Description
Product Characteristics:
ARHGEF7 is a p21-activated protein kinase (Pak)-interacting exchange factor that has been identified as a putative guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Rac/Cdc42. It is expressed ubiquitously in all the tissue examined and other isoforms are expressed mainly in the central nervous system. Regulated phosphorylation of ARHGEF7 is necessary to maintain the balance between normal signalling by EGFR and Src versus aberrant growth and transformation.Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene, but some of their full-length sequences have not been determined.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm
Synonyms: ARHG7_HUMAN, ARHG7, ARHGEF 7, ARHGEF7, Beta pix, betaPix, betaPix-b, betaPix-c, Cool, COOL1, P50 antibody P50BP, P85, P85COOL1, P85SPR, PAK interacting exchange factor beta, PAK3, Pak3bp, PAK3BP, PIX, PIXB, Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor GEF 7, Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor GEF 7b, Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor GEF7, Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 7, SH3 domain containing proline rich protein, Nbla10314, KIAA0142.
Target Information: Rho GTPases play a fundamental role in numerous cellular processes triggered by extracellular stimuli that work through G protein coupled receptors. The encoded protein belongs to a family of cytoplasmic proteins that activate the Ras-like family of Rho proteins by exchanging bound GDP for GTP. It forms a complex with the small GTP binding protein Rac1 and recruits Rac1 to membrane ruffles and to focal adhesions. This protein can induce membrane ruffling. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]