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. 1993 May 28;260(5112):1338-43.
doi: 10.1126/science.8493579.

Human Sos1: a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Ras that binds to GRB2

P Chardin  1 , J H Camonis, N W Gale, L van Aelst, J Schlessinger, M H Wigler, D Bar-Sagi
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Human Sos1: a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Ras that binds to GRB2

P Chardin et al. Science. .

Abstract

A human complementary DNA was isolated that encodes a widely expressed protein, hSos1, that is closely related to Sos, the product of the Drosophila son of sevenless gene. The hSos1 protein contains a region of significant sequence similarity to CDC25, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Ras from yeast. A fragment of hSos1 encoding the CDC25-related domain complemented loss of CDC25 function in yeast. This hSos1 domain specifically stimulated guanine nucleotide exchange on mammalian Ras proteins in vitro. Mammalian cells overexpressing full-length hSos1 had increased guanine nucleotide exchange activity. Thus hSos1 is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Ras. The hSos1 interacted with growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (GRB2) in vivo and in vitro. This interaction was mediated by the carboxyl-terminal domain of hSos1 and the Src homology 3 (SH3) domains of GRB2. These results suggest that the coupling of receptor tyrosine kinases to Ras signaling is mediated by a molecular complex consisting of GRB2 and hSos1.

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