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Astore MA, Pradhan AS, Thiede EH, Hanson SM. Protein dynamics underlying allosteric regulation. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2024; 84:102768. [PMID: 38215528 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2023.102768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 12/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
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Allostery is the mechanism by which information and control are propagated in biomolecules. It regulates ligand binding, chemical reactions, and conformational changes. An increasing level of experimental resolution and control over allosteric mechanisms promises a deeper understanding of the molecular basis for life and powerful new therapeutics. In this review, we survey the literature for an up-to-date biological and theoretical understanding of protein allostery. By delineating five ways in which the energy landscape or the kinetics of a system may change to give rise to allostery, we aim to help the reader grasp its physical origins. To illustrate this framework, we examine three systems that display these forms of allostery: allosteric inhibitors of beta-lactamases, thermosensation of TRP channels, and the role of kinetic allostery in the function of kinases. Finally, we summarize the growing power of computational tools available to investigate the different forms of allostery presented in this review.
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- Miro A Astore
- Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA; Center for Computational Mathematics, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA. https://twitter.com/@miroastore
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- Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA; Center for Computational Mathematics, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA; Center for Computational Mathematics, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA.
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How phosphorylation impacts intrinsically disordered proteins and their function. Essays Biochem 2022; 66:901-913. [PMID: 36350035 PMCID: PMC9760426 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20220060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Phosphorylation is the most common post-translational modification (PTM) in eukaryotes, occurring particularly frequently in intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). These proteins are highly flexible and dynamic by nature. Thus, it is intriguing that the addition of a single phosphoryl group to a disordered chain can impact its function so dramatically. Furthermore, as many IDPs carry multiple phosphorylation sites, the number of possible states increases, enabling larger complexities and novel mechanisms. Although a chemically simple and well-understood process, the impact of phosphorylation on the conformational ensemble and molecular function of IDPs, not to mention biological output, is highly complex and diverse. Since the discovery of the first phosphorylation site in proteins 75 years ago, we have come to a much better understanding of how this PTM works, but with the diversity of IDPs and their capacity for carrying multiple phosphoryl groups, the complexity grows. In this Essay, we highlight some of the basic effects of IDP phosphorylation, allowing it to serve as starting point when embarking on studies into this topic. We further describe how recent complex cases of multisite phosphorylation of IDPs have been instrumental in widening our view on the effect of protein phosphorylation. Finally, we put forward perspectives on the phosphorylation of IDPs, both in relation to disease and in context of other PTMs; areas where deep insight remains to be uncovered.
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Tennakoon M, Senarath K, Kankanamge D, Ratnayake K, Wijayaratna D, Olupothage K, Ubeysinghe S, Martins-Cannavino K, Hébert TE, Karunarathne A. Subtype-dependent regulation of Gβγ signalling. Cell Signal 2021; 82:109947. [PMID: 33582184 PMCID: PMC8026654 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2021.109947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) transmit information to the cell interior by transducing external signals to heterotrimeric G protein subunits, Gα and Gβγ subunits, localized on the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane. Though the initial focus was mainly on Gα-mediated events, Gβγ subunits were later identified as major contributors to GPCR-G protein signalling. A broad functional array of Gβγ signalling has recently been attributed to Gβ and Gγ subtype diversity, comprising 5 Gβ and 12 Gγ subtypes, respectively. In addition to displaying selectivity towards each other to form the Gβγ dimer, numerous studies have identified preferences of distinct Gβγ combinations for specific GPCRs, Gα subtypes and effector molecules. Importantly, Gβ and Gγ subtype-dependent regulation of downstream effectors, representing a diverse range of signalling pathways and physiological functions have been found. Here, we review the literature on the repercussions of Gβ and Gγ subtype diversity on direct and indirect regulation of GPCR/G protein signalling events and their physiological outcomes. Our discussion additionally provides perspective in understanding the intricacies underlying molecular regulation of subtype-specific roles of Gβγ signalling and associated diseases.
