Ras GTPase-activating protein-binding protein 1 is an
enzyme
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that in humans is encoded by the ''G3BP1''
gene
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This gene encodes one of the DNA-unwinding enzymes which prefers partially unwound 3'-tailed substrates and can also unwind partial RNA/DNA and RNA/RNA duplexes in an ATP-dependent fashion. This enzyme is a member of the heterogeneous nuclear RNA-binding proteins and is also an element of the Ras signal transduction pathway. It was originally reported to bind specifically to the Ras-GTPase-activating protein by associating with its SH3 domain, but this interaction has recently been challenged. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but the full-length nature of some of these variants has not been determined.
G3BP1 can initiate
stress granule formation and labeled G3BP1 is commonly used as a marker for stress granules.
Interactions
G3BP1 has been shown to
interact with
USP10.
It also interacts with SND1
References
ao X, Ge L, Shao J, Su C, Zhao H, Saarikettu J, Yao X, Yao Z, Silvennoinen O, Yang J., Tudor-SN interacts with and co-localizes with G3BP in stress granules under stress conditions.FEBS Letters, Volume 584, Issue 16, Pages 3525-3532.
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