PLEKHG2
Identifiers
Aliases	PLEKHG2, ARHGEF42, CLG, LDAMD, pleckstrin homology and RhoGEF domain containing G2, CTB-60E11.4
External IDs	OMIM: 611893 MGI: 2141874 HomoloGene: 16341 GeneCards: PLEKHG2
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 19 (human)[1] Band 19q13.2 Start 39,412,669 bp[1] End 39,428,415 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 7 (mouse)[2] Band 7 A3|7 16.71 cM Start 28,359,604 bp[2] End 28,372,599 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in sural nerve right coronary artery left uterine tube ascending aorta appendix ganglionic eminence gastric mucosa bone marrow cells stromal cell of endometrium left coronary artery Top expressed in internal carotid artery external carotid artery vas deferens thymus abdominal wall endocardial cushion yolk sac dermis fossa condyle More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function protein binding guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity Cellular component cytosol Biological process regulation of Rho protein signal transduction regulation of small GTPase mediated signal transduction positive regulation of apoptotic process regulation of actin filament polymerization G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 64857 101497 Ensembl ENSG00000090924 ENSMUSG00000037552 UniProt Q9H7P9 Q6KAU7 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_022835 NM_001351693 NM_001351694 NM_001083912 NM_001290542 NM_138752 RefSeq (protein) NP_073746 NP_001338622 NP_001338623 NP_001077381 NP_001277471 NP_620091 Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 39.41 – 39.43 Mb Chr 7: 28.36 – 28.37 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Pleckstrin homology domain containing, family G member 2 (PLEKHG2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PLEKHG2 gene. It is sometimes written as ARHGEF42, FLJ00018.

The PLEKHG2 protein is a huge protein of about 1300 amino acids, 130 kDa and has a Dbl homology (DH) domain and a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain near the N terminus of its structure. The DH domain is a domain responsible for guanine nucleotide exchange activity that converts GDP on the Rho family Small GTPase (RhoGTPase) to GTP, and PLEKHG2 having this domain also acts as a Rho-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor (RhoGEF).

Activation of RhoGTPase reconstitute the actin cytoskeleton and changes the cell morphology, so PLEKHG2 might be contributes to cell motility and neuronal network development of neurons via RhoGTPase and actin remodeling (see later).

Cloning

Recombinant BXH2 and AKXD inbred mice mutated by retroviral transduction are known to develop myeloid leukemia, B cell and T cell leukemia at high frequency.^[5]

In 2002, Himmel et al., used this model of acute myelogenous leukemia and showed that a novel Dbl family guanine nucleotide exchange factor gene is contained downstream of the retroviral uptake site called Evi24. They named this gene Clg. Hemmel and colleagues cloned Clg and showed homology with PLEKHG2 contained in human chromosome 19 chromosome 19q13.1 region. From these observations they pointed out association with acute myeloid leukemia.^[6]

Functions

In a paper published by Hemmel et al., in 2002, they showed that a construct containing a DH-PH domain of Clg promotes guanine nucleotide exchange of Cdc42 but does not promote guanine nucleotide exchange of Rac1 or RhoA. In addition, DH-PH domains or full-length Clg were introduced into NIH3T3 cells and transformation occurred.

Later, Ueda and his colleagues introduced the expression construct of full-length human PLEKHG2 into HEK 293 cells. In this cell the Gβγ subunit of the trimeric G protein were interacted with PLEKHG2 directly. Ueda and colleagues also showed that PLEKHG2 were activated by Gbg and PLEKHG2 activates Rac1, Cdc42 of RhoGTPase and contributes to cell morphological change.^[7]

In 2013, Runne et al., showed that PLEKHG2 is elevated in several leukemia cell lines, including Jurkat T cells. In addition, they showed that GPCR signal-dependent activation of Rac and Cdc42 regulates the chemotaxis of lymphocytes via actin polymerization. From this observation PLEKHG2 was considered to an important regulator of cell motility.^[8]

Furthermore, in recent years, it has become clear that PLEKHG2 undergoes regulation through modification such as phosphorylation and interaction with other proteins by various intracellular signals (see the section on interaction / protein modification). However, the function in vivo is still unclear.

Disease related with PLEKHG2

In 2016, Edvardson et al., identified homozygosity for Arg204Trp mutation in the PLEKHG2 gene in the patients with dystonia or postnatal microcephaly.^[9]

Interactions

PLEKHG2 is known to interacted with the following proteins.

・Gβγ^[7]

・β-actin^[10]

・Four and a Half LIM domain1 (FHL1)^[11][12]

・Gαs^[13]

protein modification

It is known that PLEKHG2 undergoes modification such as phosphorylation by the following signals.

・SRC^[14]

・EGFR^[15]

References