The small GTPase Rac1 has been implicated in regulation of cell migration and cell-cell adhesion in epithelial cells. Little is known, however, about the spatial and temporal coordination of Rac1 activity required to balance these competing processes. We fractionated endogenous Rac1-containing protein complexes from membranes of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells and identified three major complexes comprising a Rac1.PAK (p21-activated kinase) complex, and 11 S and 16 S Rac1 complexes. Significantly, Rac1 shifts from the 11 S to a 16 S particle during initiation of cell-cell adhesion. This shift may reflect a diffusion trapping mechanism by which these Rac1 complexes are localized to cadherin-mediated cell-cell contacts through an interaction with annexin II.
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