Activation of Rac1 by pVav1

Stable Identifier
R-HSA-389348
Type
Reaction [transition]
Species
Homo sapiens
Compartment
cytosol, plasma membrane
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Activation of Rac1 by pVav1
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Vav1, once activated by PIP3 binding and phosphorylation by Fyn, stimulates the GDP/GTP exchange activity of Rac. Vav1 is selective for Rac and catalyses exchange of bound GDP for GTP.

Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
8990121 Phosphotyrosine-dependent activation of Rac-1 GDP/GTP exchange by the vav proto-oncogene product

Ostrom, AA, Bustelo, XR, Gutkind, JS, Crespo, P, Schuebel, KE

Nature 1997
9438848 Role of substrates and products of PI 3-kinase in regulating activation of Rac-related guanosine triphosphatases by Vav

White, MA, Falck, JR, Mosteller, RD, Xia, Y, Han, J, Shu, X, Das, B, Luby-Phelps, K, Krishna, UM, Broek, D

Science 1998
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guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity of p-Y142,160,174-VAV1:PIP3:CD28:GRB2 [plasma membrane]

Physical Entity
p-Y142,160,174-VAV1:PIP3:CD28:GRB2 [plasma membrane] (Homo sapiens)
Activity
guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity (GO:0005085)
Orthologous Events
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Activation of Rac1 by pVav1 (Mus musculus)
Activation of Rac1 by pVav1 (Rattus norvegicus)
Activation of Rac1 by pVav1 (Sus scrofa)
Activation of Rac1 by pVav1 (Xenopus tropicalis)
Authored
Garapati, P V  (2008-12-16)
Reviewed
Bluestone, JA  (2009-06-01)
Esensten, J  (2009-06-01)
Created
Garapati, P V  (2009-01-06)
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