Entry
Name
Focal adhesion - Aythya fuligula (tufted duck)
Description
Cell-matrix adhesions play essential roles in important biological processes including cell motility, cell proliferation, cell differentiation, regulation of gene expression and cell survival. At the cell-extracellular matrix contact points, specialized structures are formed and termed focal adhesions, where bundles of actin filaments are anchored to transmembrane receptors of the integrin family through a multi-molecular complex of junctional plaque proteins. Some of the constituents of focal adhesions participate in the structural link between membrane receptors and the actin cytoskeleton, while others are signalling molecules, including different protein kinases and phosphatases, their substrates, and various adapter proteins. Integrin signaling is dependent upon the non-receptor tyrosine kinase activities of the FAK and src proteins as well as the adaptor protein functions of FAK, src and Shc to initiate downstream signaling events. These signalling events culminate in reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton; a prerequisite for changes in cell shape and motility, and gene expression. Similar morphological alterations and modulation of gene expression are initiated by the binding of growth factors to their respective receptors, emphasizing the considerable crosstalk between adhesion- and growth factor-mediated signalling.
Class
Cellular Processes; Cellular community - eukaryotes
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Organism
Aythya fuligula (tufted duck) [GN:
aful ]
Gene
116500022 COL2A1; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: collagen alpha-1(II) chain [KO:K19719 ]
116495257 PDGFA; platelet-derived growth factor subunit A isoform X1 [KO:K04359 ]
116488296 VEGFA; vascular endothelial growth factor A isoform X1 [KO:K05448 ]
116488843 VEGFC; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: vascular endothelial growth factor C [KO:K05449 ]
116496258 MYL2; myosin regulatory light chain 2, ventricular/cardiac muscle isoform [KO:K10351 ]
116486339 myosin regulatory light chain 2, smooth muscle minor isoform-like [KO:K12757 ]
116486483 myosin regulatory light chain 2, smooth muscle minor isoform [KO:K12757 ]
116497380 PPP1R12A; protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 12A isoform X1 [KO:K06270 ]
116498840 PPP1R12B; protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 12B isoform X1 [KO:K12329 ]
116493607 RASGRF1; ras-specific guanine nucleotide-releasing factor 1 isoform X1 [KO:K04349 ]
116492299 PIK3CA; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
116492415 PIK3CB; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit beta isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
116497623 PIK3CD; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit delta isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
116499089 PIK3R2; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit beta [KO:K02649 ]
116501170 PIK3R1; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
116491758 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit gamma isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
116492044 VAV3; guanine nucleotide exchange factor VAV3 isoform X1 [KO:K05730 ]
116496875 VAV2; guanine nucleotide exchange factor VAV2 isoform X1 [KO:K05730 ]
116495209 RAC1; ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 isoform X1 [KO:K04392 ]
116497501 CDC42; cell division control protein 42 homolog isoform X1 [KO:K04393 ]
116494114 BCAR1; breast cancer anti-estrogen resistance protein 1 isoform X1 [KO:K05726 ]
116496876 RAPGEF1; rap guanine nucleotide exchange factor 1 isoform X1 [KO:K06277 ]
Compound
C04637 1-Phosphatidyl-D-myo-inositol 4,5-bisphosphate
C05981 Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate
Reference
Authors
Berman AE, Kozlova NI, Morozevich GE.
Title
Integrins: structure and signaling.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Lee JW, Juliano R.
Title
Mitogenic signal transduction by integrin- and growth factor receptor-mediated pathways.
Journal
Mol Cells 17:188-202 (2004)
Reference
Authors
Danen EH, Yamada KM.
Title
Fibronectin, integrins, and growth control.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Guo W, Giancotti FG.
Title
Integrin signalling during tumour progression.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Petit V, Thiery JP.
Title
Focal adhesions: structure and dynamics.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Stupack DG, Cheresh DA.
Title
Get a ligand, get a life: integrins, signaling and cell survival.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Parsons JT.
Title
Focal adhesion kinase: the first ten years.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Mitra SK, Hanson DA, Schlaepfer DD.
Title
Focal adhesion kinase: in command and control of cell motility.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Comoglio PM, Boccaccio C, Trusolino L.
Title
Interactions between growth factor receptors and adhesion molecules: breaking the rules.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Schlaepfer DD, Mitra SK.
Title
Multiple connections link FAK to cell motility and invasion.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Burridge K, Wennerberg K.
Title
Rho and Rac take center stage.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Schmitz AA, Govek EE, Bottner B, Van Aelst L.
Title
Rho GTPases: signaling, migration, and invasion.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Vanhaesebroeck B, Alessi DR.
Title
The PI3K-PDK1 connection: more than just a road to PKB.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Nicholson KM, Anderson NG.
Title
The protein kinase B/Akt signalling pathway in human malignancy.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Oloumi A, McPhee T, Dedhar S.
Title
Regulation of E-cadherin expression and beta-catenin/Tcf transcriptional activity by the integrin-linked kinase.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Turner CE.
Title
Paxillin and focal adhesion signalling.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Hlobilkova A, Knillova J, Bartek J, Lukas J, Kolar Z.
Title
The mechanism of action of the tumour suppressor gene PTEN.
Journal
Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub 147:19-25 (2003)
Related pathway
aful04060 Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction
aful04070 Phosphatidylinositol signaling system
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