Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16083425›Full record

ReviewThe Biochemical journal2005

RhoGDI: multiple functions in the regulation of Rho family GTPase activities.

Athanassios Dovas, John R Couchman

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Review in The Biochemical journal, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 195 papers.

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195citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

195 citing papers in PubMed, 410 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Phosphorylation of RhoGDI1, a Rho GDP dissociation inhibitor, regulates root hair development inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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135 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Athanassios DovasDivision of Biomedical Sciences, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
John R Couchman
Imperial College London · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RhoGDI (Rho GDP-dissociation inhibitor) was identified as a down-regulator of Rho family GTPases typified by its ability to prevent nucleotide exchange and membrane association. Structural studies on GTPase-RhoGDI complexes, in combination with biochemical and cell biological results, have provided insight as to how RhoGDI exerts its effects on nucleotide binding, the membrane association-dissociation cycling of the GTPase and how these activities are controlled. Despite the initial negative roles attributed to RhoGDI, recent evidence has come to suggest that it may also act as a positive regulator necessary for the correct targeting and regulation of Rho activities by conferring cues for spatial restriction, guidance and availability to effectors. These potential functions are discussed in the context of RhoGDI-associated multimolecular complexes, the newly emerged shuttling capability and the importance of the particular membrane microenvironment that represents the site of action for GTPases. All these results point to a wider role for RhoGDI than initially perceived, making it a binding partner that can tightly control Rho GTPases, but which also allows them to reach their full spectrum of activities.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsGene Expression RegulationGuanine Nucleotide Dissociation InhibitorsMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyProtein Conformationrho GTP-Binding Proteinsrho-Specific Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation InhibitorsSignal TransductionGuanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitorsrho GTP-Binding Proteinsrho-Specific Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID16083425
PMCPMC1184558
OpenAlexW2074867744

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