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Family-wide characterization of the DENN domain Rab GDP-GTP exchange factors
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A key requirement for Rab function in membrane trafficking is site-specific activation by GDP-GTP exchange factors (GEFs), but the majority of the 63 human Rabs have no known GEF. We have performed a systematic characterization of the 17 human DENN domain proteins and demonstrated that they are specific GEFs for 10 Rabs. DENND1A/1B localize to clathrin patches at the plasma membrane and activate Rab35 in an endocytic pathway trafficking Shiga toxin to the trans-Golgi network. DENND2 GEFs target to actin filaments and control Rab9-dependent trafficking of mannose-6-phosphate receptor to lysosomes. DENND4 GEFs target to a tubular membrane compartment adjacent to the Golgi, where they activate Rab10, which suggests a function in basolateral polarized sorting in epithelial cells that compliments the non-DENN GEF Sec2 acting on Rab8 in apical sorting. DENND1C, DENND3, DENND5A/5B, MTMR5/13, and MADD activate Rab13, Rab12, Rab39, Rab28, and Rab27A/27B, respectively. Together, these findings provide a basis for future studies on Rab regulation and function.
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The Retromer sub-domain proximity proteome included the RAB7 GAP TBC1D5, the RAB21/RAB32/RAB38 GEF VARP, and the RAB10 GEFs DENND4A and DENND4C.
“These included known Retromer accessory proteins, the RAB7 GAP TBC1D546,77–81, the RAB21/RAB32/RAB38 GEF VARP (a.k.a. ANKRD27)47,48,82, and the RAB10 GEFs DENND4A and DENND4C83,84.”
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- Yoshimura, S.-I., Gerondopoulos, A., Linford, A., Rigden, D. J., & Barr, F. A.
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- Cancer Research Centre 1 and 2
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- Journal of Cell Biology
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- Rockefeller University Press
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- 2010-10-11
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- 191
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- 2
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- 367-381
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- 1540-8140
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