GEFT

Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) 25
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB List of PDB id codes 2RGN​
Identifiers
Symbols	ARHGEF25 ; GEFT; p63RhoGEF
External IDs	OMIM: 610215 MGI: 1277173 HomoloGene: 32691 GeneCards: ARHGEF25 Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • Rho guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity Cellular component • cytosol • plasma membrane • myofibril • sarcomere Biological process • regulation of Rho protein signal transduction • positive regulation of GTPase activity Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	115557	52666
Ensembl	ENSG00000240771	ENSMUSG00000019467
UniProt	Q86VW2	Q9CWR0
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001111270	NM_001166413
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001104740	NP_001159885
Location (UCSC)	Chr 12: 57.61 – 57.62 Mb	Chr 10: 127.18 – 127.19 Mb
PubMed search

RAC/CDC42 exchange factor, also known as GEFT, is a human gene.^[1]

Interactions

GEFT has been shown to interact with RHOA.^[2]

References

1. "Entrez Gene: GEFT RAC/CDC42 exchange factor".
2. Lutz S, Freichel-Blomquist A, Rümenapp U, Schmidt M, Jakobs KH, Wieland T (May 2004). "p63RhoGEF and GEFT are Rho-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factors encoded by the same gene". Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch. Pharmacol. 369 (5): 540–6. doi:10.1007/s00210-004-0926-5. PMID 15069594.

Further reading

• Lutz S, Shankaranarayanan A, Coco C, Ridilla M, Nance MR, Vettel C, Baltus D, Evelyn CR, Neubig RR, Wieland T, Tesmer JJ (2008). "Structure of Galphaq-p63RhoGEF-RhoA complex reveals a pathway for the activation of RhoA by GPCRs.". Science 318 (5858): 1923–7. doi:10.1126/science.1147554. PMID 18096806.
• Bryan BA, Cai Y, Liu M (2006). "The Rho-family guanine nucleotide exchange factor GEFT enhances retinoic acid- and cAMP-induced neurite outgrowth.". J. Neurosci. Res. 83 (7): 1151–9. doi:10.1002/jnr.20814. PMID 16496360.
• Bryan BA, Mitchell DC, Zhao L, Ma W, Stafford LJ, Teng BB, Liu M (2006). "Modulation of muscle regeneration, myogenesis, and adipogenesis by the Rho family guanine nucleotide exchange factor GEFT.". Mol. Cell. Biol. 25 (24): 11089–101. doi:10.1128/MCB.25.24.11089-11101.2005. PMC 1316953. PMID 16314529.
• Lutz S, Freichel-Blomquist A, Yang Y, Rümenapp U, Jakobs KH, Schmidt M, Wieland T (2005). "The guanine nucleotide exchange factor p63RhoGEF, a specific link between Gq/11-coupled receptor signaling and RhoA.". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (12): 11134–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.M411322200. PMID 15632174.
• Bryan B, Kumar V, Stafford LJ, Cai Y, Wu G, Liu M (2004). "GEFT, a Rho family guanine nucleotide exchange factor, regulates neurite outgrowth and dendritic spine formation.". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (44): 45824–32. doi:10.1074/jbc.M406216200. PMID 15322108.
• Lutz S, Freichel-Blomquist A, Rümenapp U, Schmidt M, Jakobs KH, Wieland T (2004). "p63RhoGEF and GEFT are Rho-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factors encoded by the same gene.". Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch. Pharmacol. 369 (5): 540–6. doi:10.1007/s00210-004-0926-5. PMID 15069594.
• Guo X, Stafford LJ, Bryan B, Xia C, Ma W, Wu X, Liu D, Songyang Z, Liu M (2003). "A Rac/Cdc42-specific exchange factor, GEFT, induces cell proliferation, transformation, and migration.". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (15): 13207–15. doi:10.1074/jbc.M208896200. PMID 12547822.
• Souchet M, Portales-Casamar E, Mazurais D, Schmidt S, Léger I, Javré JL, Robert P, Berrebi-Bertrand I, Bril A, Gout B, Debant A, Calmels TP (2002). "Human p63RhoGEF, a novel RhoA-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor, is localized in cardiac sarcomere.". J. Cell. Sci. 115 (Pt 3): 629–40. PMID 11861769.