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.[5][6]
Function
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.[6]
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.[6]
^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.
^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. S2CID23500961.
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.
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.