Acts upstream of PAK1 to regulate the actin cytoskeleton, adhesion turnover and increase cell migration. Stimulates quiescent cells to reenter the cell cycle. Has no detectable GTPase activity but its high intrinsic guanine nucleotide exchange activity suggests it is constitutively GTP-bound. Plays a role in the regulation of cell morphology and cytoskeletal organization. Required in the control of cell shape.
Regulation of the Rho family small GTPase Wrch-1/RhoU by C-terminal tyrosine phosphorylation requires Src. Phosphorylation at Y254 negatively regulates Wrch-1-mediated biological functions.Serum-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation and relocalization of Wrch-1 decreases its activation of downstream effectors in a Y254-dependent manner.
To understand the role of and RHOU in miR-126-mediated Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, we examined the downstream gene expression after CVB3 infection. We first confirmed that miR-126 mimetic suppressed RHOU expression, while miR-126 inhibitor increased WRCH1 expression.