MRAS
Function
Signal transducer in the Ras-MAPK signaling pathway that regulates cell proliferation and survival (PubMed:16630891, PubMed:28289718, PubMed:35768504, PubMed:35830882, PubMed:35831509, PubMed:36175670). Core component of the SHOC2-MRAS-PP1c (SMP) holophosphatase complex that regulates the MAPK pathway activation (PubMed:16630891, PubMed:35768504, PubMed:35830882, PubMed:35831509, PubMed:36175670). The formation of the SMP complex only occurs when MRAS is GTP-bound (PubMed:35768504, PubMed:35830882, PubMed:35831509, PubMed:36175670). The SMP complex specifically dephosphorylates the inhibitory phosphorylation at 'Ser-259' of RAF1 kinase, 'Ser-365' of BRAF kinase and 'Ser-214' of ARAF kinase, stimulating their kinase activities (PubMed:16630891, PubMed:35768504, PubMed:35830882, PubMed:35831509, PubMed:36175670).
Involvement in disease
Noonan syndrome 11
NS11
A form of Noonan syndrome, a disease characterized by short stature, facial dysmorphic features such as hypertelorism, a downward eyeslant and low-set posteriorly rotated ears, and a high incidence of congenital heart defects and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Other features can include a short neck with webbing or redundancy of skin, deafness, motor delay, variable intellectual deficits, multiple skeletal defects, cryptorchidism, and bleeding diathesis. Individuals with Noonan syndrome are at risk of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia, a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by excessive production of myelomonocytic cells. NS11 inheritance is autosomal dominant.
None
The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Sequence Similarities
Belongs to the small GTPase superfamily. Ras family.
Tissue Specificity
Expression highly restricted to the brain and heart.
Cellular localization
- Cell membrane
- Lipid-anchor
- Cytoplasmic side
Alternative names
RRAS3, MRAS, Ras-related protein M-Ras, Ras-related protein R-Ras3