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When over-expressed in cells, REP wild-type and mutants are unable to form stable cytosolic complexes with endogenous unprenylated Rabs. These results suggest that the alternative pathway may predominate in vivo. We also extend previous suggestions that GGPP (geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate) acts as an allosteric regulator of the prenylation reaction. We observed that REP\u2013RGGT complexes are formed in vivo and are unstable in the absence of intracellular GGPP. RGGT increases the ability of REP to extract endogenous prenylated Rabs from membranes in vitro by stabilizing a soluble REP\u2013RGGT\u2013Rab-GG (geranylgeranylated Rab) complex. This effect is regulated by GGPP, which promotes the dissociation of RGGT and REP\u2013Rab-GG to allow delivery of prenylated Rabs to membranes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1042\/bj20080662","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,6,11]],"date-time":"2008-06-11T13:31:32Z","timestamp":1213191092000},"page":"67-75","update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1042\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Rab geranylgeranylation occurs preferentially via the pre-formed REP\u2013RGGT complex and is regulated by geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate"],"prefix":"10.1042","volume":"415","author":[{"given":"Rudi\u00a0A.","family":"Baron","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Molecular Medicine Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K."}]},{"given":"Miguel\u00a0C.","family":"Seabra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Molecular Medicine Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K."}]}],"member":"288","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2008,9,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021112215051243700_B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"467","DOI":"10.1194\/jlr.R500017-JLR200","article-title":"Thematic review series: lipid posttranslational modifications. geranylgeranylation of Rab GTPases","volume":"47","author":"Leung","year":"2006","journal-title":"J. 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