ROCK1

Rho-associated, coiled-coil containing protein kinase 1

PDB rendering based on 1s1c.
Identifiers
Symbols ROCK1; MGC131603; MGC43611; P160ROCK; PRO0435
External IDs OMIM601702 MGI107927 HomoloGene55899 GeneCards: ROCK1 Gene
EC number 2.7.11.1
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 6093 19877
Ensembl ENSG00000067900 ENSMUSG00000024290
UniProt Q13464 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_005406.2 NM_009071.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_005397.1 NP_033097.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 18:
18.53 – 18.69 Mb
Chr 18:
10.06 – 10.18 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Rho-associated, coiled-coil containing protein kinase 1, also known as ROCK1, is a protein serine/threonine kinase, but also denotes the human gene encoding it.

It is activated when bound to the GTP-bound form of Rho GTPase. This protein is thus a downstream effector of Rho. It phosphorylates and activates LIM kinase, which in turn, phosphorylates cofilin, inhibiting its actin-depolymerizing activity.[1] Thus, ROCK1 contributes to actin-stability.

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Interactions

ROCK1 has been shown to interact with PFN2[2] and RHOA.[3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Entrez Gene: ROCK1 Rho-associated, coiled-coil containing protein kinase 1". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=6093. 
  2. ^ Da Silva, Jorge Santos; Medina Miguel, Zuliani Cecilia, Di Nardo Alessia, Witke Walter, Dotti Carlos G (Sep. 2003). "RhoA/ROCK regulation of neuritogenesis via profilin IIa-mediated control of actin stability". J. Cell Biol. (United States) 162 (7): 1267–79. doi:10.1083/jcb.200304021. ISSN 0021-9525. PMC 2173969. PMID 14517206. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2173969. 
  3. ^ Riento, Kirsi; Guasch Rosa M, Garg Ritu, Jin Boquan, Ridley Anne J (Jun. 2003). "RhoE binds to ROCK I and inhibits downstream signaling". Mol. Cell. Biol. (United States) 23 (12): 4219–29. doi:10.1128/MCB.23.12.4219-4229.2003. ISSN 0270-7306. PMC 156133. PMID 12773565. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=156133. 
  4. ^ Leung, T; Chen X Q, Manser E, Lim L (Oct. 1996). "The p160 RhoA-binding kinase ROK alpha is a member of a kinase family and is involved in the reorganization of the cytoskeleton". Mol. Cell. Biol. (UNITED STATES) 16 (10): 5313–27. ISSN 0270-7306. PMC 231530. PMID 8816443. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=231530. 
  5. ^ Fujisawa, K; Fujita A, Ishizaki T, Saito Y, Narumiya S (Sep. 1996). "Identification of the Rho-binding domain of p160ROCK, a Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase". J. Biol. Chem. (UNITED STATES) 271 (38): 23022–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.38.23022. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 8798490. 

Further reading

  • Riento K, Ridley AJ (2003). "Rocks: multifunctional kinases in cell behaviour.". Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 4 (6): 446–56. doi:10.1038/nrm1128. PMID 12778124. 

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