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- Mithila Tennakoon
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Genetics and Molecular Biology Unit, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA; Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA.
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Chen K, Zhang Q, Wang CC, Liu ZX, Jiang YJ, Zhai LY, Zheng TQ, Xu JL, Li ZK. Genetic dissection of seedling vigour in a diverse panel from the 3,000 Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Genome Project. Sci Rep 2019; 9:4804. [PMID: 30886215 PMCID: PMC6423299 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41217-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Seedling vigour (SV) is important for direct seeding rice (Oryza sativa L.), especially in a paddy-direct seeding system, but the genetic mechanisms behind the related traits remain largely unknown. Here, we used 744 germplasms, having at least two subsets, for the detection of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) affecting the SV-related traits tiller number, plant height, and aboveground dry weight at three sampling stages, 27, 34, and 41 d after sowing. A joint map based on GAPIT and mrMLM produced a satisfying balance between type I and II errors. In total, 42 QTL regions, containing 18 (42.9%) previously reported overlapping QTL regions and 24 new ones, responsible for SV were detected throughout the genome. Four QTL regions, qSV1a, qSV3e, qSV4c, and qSV7c, were delimited and harboured quantitative trait nucleotides that are responsible for SV-related traits. Favourable haplotype mining for the candidate genes within these four regions, as well as the early SV gene OsGA20ox1, was performed, and the favourable haplotypes were presented with donors from the 3,000 Rice Genome Project. This work provides new information and materials for the future molecular breeding of direct seeding rice, especially in paddy-direct seeding cultivation systems.
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- Kai Chen
- Institute of Crop Sciences/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
- Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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- Institute of Rice Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Institute of Rice Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Institute of Rice Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- Institute of Crop Sciences/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
- Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China.
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- Institute of Crop Sciences/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
- Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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Shen C, Du Y, Qiao F, Kong T, Yuan L, Zhang D, Wu X, Li D, Wu YD. Biophysical and structural characterization of the thermostable WD40 domain of a prokaryotic protein, Thermomonospora curvata PkwA. Sci Rep 2018; 8:12965. [PMID: 30154510 PMCID: PMC6113231 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31140-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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WD40 proteins belong to a big protein family with members identified in every eukaryotic proteome. However, WD40 proteins were only reported in a few prokaryotic proteomes. Using WDSP (http://wu.scbb.pkusz.edu.cn/wdsp/), a prediction tool, we identified thousands of prokaryotic WD40 proteins, among which few proteins have been biochemically characterized. As shown in our previous bioinformatics study, a large proportion of prokaryotic WD40 proteins have higher intramolecular sequence identity among repeats and more hydrogen networks, which may indicate better stability than eukaryotic WD40s. Here we report our biophysical and structural study on the WD40 domain of PkwA from Thermomonospora curvata (referred as tPkwA-C). We demonstrated that the stability of thermophilic tPkwA-C correlated to ionic strength and tPkwA-C exhibited fully reversible unfolding under different denaturing conditions. Therefore, the folding kinetics was also studied through stopped-flow circular dichroism spectra. The crystal structure of tPkwA-C was further resolved and shed light on the key factors that stabilize its beta-propeller structure. Like other WD40 proteins, DHSW tetrad has a significant impact on the stability of tPkwA-C. Considering its unique features, we proposed that tPkwA-C should be a great structural template for protein engineering to study key residues involved in protein-protein interaction of a WD40 protein.
