1: Cdc42 cell division cycle 42 (GTP binding protein) [ Rattus norvegicus ]

GeneID: 64465 updated 25-Nov-2009

[Top][Help]Summary

Official Symbol
Cdc42provided by RGD
Official Full Name
cell division cycle 42 (GTP binding protein)provided by RGD
Primary Source
RGD:71043
See related
Ensembl:ENSRNOG00000013536
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
PROVISIONAL
Organism
Rattus norvegicus
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Sciurognathi; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Rattus
Also known as
Cdc42
Summary
small GTPase; involved in formation of cellular asymmetry [RGD]

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Function What's a GeneRIF?

PubMed 1. Rab35 colocalizes with actin filaments and with Cdc42, Rac1 and RhoA, and that Rab35 can activate Cdc42 both in vivo and in vitro
PubMed 2. neuronal guanine nucleotide exchange factor, intersectin-1L, activates the GTPase Cdc42, which in turn provides de novo actin filaments that are important for calcium-regulated exocytosis in PC12 cells
PubMed 3. Produces signals that are essential for the neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells and cerebellar granule neurons.
PubMed 4. Cdc42 and RhoA have opposing roles in regulating membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase localization and matrix metalloproteinase-2 activation.
PubMed 5. These data describe a novel role for Rho in coordinating signaling by Rac and Cdc42.
PubMed 6. Data suggest that Cdc42 activation is crucial for the regulation of actin polymerization in carcinoma cells, and required for both EGF-stimulated protrusion and cell motility independently of effects on Rac.
PubMed 7. Results show that phenylalanine reduced the number of dendrites and dendritic spines in cultured neurons, and that phenylalanine down-regulated Rac1, Cdc42, and RhoA mRNA and protein expression.
PubMed 8. the Cdc42/PAK3 is a key module in dendritic spine formation and synaptic plasticity
PubMed 9. Inhibition of cdc42 in nigral neurons blocked medial forebrain bundle axotomy-induced activation (phosphorylation) of MAP kinase kinase 4 and c-Jun, resulting in attenuation of substantia nigra pars compacta neuronal death.
PubMed 10. Interactions among IQGAP1, Cdc42, and beta-catenin are crucial to the regulation of Sertoli-germ cell, but not Sertoli-Sertoli cell, adherens junction dynamics in the seminiferous epithelium.
PubMed 11. FGF2 endocytosis requires syndecan-4 clustering-dependent activation of Rac1 and the intact CDC42-dependent macropinocytic pathway
PubMed 12. Cdc42 regulates GSK-3beta and adenomatous polyposis coli to control cell polarity
PubMed 13. differences in expression of rho GTPases between different regions of the hippocampus, and between the molecular and granular layers in the cerebellum.
PubMed 14. PAR-6-PAR-3 complex mediates Cdc42-induced Rac activation by means of STEF/Tiam1
PubMed 15. Study concludes that Scrib plays a key role in the establishment of cell polarity during migration; by interacting with betaPIX, Scrib controls localization and activation of the small GTPase Cdc42 and regulates Cdc42-dependent polarization pathways.
PubMed 16. Cdc42-induced targeting at cell-cell contacts is dependent on CEACAM1
PubMed 17. role of the Rac/Cdc42-IQGAP1 system in the dynamic organization and maintenance of the E-cadherin-based adherens junctions
PubMed 18. Cdc42 has profound effects on the recruitment of dynein to COPI vesicles. Cdc42, when bound to coatomer, inhibits dynein binding to COPI vesicles whereas preventing the coatomer-Cdc42 interaction stimulates dynein binding.
PubMed 19. active state of Cdc42 is important in upregulation of phospholipase D1 activity which is responsible for the increase of neurite outgrowth
PubMed 20. These findings strongly suggest that Cdc42 serves as an upstream activator and modulates JNK-mediated apoptosis machinery in vivo, which ultimately results in neuronal apoptosis via nuclear and non-nuclear pathways.
PubMed 21. involved in extracellular matrix-basolateral membrane interactions
PubMed 22. role in cyclooxygenase-2 gene expression
PubMed 23. Activation of Rac1 and Cdc42 was caused by both guanine nucleotide exchange factors and GAPs, and was important for neurite extension.
PubMed 24. Findings suggest that Rin-mediated neurite outgrowth requires not only Rac/Cdc42 activation but also Rin-calmodulin association, and that Rin is involved in calcium/CaM-mediated neuronal signaling.
PubMed 25. Activation of Rac-1 and Cdc42 stabilizes microvascular endothelial barrier functions in vitro and in vivo, likely by increasing the junction-associated actin cytoskeleton.

