, DP Siderovski… - Pharmacological …, 2011 - Elsevier
Because G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) continue to represent excellent targets for
the discovery and development of small-molecule therapeutics, it is posited that additional …

The evolving role of lipid rafts and caveolae in G protein‐coupled receptor signaling: implications for molecular pharmacology

RS Ostrom, PA Insel - British journal of pharmacology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The many components of G‐protein‐coupled receptor (GPCR) signal transduction provide
cells with numerous combinations with which to customize their responses to hormones …

Heterotrimeric G protein–coupled signaling in plants

D Urano, AM Jones - Annual review of plant biology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Investigators studying G protein–coupled signaling—often called the best-understood
pathway in the world owing to intense research in medical fields—have adopted plants as a …

Kinetic Scaffolding Mediated by a Phospholipase C–β and Gq Signaling Complex

GL Waldo, TK Ricks, SN Hicks, ML Cheever, T Kawano… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Transmembrane signals initiated by a broad range of extracellular stimuli converge on
nodes that regulate phospholipase C (PLC)–dependent inositol lipid hydrolysis for signal …

Modelling the molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity using systems biology approaches

JH Kotaleski, KT Blackwell - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2010 - nature.com
Synaptic plasticity is thought to underlie learning and memory, but the complexity of the
interactions between the ion channels, enzymes and genes that are involved in synaptic …

R4 RGS proteins: regulation of G-protein signaling and beyond

G Bansal, KM Druey, Z **e - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2007 - Elsevier
The regulators of G-protein signaling (RGS) proteins were initially characterized as inhibitors
of signal transduction cascades initiated by G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) because of …