Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18042346›Full record

ReviewCellular signalling2008

The RGK family of GTP-binding proteins: regulators of voltage-dependent calcium channels and cytoskeleton remodeling.

Robert N Correll, Chunyan Pang, Dana M Niedowicz, Brian S Finlin, Douglas A Andres

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Review in Cellular signalling, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
72citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Sympathetic Nervous System Regulation of Cardiac Calcium Channels.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2023
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  12. Oxidative Regulation of Vascular CaAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  16. Reconstitution of β-adrenergic regulation of CaProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  17. Rad-GTPase contributes to heart rate via L-type calcium channel regulation.Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology · 2021
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12 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert N CorrellDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, United States.
Chunyan Pang
Dana M Niedowicz
Brian S Finlin
Douglas A Andres
University of Kentucky · US

Funding

UNDERSTANDING THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF EPIGENETIC TRANSCRIPTIONAL SILENCINGP20RR020171 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI LOUIS HERSH, LOUIS HERSH LOUIS HERSH · 2004 to 2011
$16.5M
Regulation of Calcium Channel Function by the Rem GTPaseR01HL072936 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI ANDRES, DOUGLAS ALLEN, SATIN, JONATHAN · 2003 to 2013
$3.0M
Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Training ProgramT32HL072743 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI RANDALL, DAVID C · 2004 to 2013
$1.3M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR020171NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR20171NHLBI NIH HHS HL072936NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL072936NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL072743
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RGK proteins constitute a novel subfamily of small Ras-related proteins that function as potent inhibitors of voltage-dependent (VDCC) Ca(2+) channels and regulators of actin cytoskeletal dynamics. Within the larger Ras superfamily, RGK proteins have distinct regulatory and structural characteristics, including nonconservative amino acid substitutions within regions known to participate in nucleotide binding and hydrolysis and a C-terminal extension that contains conserved regulatory sites which control both subcellular localization and function. RGK GTPases interact with the VDCC beta-subunit (Ca(V)beta) and inhibit Rho/Rho kinase signaling to regulate VDCC activity and the cytoskeleton respectively. Binding of both calmodulin and 14-3-3 to RGK proteins, and regulation by phosphorylation controls cellular trafficking and the downstream signaling of RGK proteins, suggesting that a complex interplay between interacting protein factors and trafficking contribute to their regulation.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsCalcium ChannelsCytoskeletonGTP-Binding ProteinsHumansMolecular Sequence Datarho GTP-Binding ProteinsSignal TransductionCalcium ChannelsGTP-Binding Proteinsrho GTP-Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID18042346
PMCPMC2254326
OpenAlexW2092119575

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