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- Chen Shen
- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.,Medical Research Center, The People's Hospital of Longhua, Shenzhen, 518109, China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China. .,SUSTech Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China. .,College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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Kacirova M, Novacek J, Man P, Obsilova V, Obsil T. Structural Basis for the 14-3-3 Protein-Dependent Inhibition of Phosducin Function. Biophys J 2017; 112:1339-1349. [PMID: 28402877 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Revised: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Phosducin (Pdc) is a conserved phosphoprotein that, when unphosphorylated, binds with high affinity to the complex of βγ-subunits of G protein transducin (Gtβγ). The ability of Pdc to bind to Gtβγ is inhibited through its phosphorylation at S54 and S73 within the N-terminal domain (Pdc-ND) followed by association with the scaffolding protein 14-3-3. However, the molecular basis for the 14-3-3-dependent inhibition of Pdc binding to Gtβγ is unclear. By using small-angle x-ray scattering, high-resolution NMR spectroscopy, and limited proteolysis coupled with mass spectrometry, we show that phosphorylated Pdc and 14-3-3 form a complex in which the Pdc-ND region 45-80, which forms a part of Pdc's Gtβγ binding surface and contains both phosphorylation sites, is restrained within the central channel of the 14-3-3 dimer, with both 14-3-3 binding motifs simultaneously participating in protein association. The N-terminal part of Pdc-ND is likely located outside the central channel of the 14-3-3 dimer, but Pdc residues 20-30, which are also involved in Gtβγ binding, are positioned close to the surface of the 14-3-3 dimer. The C-terminal domain of Pdc is located outside the central channel and its structure is unaffected by the complex formation. These results indicate that the 14-3-3 protein-mediated inhibition of Pdc binding to Gtβγ is based on steric occlusion of Pdc's Gtβγ binding surface.
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- Miroslava Kacirova
- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- BioCeV-Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vestec, Czech Republic; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Kacirova M, Kosek D, Kadek A, Man P, Vecer J, Herman P, Obsilova V, Obsil T. Structural Characterization of Phosducin and Its Complex with the 14-3-3 Protein. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:16246-60. [PMID: 25971962 PMCID: PMC4481224 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.636563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Revised: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Phosducin (Pdc), a highly conserved phosphoprotein involved in the regulation of retinal phototransduction cascade, transcriptional control, and modulation of blood pressure, is controlled in a phosphorylation-dependent manner, including the binding to the 14-3-3 protein. However, the molecular mechanism of this regulation is largely unknown. Here, the solution structure of Pdc and its interaction with the 14-3-3 protein were investigated using small angle x-ray scattering, time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, and hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled to mass spectrometry. The 14-3-3 protein dimer interacts with Pdc using surfaces both inside and outside its central channel. The N-terminal domain of Pdc, where both phosphorylation sites and the 14-3-3-binding motifs are located, is an intrinsically disordered protein that reduces its flexibility in several regions without undergoing dramatic disorder-to-order transition upon binding to 14-3-3. Our data also indicate that the C-terminal domain of Pdc interacts with the outside surface of the 14-3-3 dimer through the region involved in Gtβγ binding. In conclusion, we show that the 14-3-3 protein interacts with and sterically occludes both the N- and C-terminal Gtβγ binding interfaces of phosphorylated Pdc, thus providing a mechanistic explanation for the 14-3-3-dependent inhibition of Pdc function.
