Ras-related protein Rap-1A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAP1Agene.[5]
Function
The product of this gene belongs to the family of Ras-related proteins. These proteins share approximately 50% amino acid identity with the classical RAS proteins and have numerous structural features in common. The most striking difference between RAP proteins and RAS proteins resides in their 61st amino acid: glutamine in RAS is replaced by threonine in RAP proteins. The product of this gene counteracts the mitogenic function of RAS because it can interact with RAS GAPs and RAF in a competitive manner. Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been identified for this gene.[6]
^Nassar N, Horn G, Herrmann C, Scherer A, McCormick F, Wittinghofer A (Jun 1995). "The 2.2 A crystal structure of the Ras-binding domain of the serine/threonine kinase c-Raf1 in complex with Rap1A and a GTP analogue". Nature. 375 (6532): 554–60. Bibcode:1995Natur.375..554N. doi:10.1038/375554a0. PMID7791872. S2CID4347807.
^Yamamoto Y, Jones KA, Mak BC, Muehlenbachs A, Yeung RS (Aug 2002). "Multicompartmental distribution of the tuberous sclerosis gene products, hamartin and tuberin". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 404 (2): 210–7. doi:10.1016/s0003-9861(02)00300-4. PMID12147258.
PDB gallery
1c1y: CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF RAP.GMPPNP IN COMPLEX WITH THE RAS-BINDING-DOMAIN OF C-RAF1 KINASE (RAFRBD).
1gua: HUMAN RAP1A, RESIDUES 1-167, DOUBLE MUTANT (E30D,K31E) COMPLEXED WITH GPPNHP AND THE RAS-BINDING-DOMAIN OF HUMAN C-RAF1, RESIDUES 51-131