Dock6

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DOCK6
Identifiers
Aliases DOCK6 , AOS2, ZIR1, Dock6, dedicator of cytokinesis 6
External IDs OMIM: 614194 MGI: 1914789 HomoloGene: 83291 GeneCards: DOCK6
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020812
NM_001367830

NM_177030

RefSeq (protein)

NP_065863
NP_001354759

NP_796004

Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 11.2 – 11.26 Mb Chr 9: 21.71 – 21.76 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Dock6 (Dedicator of cytokinesis 6), also known as Zir1 is a large (~200 kDa) protein involved in intracellular signalling networks. [5] It is a member of the DOCK-C subfamily of the DOCK family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors which function as activators of small G proteins.

Contents

Discovery

Dock6 was identified as one of a family of proteins which share high sequence similarity with Dock180, the archetypal member of the DOCK family. [6] It has a similar domain arrangement to other DOCK proteins, [7] with a DHR1 domain known in other proteins to bind phospholipids, [8] and a DHR2 domain containing the GEF activity. [9]

Function

There is currently very little information about the cellular role of this protein. However, Dock6 has been reported to exhibit dual GEF specificity towards the small G proteins Rac1 and Cdc42. [10] It is the only DOCK family member reported to activate both of these G proteins. The same study also showed that transfection of the Dock6 DHR2 domain into N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells promoted Rac- and Cdc42-dependent neurite outgrowth, although the physiological significance of this has yet to be demonstrated.

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">RhoGEF domain</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">ARHGEF7</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dock180</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Dock180, also known as DOCK1, is a large protein involved in intracellular signalling networks. It is the mammalian ortholog of the C. elegans protein CED-5 and belongs to the DOCK family of Guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs).

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dock2</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Dock2, also known as DOCK2, is a large protein involved in intracellular signalling networks. It is a member of the DOCK-A subfamily of the DOCK family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) which function as activators of small G proteins. Dock2 specifically activates isoforms of the small G protein Rac.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dock7</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dedicator of cytokinesis protein 10</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dock8</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">GEFT</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dock3</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Dock3, also known as MOCA and PBP, is a large protein involved in intracellular signalling networks. It is a member of the DOCK-B subfamily of the DOCK family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) which function as activators of small G proteins. Dock3 specifically activates the small G protein Rac.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dock9</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Dock9, also known as Zizimin1, is a large protein involved in intracellular signalling networks. It is a member of the DOCK-D subfamily of the DOCK family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors that function as activators of small G proteins. Dock9 activates the small G protein Cdc42.

DOCK is a family of related proteins involved in intracellular signalling networks. DOCK family members contain a RhoGEF domain to function as guanine nucleotide exchange factors to promote GDP release and GTP binding to specific Small GTPases of the Rho family, leading to their activation since Rho proteins are inactive when bound to GDP but active when bound to GTP.

DHR1, also known as CZH1 or Docker1, is a protein domain of approximately 200–250 amino acids that is present in the DOCK family of signalling proteins. This domain binds phospholipids and so may assist in recruitment to cellular membranes. There is evidence that this domain may also mediate protein–protein interactions.

DHR2, also known as CZH2 or Docker2, is a protein domain of approximately 450-550 amino acids that is present in the DOCK family of proteins. This domain functions as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) domain for small G proteins of the Rho family. DHR2 domains bear no significant similarity to the well described DH domain present in other RhoGEFs such as Vav, P-Rex and TRIO. Indeed, the most divergent mammalian DHR2 domains share only 16-17% sequence similarity.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dock5</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Dock5, also known as DOCK5, is a large protein involved in intracellular signalling networks. It is a member of the DOCK-A subfamily of the DOCK family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) which function as activators of small G proteins. Dock5 is predicted to activate the small G protein Rac.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dock11</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Dock11, also known as Zizimin2, is a large protein involved in intracellular signalling networks. It is a member of the DOCK-D subfamily of the DOCK family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) which function as activators of small G proteins. Dock11 activates the small G protein Cdc42.

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000130158 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000032198 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez gene: DOCK6 dedicator of cytokinesis 6".
  6. Côté JF, Vuori K (December 2002). "Identification of an evolutionarily conserved superfamily of DOCK180-related proteins with guanine nucleotide exchange activity". J. Cell Sci. 115 (Pt 24): 4901–13. doi: 10.1242/jcs.00219 . PMID   12432077.
  7. Meller N, Merlot S, Guda C (November 2005). "CZH proteins: a new family of Rho-GEFs". J. Cell Sci. 118 (Pt 21): 4937–46. doi: 10.1242/jcs.02671 . PMID   16254241.
  8. Côté JF, Motoyama AB, Bush JA, Vuori K (August 2005). "A novel and evolutionarily conserved PtdIns(3,4,5)P3-binding domain is necessary for DOCK180 signaling". Nat. Cell Biol. 7 (8): 797–807. doi:10.1038/ncb1280. PMC   1352170 . PMID   16025104.
  9. Côté JF, Vuori K (2006). "In vitro guanine nucleotide exchange activity of DHR-2/DOCKER/CZH2 domains". Meth. Enzymol. Methods in Enzymology. 406: 41–57. doi:10.1016/S0076-6879(06)06004-6. ISBN   978-0-12-182811-0. PMID   16472648.
  10. Miyamoto Y, Yamauchi J, Sanbe A, Tanoue A (February 2007). "Dock6, a Dock-C subfamily guanine nucleotide exchanger, has the dual specificity for Rac1 and Cdc42 and regulates neurite outgrowth". Exp. Cell Res. 313 (4): 791–804. doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.11.017. PMID   17196961.

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