ROLE OF THE RAB3A GTPASE IN REGULATED SECRETION FROM NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS

被引:12
作者
MACARA, IG
机构
[1] The Department of Pathology, University of Vermont Medical College, Burlington
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
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10.1016/1043-2760(94)P3201-H
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R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Regulated secretion is a complex process that involves scores of distinct proteins, These proteins must assemble into machines that organize vesicle docking, membrane fusion, and recovery of vesicle components. Rab3A, a member of the Ras superfamily of GTPases, associates with secretory granule membranes of neuroendocrine cells, and mutants of Rab3A can inhibit exocytosis. A model is proposed in which Rab3A controls the assembly and disassembly of a docking complex that inhibits membrane fusion until an external signal triggers release of the Rab3A from the complex.
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页码:267 / 271
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