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- Miroslava Kacirova
- From the Departments of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry and the Institutes of Physiology and
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- From the Departments of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry and the Institutes of Physiology and
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- Microbiology,Czech Academy of Sciences, 14220 Prague, and Biochemistry Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, 12843 Prague
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- Microbiology,Czech Academy of Sciences, 14220 Prague, and Biochemistry Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, 12843 Prague
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- the Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, 12116 Prague, Czech Republic
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- the Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, 12116 Prague, Czech Republic
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- From the Departments of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry and the Institutes of Physiology and
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Burgos CF, Castro PA, Mariqueo T, Bunster M, Guzmán L, Aguayo LG. Evidence for α-helices in the large intracellular domain mediating modulation of the α1-glycine receptor by ethanol and Gβγ. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2015; 352:148-55. [PMID: 25339760 PMCID: PMC4279101 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.114.217976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The α1-subunit containing glycine receptors (GlyRs) is potentiated by ethanol, in part, by intracellular Gβγ actions. Previous studies have suggested that molecular requirements in the large intracellular domain are involved; however, the lack of structural data about this region has made it difficult to describe a detailed mechanism. Using circular dichroism and molecular modeling, we generated a full model of the α1-GlyR, which includes the large intracellular domain and provides new information on structural requirements for allosteric modulation by ethanol and Gβγ. The data strongly suggest the existence of an α-helical conformation in the regions near transmembrane (TM)-3 and TM4 of the large intracellular domain. The secondary structure in the N-terminal region of the large intracellular domain near TM3 appeared critical for ethanol action, and this was tested using the homologous domain of the γ2-subunit of the GABAA receptor predicted to have little helical conformation. This region of γ2 was able to bind Gβγ and form a functional channel when combined with α1-GlyR, but it was not sensitive to ethanol. Mutations in the N- and C-terminal regions introduced to replace corresponding amino acids of the α1-GlyR sequence restored the ability to be modulated by ethanol and Gβγ. Recovery of the sensitivity to ethanol was associated with the existence of a helical conformation similar to α1-GlyR, thus being an essential secondary structural requirement for GlyR modulation by ethanol and G protein.
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- Carlos F Burgos
- Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology (C.F.B., .P.A.C., T.M., L.G.A.), Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Physiology (L.G.), Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (M.B.), and Ph.D. program in Pharmacology (T.M.), University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology (C.F.B., .P.A.C., T.M., L.G.A.), Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Physiology (L.G.), Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (M.B.), and Ph.D. program in Pharmacology (T.M.), University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology (C.F.B., .P.A.C., T.M., L.G.A.), Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Physiology (L.G.), Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (M.B.), and Ph.D. program in Pharmacology (T.M.), University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology (C.F.B., .P.A.C., T.M., L.G.A.), Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Physiology (L.G.), Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (M.B.), and Ph.D. program in Pharmacology (T.M.), University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology (C.F.B., .P.A.C., T.M., L.G.A.), Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Physiology (L.G.), Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (M.B.), and Ph.D. program in Pharmacology (T.M.), University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology (C.F.B., .P.A.C., T.M., L.G.A.), Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Physiology (L.G.), Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (M.B.), and Ph.D. program in Pharmacology (T.M.), University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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Thanh NM, Jung H, Lyons RE, Chand V, Tuan NV, Thu VTM, Mather P. A transcriptomic analysis of striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) in response to salinity adaptation: De novo assembly, gene annotation and marker discovery. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D-GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2014; 10:52-63. [PMID: 24841517 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2014.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) culture industry in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam has developed rapidly over the past decade. The culture industry now however, faces some significant challenges, especially related to climate change impacts notably from predicted extensive saltwater intrusion into many low topographical coastal provinces across the Mekong Delta. This problem highlights a need for development of culture stocks that can tolerate more saline culture environments as a response to expansion of saline water-intruded land. While a traditional artificial selection program can potentially address this need, understanding the genomic basis of salinity tolerance can assist development of more productive culture lines. The current study applied a transcriptomic approach using Ion PGM technology to generate expressed sequence tag (EST) resources from the intestine and swim bladder from striped catfish reared at a salinity level of 9ppt which showed best growth performance. Total sequence data generated was 467.8Mbp, consisting of 4,116,424 reads with an average length of 112bp. De novo assembly was employed that generated 51,188 contigs, and allowed identification of 16,116 putative genes based on the GenBank non-redundant database. GO annotation, KEGG pathway mapping, and functional annotation of the EST sequences recovered with a wide diversity of biological functions and processes. In addition, more than 11,600 simple sequence repeats were also detected. This is the first comprehensive analysis of a striped catfish transcriptome, and provides a valuable genomic resource for future selective breeding programs and functional or evolutionary studies of genes that influence salinity tolerance in this important culture species.
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- Nguyen Minh Thanh
- International University, VNU HCMC, Quarter 6, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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- Institute for Future Environment, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia; Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia.
