Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottsville, VA, 22904, USA.
University of Virginia Cancer Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Oct 24;63(44):e202403499. doi: 10.1002/anie.202403499. Epub 2024 Sep 23.
Small GTPases comprise a superfamily of over 167 proteins in the human genome and are critical regulators of a variety of pathways including cell migration and proliferation. Despite the importance of these proteins in cell signaling, a standardized approach for controlling small GTPase activation within living cells is lacking. Herein, we report a split-protein-based approach to directly activate small GTPase signaling in living cells. Importantly, our fragmentation site can be applied across the small GTPase superfamily. We highlight the utility of these standardized parts by demonstrating the ability to directly modulate the activity of four different small GTPases with user-defined inputs, providing the first plug and play system for direct activation of small GTPases in living cells.
小分子 GTP 酶包含人类基因组中超过 167 种蛋白质,是细胞迁移和增殖等多种途径的关键调节剂。尽管这些蛋白质在细胞信号转导中很重要,但在活细胞中控制小分子 GTP 酶激活的标准化方法仍然缺乏。本文报道了一种基于分裂蛋白的方法,可直接激活活细胞中的小分子 GTP 酶信号。重要的是,我们的片段化位点可应用于整个小分子 GTP 酶超家族。通过展示使用用户定义输入直接调节四种不同小分子 GTP 酶活性的能力,我们强调了这些标准化部分的实用性,为活细胞中小分子 GTP 酶的直接激活提供了首个即插即用系统。