RAB33A explained

Ras-related protein Rab-33A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAB33A gene.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the small GTPase superfamily, Rab family. It is GTP-binding protein and may be involved in vesicle transport.

Further reading

• Schimmöller F, Simon I, Pfeffer SR . Rab GTPases, directors of vesicle docking . J. Biol. Chem. . 273 . 35 . 22161–4 . 1998 . 9712825 . 10.1074/jbc.273.35.22161 . free .
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, etal . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, etal . Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs . Nat. Genet. . 36 . 1 . 40–5 . 2004 . 14702039 . 10.1038/ng1285 . free .
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, etal . The Status, Quality, and Expansion of the NIH Full-Length cDNA Project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 .
• Ross MT, Grafham DV, Coffey AJ, etal . The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome . Nature . 434 . 7031 . 325–37 . 2005 . 15772651 . 10.1038/nature03440 . 2665286 . 2005Natur.434..325R .
• Jacobsen M, Repsilber D, Gutschmidt A, etal . Ras-associated small GTPase 33A, a novel T cell factor, is down-regulated in patients with tuberculosis . J. Infect. Dis. . 192 . 7 . 1211–8 . 2005 . 16136464 . 10.1086/444428 . free .
• Rual JF, Venkatesan K, Hao T, etal . Towards a proteome-scale map of the human protein-protein interaction network . Nature . 437 . 7062 . 1173–8 . 2005 . 16189514 . 10.1038/nature04209 . 2005Natur.437.1173R . 4427026 .

Notes and References

1. Koda T, Kakinuma M . Molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding a novel small GTP-binding protein . FEBS Lett . 328 . 1–2 . 21–4 . Sep 1993 . 7688322 . 10.1016/0014-5793(93)80957-V . free .
2. Zheng JY, Koda T, Fujiwara T, Kishi M, Ikehara Y, Kakinuma M . A novel Rab GTPase, Rab33B, is ubiquitously expressed and localized to the medial Golgi cisternae . J Cell Sci . 111 . 8. 1061–9 . Jul 1998 . 10.1242/jcs.111.8.1061 . 9512502 .
3. Web site: Entrez Gene: RAB33A RAB33A, member RAS oncogene family.