[Top][Help]Interactions

Description ..........
  Product Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs          
CDC42 interacts with Par-6. This interaction was modelled on a demonstrated interaction between CDC42 and Par-6, both from unspecified species.
  NP_741991.2   NP_001003653.1   Pard6a      BIND    PubMed

[Top][Help]General gene information

Markers

CDC42(e-PCR)
Links: UniSTS:278181
Cdc42(e-PCR), detects polymorphism
Links: UniSTS:256421
Cdc42(e-PCR), detects polymorphism
Links: UniSTS:141302

Homology

Homologs of the Cdc42 gene The Cdc42 gene is conserved in chimpanzee, dog, cow, mouse, zebrafish, fruit fly, mosquito, and C.elegans.


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Pathways

KEGG pathway: Adherens junction
04520
KEGG pathway: Axon guidance
04360
KEGG pathway: Chemokine signaling pathway
04062
KEGG pathway: Endocytosis
04144
KEGG pathway: Fc gamma R-mediated phagocytosis
04666
KEGG pathway: Focal adhesion
04510
KEGG pathway: GnRH signaling pathway
04912
KEGG pathway: Leukocyte transendothelial migration
04670
KEGG pathway: MAPK signaling pathway
04010
KEGG pathway: Neurotrophin signaling pathway
04722
KEGG pathway: Pancreatic cancer
05212
KEGG pathway: Pathways in cancer
05200
KEGG pathway: Regulation of actin cytoskeleton
04810
KEGG pathway: Renal cell carcinoma
05211
KEGG pathway: T cell receptor signaling pathway
04660
KEGG pathway: Tight junction
04530
KEGG pathway: VEGF signaling pathway
04370

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Component Evidence
Golgi membrane IDA PubMed
apical part of cell IEA   
apical part of cell ISO   
cell projection IEA   
cell projection ISO   
cytoplasm ISO   
cytosol ISO   
filopodium ISO   
plasma membrane ISO   

[Top][Help]General protein information

Preferred Names
cell division cycle 42
Names
cell division cycle 42
cell division cycle 42 homolog

[Top][Help]NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_171994.4NP_741991.3  cell division cycle 42 precursor

    Source sequence(s)
    BC060535
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    Q8CFN2
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    smart00174
    Location:6179
    Blast Score: 870
    RHO; Rho (Ras homology) subfamily of Ras-like small GTPases
    cd01874
    Location:3177
    Blast Score: 960
    Cdc42; Cdc42 subfamily. Cdc42 is an essential GTPase that belongs to the Rho family of Ras-like GTPases. These proteins act as molecular switches by responding to exogenous and/or endogenous signals and relaying those signals to activate downstream...

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: Build 4.1

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference assembly (based on RGSC v3.4)

Genomic

  1. NC_005104.2

    Range
    156106121..156124005, complement
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  2. NW_047726.2 

    Range
    68911..86795, complement
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Alternate assembly (based on Celera assembly)

Genomic

  1. AC_000073.1

    Range
    147953332..147971184, complement
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  2. NW_001084844.1 

    Range
    15950019..15967871, complement
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[Top][Help]Related Sequences

  Nucleotide   Protein
  genomic   CH473968.1   EDL80834.1
       EDL80835.1
  mRNA   AF205635.1   AAF15538.1
  mRNA   AF491841.1   AAN63806.1
  mRNA   BC060535.1   AAH60535.1
Protein Accession   Links
Q8CFN2.2   GenPept   UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:Q8CFN2

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