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- CSIRO Livestock Industries, Queensland Biosciences Precinct, QLD 4057, Australia.
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- Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia.
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- Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia.
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- International University, VNU HCMC, Quarter 6, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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- Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia.
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Grecu D, Assairi L. CK2 phosphorylation of human centrins 1 and 2 regulates their binding to the DNA repair protein XPC, the centrosomal protein Sfi1 and the phototransduction protein transducin β. FEBS Open Bio 2014; 4:407-19. [PMID: 24918055 PMCID: PMC4050191 DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2014.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Revised: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Centrins are calcium-binding proteins that can interact with several cellular targets (Sfi1, XPC, Sac3 and transducin β) through the same hydrophobic triad. However, two different orientations of the centrin-binding motif have been observed: W(1)xxL(4)xxxL(8) for XPC (xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein) and the opposite orientation L(8)xxxL(4)xxW(1) for Sfi1 (suppressor of fermentation-induced loss of stress resistance protein 1), Sac3 and transducin β. Centrins are also phosphorylated by several protein kinases, among which is CK2. The purpose of this study was to determine the binding mechanism of human centrins to three targets (transducin β, Sfi1 and XPC), and the effects of in vitro phosphorylation by CK2 of centrins 1 and 2 with regard to this binding mechanism. We identified the centrin-binding motif at the COOH extremity of transducin β. Human centrin 1 binds to transducin β only in the presence of calcium with a binding constant lower than the binding constant observed for Sfi1 and for XPC. The affinity constants of centrin 1 were 0.10 10(6) M(-1), 249 10(6) M(-1) and 52.5 10(6) M(-1) for Trd, R17-Sfi1 and P17-XPC respectively. CK2 phosphorylates human centrin 1 at residue T138 and human centrin 2 at residues T138 and S158. Consequently CK2 phosphorylation abolished the binding of centrin 1 to transducin β and reduced the binding to Sfi1 and XPC. CK2 phosphorylation of centrin 2 at T138 and S158 abolished the binding to Sfi1 as assessed using a C-HsCen2 T138D-S158D phosphomimetic form of centrin 2.
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- Dora Grecu
- Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, F-91405 Orsay Cédex, France
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- Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, F-91405 Orsay Cédex, France
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Moreira IS. Structural features of the G-protein/GPCR interactions. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2013; 1840:16-33. [PMID: 24016604 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Revised: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The details of the functional interaction between G proteins and the G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) have long been subjected to extensive investigations with structural and functional assays and a large number of computational studies. SCOPE OF REVIEW The nature and sites of interaction in the G-protein/GPCR complexes, and the specificities of these interactions selecting coupling partners among the large number of families of GPCRs and G protein forms, are still poorly defined. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS Many of the contact sites between the two proteins in specific complexes have been identified, but the three dimensional molecular architecture of a receptor-Gα interface is only known for one pair. Consequently, many fundamental questions regarding this macromolecular assembly and its mechanism remain unanswered. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE In the context of current structural data we review the structural details of the interfaces and recognition sites in complexes of sub-family A GPCRs with cognate G-proteins, with special emphasis on the consequences of activation on GPCR structure, the prevalence of preassembled GPCR/G-protein complexes, the key structural determinants for selective coupling and the possible involvement of GPCR oligomerization in this process.
