PREX2(phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate dependent Rac exchange factor 2),癌症关联基因,基因ID:80243,该基因编码的蛋白属于磷脂酰肌醇3,4,5-三磷酸(PIP3)依赖性rac交换子(prex)家族,是rac家族小G蛋白的DBL型鸟嘌呤核苷酸交换因子。该蛋白的结构域包括催化弥漫性B细胞淋巴瘤同源性和普雷克星同源性(DHPH)域、两个不齐的EGL-10和普雷克星同源性(DEP)域、两个PDZ域和一个在其中一个亚型中发现的C端肌醇多磷酸-4磷酸酶(IP4P)域。这种蛋白促进了在rac1上的gdp与gtp的交换,允许gtp结合的rac1激活下游效应器。研究还表明,该蛋白的Pleckstrin同源域与磷酸酶和紧张素同源(PTEN)基因产物相互作用,抑制PTEN磷酸酶活性,从而激活磷酸肌醇-3激酶(PI3K)信号通路。相反,PTEN基因产物也被证明能抑制这种蛋白的GEF活性。该基因在胰岛素信号传导途径中起作用,在一些癌症中观察到该基因的突变或过度表达。The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3)-dependent Rac exchanger (PREX) family, which are Dbl-type guanine-nucleotide exchange factors for Rac family small G proteins. Structural domains of this protein include the catalytic diffuse B-cell lymphoma homology and pleckstrin homology (DHPH) domain, two disheveled, EGL-10, and pleckstrin homology (DEP) domains, two PDZ domains, and a C-terminal inositol polyphosphate-4 ph。