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ARFGEF2

Brefeldin A-inhibited guanine nucleotide-exchange protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ARFGEF2 gene.[1][2]

Function

Function

ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs) play an important role in intracellular vesicular trafficking. The protein encoded by this gene is involved in the activation of ARFs by accelerating replacement of bound GDP with GTP and is involved in Golgi transport. It contains a Sec7 domain, which may be responsible for its guanine-nucleotide exchange activity and also brefeldin A inhibition.[2]

Interactions

Interactions

ARFGEF2 has been shown to interact with ARFGEF1,[3] PRKAR1A[4] and PRKAR2A.[4]

References

References

  1. Togawa A, Morinaga N, Ogasawara M, Moss J, Vaughan M (Apr 1999). “Purification and cloning of a brefeldin A-inhibited guanine nucleotide-exchange protein for ADP-ribosylation factors”. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274 (18): 12308–15. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.18.12308. PMID 10212200.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: ARFGEF2 ADP-ribosylation factor guanine nucleotide-exchange factor 2 (brefeldin A-inhibited)”.
  3. Yamaji R, Adamik R, Takeda K, Togawa A, Pacheco-Rodriguez G, Ferrans VJ, Moss J, Vaughan M (Mar 2000). “Identification and localization of two brefeldin A-inhibited guanine nucleotide-exchange proteins for ADP-ribosylation factors in a macromolecular complex”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 97 (6): 2567–72. doi:10.1073/pnas.97.6.2567. PMC 15969. PMID 10716990.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Li H, Adamik R, Pacheco-Rodriguez G, Moss J, Vaughan M (Feb 2003). “Protein kinase A-anchoring (AKAP) domains in brefeldin A-inhibited guanine nucleotide-exchange protein 2 (BIG2)”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 100 (4): 1627–32. doi:10.1073/pnas.0337678100. PMC 149883. PMID 12571360.
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