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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP09122
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • 14868
Name Rho-related GTP-binding protein RhoU
Synonyms
  1. CDC42-like GTPase 1
  2. GTP-binding protein-like 1
  3. Rho GTPase-like protein ARHU
  4. Ryu GTPase
  5. WRCH-1
  6. Wnt-1 responsive Cdc42 homolog 1
Gene Name RHOU
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in GTP binding
Specific Function Acts upstream of PAK1 to regulate the actin cytoskeleton, adhesion turnover and increase cell migration. Stimulates quiescent cells to reenter the cell cycle. Has no detectable GTPase activity but its high intrinsic guanine nucleotide exchange activity suggests it is constitutively GTP- bound
Pathways Not Available
Reactions Not Available
GO Classification
Component
cell part
intracellular
Function
purine nucleotide binding
binding
nucleotide binding
guanyl nucleotide binding
guanyl ribonucleotide binding
gtp binding
Process
biological regulation
regulation of biological process
regulation of cellular process
signal transduction
intracellular signal transduction
small gtpase mediated signal transduction
Cellular Location
  1. Cell membrane
  2. Lipid-anchor
  3. Lipid-anchor
  4. Golgi apparatus membrane
  5. Cytoplasmic side
  6. Cell junction
  7. Cell projection
  8. focal adhesion
  9. podosome
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location Chromosome:1
Locus 1q42.11-q42.3
SNPs RHOU
Gene Sequence
>777 bp
ATGCCCCCGCAGCAGGGGGACCCCGCGTTCCCCGACCGCTGCGAGGCGCCTCCGGTGCCG
CCGCGTCGGGAGCGCGGTGGACGCGGGGGACGCGGGCCTGGGGAGCCGGGGGGCCGGGGG
CGTGCGGGGGGTGCCGAGGGGCGCGGCGTCAAGTGCGTGCTGGTCGGCGACGGCGCGGTG
GGCAAGACGAGCCTGGTGGTGAGTTACACCACCAACGGCTACCCCACCGAGTACATCCCT
ACTGCCTTCGACAACTTCTCCGCGGTGGTGTCTGTGGATGGGCGGCCCGTGAGACTCCAA
CTCTGTGACACTGCCGGACAGGATGAATTTGACAAGCTGAGGCCTCTCTGCTACACCAAC
ACAGACATCTTCCTGCTCTGCTTCAGTGTCGTGAGCCCCTCATCCTTCCAGAACGTCAGT
GAGAAATGGGTGCCGGAGATTCGATGCCACTGTCCCAAAGCCCCCATCATCCTAGTTGGA
ACGCAGTCGGATCTCAGAGAAGATGTCAAAGTCCTCATTGAGTTGGACAAATGCAAAGAA
AAGCCAGTGCCTGAAGAGGCGGCTAAGCTGTGCGCCGAGGAAATCAAAGCCGCCTCCTAC
ATCGAGTGTTCAGCCTTGACTCAAAAAAACCTCAAAGAGGTCTTTGATGCAGCCATCGTC
GCTGGCATTCAATACTCGGACACTCAGCAACAGCCAAAGAAGTCTAAAAGCAGGACTCCA
GATAAAATGAAAAACCTCTCCAAGTCCTGGTGGAAGAAGTACTGCTGTTTCGTATGA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 258
Molecular Weight 28218.0
Theoretical pI 8.14
Pfam Domain Function
Signals
  • None
Transmembrane Regions
  • None
Protein Sequence
>Rho-related GTP-binding protein RhoU
MPPQQGDPAFPDRCEAPPVPPRRERGGRGGRGPGEPGGRGRAGGAEGRGVKCVLVGDGAV
GKTSLVVSYTTNGYPTEYIPTAFDNFSAVVSVDGRPVRLQLCDTAGQDEFDKLRPLCYTN
TDIFLLCFSVVSPSSFQNVSEKWVPEIRCHCPKAPIILVGTQSDLREDVKVLIELDKCKE
KPVPEEAAKLCAEEIKAASYIECSALTQKNLKEVFDAAIVAGIQYSDTQQQPKKSKSRTP
DKMKNLSKSWWKKYCCFV
GenBank ID Protein Not Available
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID Q7L0Q8
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name RHOU_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID AF378087
GeneCard ID RHOU
GenAtlas ID RHOU
HGNC ID HGNC:17794
References
General References
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