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ReviewSmall GTPases2016

Made to measure - keeping Rho kinase at a distance.

Linda Truebestein, Daniel J Elsner, Thomas A Leonard

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Review in Small GTPases, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Overexpression of NaThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2019
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  5. CDC42 binds PAK4 via an extended GTPase-effector interface.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018
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  6. Coiled-coils: The long and short of it.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2016
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Linda Truebesteina Department of Structural and Computational Biology , Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), Vienna Biocenter (VBC) , Vienna , Austria.
Daniel J Elsnera Department of Structural and Computational Biology , Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), Vienna Biocenter (VBC) , Vienna , Austria.
Thomas A Leonarda Department of Structural and Computational Biology , Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), Vienna Biocenter (VBC) , Vienna , Austria.

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 28135
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Rho-associated coiled-coil containing kinases (ROCK) were first identified as effectors of the small GTPase RhoA, hence their nomenclature. Since their discovery, two decades ago, scientists have sought to unravel the structure, regulation, and function of these essential kinases. During that time, a consensus model has formed, in which ROCK activity is regulated via both Rho-dependent and independent mechanisms. However, recent findings have raised significant questions regarding this model. In their recent publication in Nature Communications, Truebestein and colleagues present the structure of a full-length Rho kinase for the first time. In contrast to previous reports, the authors could find no evidence for autoinhibition, RhoA binding, or regulation of kinase activity by phosphorylation. Instead, they propose that ROCK functions as a molecular ruler, in which the central coiled-coil bridges the membrane-binding regulatory domains to the kinase domains at a fixed distance from the plasma membrane. Here, we explore the consequences of the new findings, re-examine old data in the context of this model, and emphasize outstanding questions in the field.

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AnimalsApoptosisHumansPhosphorylationProtein Transportrho-Associated Kinasesrho-Associated Kinasescoiled-coilcytoskeletonGTPasekinasemembrane anchormolecular rulerRhoAROCKstress fibers

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PMID27070834
PMCPMC4905274

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