Deletion includes the centromere, then the chromosome will not segregate in meiosis or mitosis and will usually be lost.

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Activated RTKs and cytokine receptors to activate Ras, by two cytosolic proteins — GRB2 and Sos

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

GRB2 is an adapter protein, serves as a link, or scaffold, between the activated receptor and Sos

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Sos is a GEF that catalyzes conversion of inactive GDP bound Ras to the active GTP-bound form.

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

GRB2 has- 

Phosphotyrosine-binding SH2 domain

Two SH3 domains, bind to Sos

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The SH3 domains in GRB2 selectively bind to 

proline-rich sequences in Sos

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Downstream of Ras is a highly conserved cascade of three protein kinases-

Ras → Raf → MEK → MAP kinase