RAC3 is a GTPase which belongs to the RHO family of small GTP-binding proteins that regulate a diverse array of cellular events, including the control of cell growth, cytoskeletal reorganization, and the activation of protein kinases. RAC3 is primarily expressed in brain and is proposed to play a specific function in neuronal cells. Depletion of RAC3 induces stronger cell adhesion and dramatically increases the outgrowth of neurite-like protrusions whereas overexpression of RAC3 results in a contractile round morphology. RAC3 can exert its function through negatively affecting integrin-mediated cell-matrix adhesions. RAC3 shares with RAC1 the ability to interfere with cadherin-mediated adhesion.
Journal of cell science, 121(Pt 7), 933-938 (2008-03-06)
E-cadherin cell-cell adhesion plays a major role in the maintenance of the morphology and function of epithelial tissues. Modulation of E-cadherin function is an important process in morphogenesis and tumour de-differentiation. We have previously shown that constitutively active Rac1 induces
Journal of cell science, 122(Pt 12), 2127-2136 (2009-06-06)
Rac1 and Rac3 are highly homologous regulatory proteins that belong to the small GTPases of the Rho family. Previously, we showed that Rac3 induces cell rounding and prevents neuronal differentiation, in contrast to its close relative Rac1, which stimulates cell
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