DEP (Dishevelled, Egl-10, and Pleckstrin) domain found in RGS (regulator of G-protein signaling) proteins of the subfamily R7. This subgroup contains RGS7, RGS6, RGS9 and RGS11. They share a common domain architecture, containing, beside the RGS domain, a DEP domain and a GGL (G-protein gamma subunit-like ) domain. RGS proteins are GTPase-activating (GAP) proteins of heterotrimeric G proteins by increasing the rate of GTP hydrolysis of the alpha subunit. The fungal homologs, like yeast Sst2, share a related common domain architecture, containing RGS and DEP domains. Sst2 has been identified as the principal regulator of mating pheromone signaling and recently the DEP domain of Sst2 has been shown to be necessary and sufficient to mediate receptor interaction.
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