Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28929213›Full record

ReviewCurrent genetics2018

To finish things well: cysteine methylation ensures selective GTPase membrane localization and signalling.

José Cansado

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Review in Current genetics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

José CansadoYeast Physiology Group, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30071, Murcia, Spain. jcansado@um.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2342-8152
Universidad de Murcia · ES

Funding

Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación BFU2014-52828-P
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Isoprenylcysteine-O-Carboxyl Methyltransferase (ICMT) catalyzes the final step in the prenylation process of different proteins including members of the Ras superfamily of GTPases. While cysteine methylation is essential in mammalian cells for growth, membrane association, and signalling by Ras and Rho GTPases, its role during signal transduction events in simple eukaryotes like yeasts appears irrelevant. By using a multidisciplinary approach our group has recently shown that, contrary to this initial assumption, in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe ICMT activity encoded by the Mam4 gene is not only important to promote selective plasma membrane targeting of Ras and specific Rho GTPases, but also to allow precise downstream signalling to the mitogen-activated protein kinase and target of rapamycin pathways in response to diverse environmental cues. Thus, the dynamic regulation of in vivo methylation as a modulator of GTPase localization and function is an evolutionary conserved mechanism, making fission yeast an appealing model organism to study the regulation of this process.

Indexed as

Cell MembraneCysteineMethylationProtein MethyltransferasesProtein PrenylationProtein Processing, Post-Translationalrho GTP-Binding ProteinsSchizosaccharomycesSignal TransductionCysteineProtein Methyltransferasesprotein-S-isoprenylcysteine O-methyltransferaserho GTP-Binding ProteinsCysteine methylationGTPaseICMTMembrane targetingSignalling

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PMID28929213
OpenAlexW2756405083

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