Alternate Names
proto-oncogene vav; VAV; vav 1 guanine nucleotide exchange factor; vav 1 oncogene
Description (eCommerce)
VAV1 couples tyrosine kinase signals with the activation of the Rho/Rac GTPases, thus leading to cell differentiation and/or proliferation [taken from the Universal Protein Resource (UniProt) www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P15498].
Description (Vector)
VAV1 is a member of the VAV gene family. The VAV proteins are guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) for Rho family GTPases that activate pathways leading to actin cytoskeletal rearrangements and transcriptional alterations. The encoded protein is important in hematopoiesis, playing a role in T-cell and B-cell development and activation. The encoded protein has been identified as the specific binding partner of Nef proteins from HIV-1. Coexpression and binding of these partners initiates profound morphological changes, cytoskeletal rearrangements and the JNK/SAPK signaling cascade, leading to increased levels of viral transcription and replication. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene.
Gene ID
7409
Gene Name (eCommerce)
vav guanine nucleotide exchange factor 1
Gene Name (Vector)
vav 1 guanine nucleotide exchange factor
Gene Symbol
VAV1
HGNC ID
HGNC:12657
NCBI Taxonomy ID (eCommerce)
9606.0
ORF Size (aa)
2373
ORF Size (bp)
2373 bp
Protein Name (eCommerce)
Proto-oncogene vav
RefSeq ID
NM_005428
RefSeq Synonyms
NM_005428, NM_001258207, NM_001258206, BC013361,
Research Areas
Apoptosis,B-cell Receptor Signaling,Cancer,Cytokine Signaling,Cytoskeleton,EGFR Signaling,EGFR Signaling in Cancer,Fc Receptor Signaling,FGF Signaling,GPCR Signaling,IFN Signaling,Immunology,Innate Immunity,Interleukin Signaling,Neurobiology,NGF Signaling,PDGF Signaling,PI3K/Akt Signaling,PI3K-AKT Signaling in Cancer,Prolactin Signaling,RAC1 Signaling,Rho Signaling,SCF-KIT Signaling,Signal Transduction,T-cell Receptor Signaling,Transcription Factor/Regulator
Research Areas (Faceted)
cancer,cell_biology,immunology,neurobiology,signal_transduction,stem_cell_biology,transcription_translation
Species
human
Target Sentence
VAV1 couples tyrosine kinase signals with the activation of the Rho/Rac GTPases, thus leading to cell differentiation and/or proliferation [taken from the Universal Protein Resource (UniProt) www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P15498].
UniGene ID
Hs.116237
UniProt ID (eCommerce)
P15498