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Facts about Rho GTPase-activating protein 7.
Functions as a GTPase-activating protein for the small GTPases RHOA, RHOB, RHOC and CDC42, terminating their downstream signaling.
This induces morphological changes and detachment through cytoskeletal reorganization, playing a crucial role in biological processes such as cell migration and proliferation.Also functions in vivo as an activator of the phospholipase PLCD1. Active DLC1 increases cell migration velocity but reduces directionality.
| Human | |
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| Gene Name: | DLC1 |
| Uniprot: | Q96QB1 |
| Entrez: | 10395 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

ARHGAP7 STARD12 deleted in liver cancer 1 variant 2; Deleted in liver cancer 1 protein; deleted in liver cancer 1; DLC-1; FLJ21120; HP protein; HP; KIAA1723; p122-RhoGAP; rho GTPase-activating protein 7; Rho-GTPase-activating protein 7; Rho-type GTPase-activating protein 7; StARD12; StAR-related lipid transfer (START) domain containing 12; StAR-related lipid transfer protein 12; START domain-containing protein 12
Mass (kDA):
170.591 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 8p22 |
| Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (13083361..13604620, complement) |
Highest level of expression in the spleen, with rather lower levels in prostate, testis, ovary, small intestine and colon, but none in the thymus.
Cytoplasm. Cell junction, focal adhesion. Membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Colocalizes with EF1A1 at actin-rich regions in the cell periphery.





PMID: 9605766 by Yuan B.Z., et al. Cloning, characterization, and chromosomal localization of a gene frequently deleted in human liver cancer (DLC-1) homologous to rat RhoGAP.
PMID: 21217778 by Low J.S., et al. A novel isoform of the 8p22 tumor suppressor gene DLC1 suppresses tumor growth and is frequently silenced in multiple common tumors.