Rab escort protein 1 (REP1) also known as rab proteins geranylgeranyltransferase component A 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CHMgene.[1][2]
This gene encodes component A of the RAB geranylgeranyl transferase holoenzyme. In the dimeric holoenzyme, this subunit binds unprenylated Rab GTPases and then presents them to the catalytic Rab GGTase subunit for the geranylgeranyl transfer reaction. Rab GTPases need to be geranylgeranyled on either one or two cysteine residues in their C-terminus to localize to the correct intracellular membrane.[2]
Mutations in this gene are a cause of choroideremia; also known as tapetochoroidal dystrophy (TCD). This X-linked disease is characterized by progressive dystrophy of the choroid, retinal pigment epithelium and retina.[2]
↑ 3.03.1Cremers FP, Armstrong SA, Seabra MC, Brown MS, Goldstein JL (Jan 1994). "REP-2, a Rab escort protein encoded by the choroideremia-like gene". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (3): 2111–7. PMID8294464.
↑Rak A, Pylypenko O, Niculae A, Goody RS, Alexandrov K (Jan 2003). "Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of monoprenylated Rab7 GTPase in complex with Rab escort protein 1". J. Struct. Biol. 141 (1): 93–5. doi:10.1016/S1047-8477(02)00634-2. PMID12576024.
↑Alexandrov K, Simon I, Iakovenko A, Holz B, Goody RS, Scheidig AJ (Apr 1998). "Moderate discrimination of REP-1 between Rab7 x GDP and Rab7 x GTP arises from a difference of an order of magnitude in dissociation rates". FEBS Lett. 425 (3): 460–4. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(98)00290-7. PMID9563513.
↑Pereira-Leal JB, Strom M, Godfrey RF, Seabra MC (Jan 2003). "Structural determinants of Rab and Rab Escort Protein interaction: Rab family motifs define a conserved binding surface". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 301 (1): 92–7. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02963-7. PMID12535645.
Further reading
Sankila EM, Tolvanen R, van den Hurk JA, Cremers FP, de la Chapelle A (1993). "Aberrant splicing of the CHM gene is a significant cause of choroideremia". Nat. Genet. 1 (2): 109–13. doi:10.1038/ng0592-109. PMID1302003.
Fodor E, Lee RT, O'Donnell JJ (1991). "Analysis of choroideraemia gene". Nature. 351 (6328): 614. doi:10.1038/351614b0. PMID1904992.
Cremers FP, van de Pol DJ, van Kerkhoff LP, Wieringa B, Ropers HH (1990). "Cloning of a gene that is rearranged in patients with choroideraemia". Nature. 347 (6294): 674–7. doi:10.1038/347674a0. PMID2215697.
Donnelly P, Menet H, Fouanon C, Herbert O, Moisan JP, Le Roux MG, Pascal O (1994). "Missense mutation in the choroideremia gene". Hum. Mol. Genet. 3 (6): 1017. doi:10.1093/hmg/3.6.1017. PMID7951216.
van Bokhoven H, van den Hurk JA, Bogerd L, Philippe C, Gilgenkrantz S, de Jong P, Ropers HH, Cremers FP (1995). "Cloning and characterization of the human choroideremia gene". Hum. Mol. Genet. 3 (7): 1041–6. doi:10.1093/hmg/3.7.1041. PMID7981670.
Cremers FP, Armstrong SA, Seabra MC, Brown MS, Goldstein JL (1994). "REP-2, a Rab escort protein encoded by the choroideremia-like gene". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (3): 2111–7. PMID8294464.
Seabra MC, Brown MS, Goldstein JL (1993). "Retinal degeneration in choroideremia: deficiency of rab geranylgeranyl transferase". Science. 259 (5093): 377–81. doi:10.1126/science.8380507. PMID8380507.
Schwartz M, Rosenberg T, van den Hurk JA, van de Pol DJ, Cremers FP (1993). "Identification of mutations in Danish choroideremia families". Hum. Mutat. 2 (1): 43–7. doi:10.1002/humu.1380020108. PMID8477262.
Alexandrov K, Simon I, Iakovenko A, Holz B, Goody RS, Scheidig AJ (1998). "Moderate discrimination of REP-1 between Rab7 x GDP and Rab7 x GTP arises from a difference of an order of magnitude in dissociation rates". FEBS Lett. 425 (3): 460–4. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(98)00290-7. PMID9563513.
Thomä NH, Iakovenko A, Kalinin A, Waldmann H, Goody RS, Alexandrov K (2001). "Allosteric regulation of substrate binding and product release in geranylgeranyltransferase type II". Biochemistry. 40 (1): 268–74. doi:10.1021/bi002034p. PMID11141079.
Syed N, Smith JE, John SK, Seabra MC, Aguirre GD, Milam AH (2001). "Evaluation of retinal photoreceptors and pigment epithelium in a female carrier of choroideremia". Ophthalmology. 108 (4): 711–20. doi:10.1016/S0161-6420(00)00643-6. PMID11297488.
Rak A, Reents R, Pylypenko O, Niculae A, Sidorovitch V, Thomä NH, Waldmann H, Schlichting I, Goody RS, Alexandrov K (2002). "Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the Rab escort protein-1 in complex with Rab geranylgeranyltransferase". J. Struct. Biol. 136 (2): 158–61. doi:10.1006/jsbi.2001.4433. PMID11886217.