The macrolide antibiotic rapamycin and the cytosol protein FKBP12 can form a complex which specifically inhibits the TORC1 complex, leading to growth arrest. The FKBP12-rapamycin complex interferes with TORC1 function by binding to the FKBP12-rapa ...
The macrolide antibiotic rapamycin and the cytosol protein FKBP12 can form a complex which specifically inhibits the TORC1 complex, leading to growth arrest. The FKBP12-rapamycin complex interferes with TORC1 function by binding to the FKBP12-rapamycin binding domain (FRB) of the TOR proteins. This entry represents the FRB domain [1, 2].
This domain is found at the N-terminus of the Raptor protein. It has been identified to have a CASPase like structure [1]. It conserves the characteristic cys/his dyad of the caspases suggesting it may have a peptidase activity.
Domain found in Dishevelled, Egl-10, and Pleckstrin (DEP)
The DEP domain [1] is responsible for mediating intracellular protein targeting and regulation of protein stability in the cell [2-3]. The DEP domain is present in a number of signaling molecules, including Regulator of G protein Signaling (RGS) prot ...
The DEP domain [1] is responsible for mediating intracellular protein targeting and regulation of protein stability in the cell [2-3]. The DEP domain is present in a number of signaling molecules, including Regulator of G protein Signaling (RGS) proteins, and has been implicated in membrane targeting [4-5]. New findings in yeast, however, demonstrate a major role for a DEP domain in mediating the interaction of an RGS protein to the C-terminal tail of a GPCR, thus placing RGS in close proximity with its substrate G protein alpha subunit [6-7].
