InhaltsangabeVol. 1 Evolution of the Ras Superfamily of GTPases.- The structure of the G domain of the Ras superfamily.- GEFs and GAPs: Mechanisms and Structures.- Bacterial protein toxins acting on small GTPases.- Posttranslational modifications of small G proteins.- Targeting the Raf-MEK-ERK Mitogen-Activates Protein Kinase Cascade for the Treatment of RAS Mutant Cancers.- RAS Genes and Cancer.- The Spatial Organization of Ras Signaling.- Ras Nanoclusters.- Mouse Models of Ras induced Tumors and Developmental Disorders.- Rap signaling.- The coordinated biology and signaling partners of Ral G-proteins.- Structure and Function of the mTOR Activator Rheb.- Classical Rho proteins: Biochemistry of molecular switch function and regulation.- Atypical Rho family members.- Molecular Structures, Cellular Functions and Physiological Roles of Rho Effectors.- Principles driving the spatial organization of Rho GTPase signaling at synapses.- Rho GTPases in Cancer. Vol. 2 Prenylation of RabGTPases, their delivery to membranes and Rab recycling.- Rab proteins and the organization of organelle membrane domains.- Effectors of Rab GTPases: Rab binding specificity and their role in coordination of Rab function and localization.- A Rab effector called the exocyst and related vesicle tether complexes.- RabGEFs and GAPs - the enigma variations.- Ran in Nucleocytoplasmic Transport.- Ran in Mitosis.- Arf proteins and their regulators: at the interface between membrane lipids and the protein trafficking machinery.- Small G Proteins: Arf family GTPases in vesicular transport.- ARF-LIKE (ARL) Proteins.- GTPase-Activating Proteins for the Arf-family Small GTPases: not only for the termination.- Rag GTPases.

Hersteller:
Springer Verlag GmbH
juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Tiergartenstr. 17
DE 69121 Heidelberg