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    J Biol Chem. 1997 Oct 31;272(44):28081-8.

    Human SPA-1 gene product selectively expressed in lymphoid tissues is a specific GTPase-activating protein for Rap1 and Rap2. Segregate expression profiles from a rap1GAP gene product.

    Kurachi H, Wada Y, Tsukamoto N, Maeda M, Kubota H, Hattori M, Iwai K, Minato N.

    Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan.

    Mouse Spa-1 gene with a region homologous to the human rap1GAP gene is transcriptionally induced in the lymphocytes by mitogenic stimulation. Herein we have cloned a cDNA for its human counterpart. SPA-1 cDNA encodes a 130-kDa protein (p130(SPA-1)) consisting of proline-rich regions and rap1GAP-related domain followed by a coiled-coil stretch. Baculovirally expressed p130(SPA-1) exhibited GTPase-activating protein (GAP) activity for Rap1 and Rap2, but not for Ras, Rho, Cdc42, Rac, and Ran, with comparable specific activity to the rap1GAP gene product (p85/95(rap1GAP)). In the cells, p130(SPA-1) was mostly localized at the perinuclear membranous region co-localizing with Rap1 and Rap2. Expression of SPA-1 and rap1GAP genes tended to be segregate in various tissues, lymphoid tissues expressing abundant SPA-1 transcript without rap1GAP, while those such as brain, kidney, and pancreas exhibiting rap1GAP mRNA with little SPA-1. Promyelocytic HL-60 cells, which expressed p130(SPA-1) with little p85/95(rap1GAP) in uninduced state, showed progressive decline in p130(SPA-1) and conversely drastic increase in p85/95(rap1GAP) as they ceased from proliferation and differentiated into macrophages by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate. These results suggested that products of SPA-1 and rap1GAP genes, albeit comparable GAP activity for Rap1 and Rap2, functioned in the distinct contexts depending on cell types and/or states.

    PMID: 9346962 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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