Biochemical clustering of monomeric GTPases of the Ras superfamily

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To date phylogeny has been used to compare entire families of proteins based on their nucleotide or amino acid sequence. Here we developed a novel analytical platform allowing a systematic comparison of protein families based on their biochemical properties. This approach was validated on the Rho subfamily of GTPases. We used two high throughput methods, referred to as AlphaScreen™ and FlashPlate®, to measure nucleotide binding capacity, exchange, and hydrolysis activities of small monomeric GTPases. These two technologies have the characteristics to be very sensitive and to allow homogenous and high throughput assays. To analyze and integrate the data obtained, we developed an algorithm that allows the classification of GTPases according to their enzymatic activities. Integration and hierarchical clustering of these results revealed unexpected features of the small Rho GTPases when compared with primary sequence-based trees. Hence we propose a novel phylobiochemical classification of the Ras superfamily of GTPases. © 2005 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

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Caruso, M. E., Jenna, S., Beaulne, S., Lee, E. H., Bergeron, A., Chauve, C., … Chevet, E. (2005). Biochemical clustering of monomeric GTPases of the Ras superfamily. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 4(7), 936–944. https://doi.org/10.1074/mcp.M500025-MCP200

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