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- Irina S Moreira
- REQUIMTE/Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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Rezabkova L, Kacirova M, Sulc M, Herman P, Vecer J, Stepanek M, Obsilova V, Obsil T. Structural modulation of phosducin by phosphorylation and 14-3-3 protein binding. Biophys J 2013. [PMID: 23199924 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Phosducin (Pdc), a highly conserved phosphoprotein, plays an important role in the regulation of G protein signaling, transcriptional control, and modulation of blood pressure. Pdc is negatively regulated by phosphorylation followed by binding to the 14-3-3 protein, whose role is still unclear. To gain insight into the role of 14-3-3 in the regulation of Pdc function, we studied structural changes of Pdc induced by phosphorylation and 14-3-3 protein binding using time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. Our data show that the phosphorylation of the N-terminal domain of Pdc at Ser-54 and Ser-73 affects the structure of the whole Pdc molecule. Complex formation with 14-3-3 reduces the flexibility of both the N- and C-terminal domains of phosphorylated Pdc, as determined by time-resolved tryptophan and dansyl fluorescence. Therefore, our data suggest that phosphorylated Pdc undergoes a conformational change when binding to 14-3-3. These changes involve the G(t)βγ binding surface within the N-terminal domain of Pdc, and thus could explain the inhibitory effect of 14-3-3 on Pdc function.
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- Lenka Rezabkova
- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Belcastro M, Song H, Sinha S, Song C, Mathers PH, Sokolov M. Phosphorylation of phosducin accelerates rod recovery from transducin translocation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2012; 53:3084-91. [PMID: 22491418 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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PURPOSE In rods saturated by light, the G protein transducin undergoes translocation from the outer segment compartment, which results in the uncoupling of transducin from its innate receptor, rhodopsin. We measured the kinetics of recovery from this adaptive cellular response, while also investigating the role of phosducin, a phosphoprotein binding transducin βγ subunits in its de-phosphorylated state, in regulating this process. METHODS Mice were exposed to a moderate rod-saturating light triggering transducin translocation, and then allowed to recover in the dark while free running. The kinetics of the return of the transducin subunits to the outer segments were compared in transgenic mouse models expressing full-length phosducin, and phosducin lacking phosphorylation sites serine 54 and 71, using Western blot analysis of serial tangential sections of the retina. RESULTS In mice expressing normal phosducin, transducin α and βγ subunits returned to the outer segments with a half-time (t(1/2)) of ∼24 and 29 minutes, respectively. In the phosducin phosphorylation mutants, the transducin α subunit moved four times slower, with t(1/2) ∼95 minutes, while the movement of transducin βγ was less affected. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate that the recovery of rod photoreceptors from the ambient saturating levels of illumination, in terms of the return of the light-dispersed transducin subunits to the rod outer segments, occurs six times faster than reported previously. Our data also support the notion that the accumulation of transducin α subunit in the outer segment is driven by its re-binding to the transducin βγ dimer, because this process is accelerated significantly by phosducin phosphorylation.
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Song J, Tan H, Wang M, Webb GI, Akutsu T. TANGLE: two-level support vector regression approach for protein backbone torsion angle prediction from primary sequences. PLoS One 2012; 7:e30361. [PMID: 22319565 PMCID: PMC3271071 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2011] [Accepted: 12/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Protein backbone torsion angles (Phi) and (Psi) involve two rotation angles rotating around the Cα-N bond (Phi) and the Cα-C bond (Psi). Due to the planarity of the linked rigid peptide bonds, these two angles can essentially determine the backbone geometry of proteins. Accordingly, the accurate prediction of protein backbone torsion angle from sequence information can assist the prediction of protein structures. In this study, we develop a new approach called TANGLE (Torsion ANGLE predictor) to predict the protein backbone torsion angles from amino acid sequences. TANGLE uses a two-level support vector regression approach to perform real-value torsion angle prediction using a variety of features derived from amino acid sequences, including the evolutionary profiles in the form of position-specific scoring matrices, predicted secondary structure, solvent accessibility and natively disordered region as well as other global sequence features. When evaluated based on a large benchmark dataset of 1,526 non-homologous proteins, the mean absolute errors (MAEs) of the Phi and Psi angle prediction are 27.8° and 44.6°, respectively, which are 1% and 3% respectively lower than that using one of the state-of-the-art prediction tools ANGLOR. Moreover, the prediction of TANGLE is significantly better than a random predictor that was built on the amino acid-specific basis, with the p-value<1.46e-147 and 7.97e-150, respectively by the Wilcoxon signed rank test. As a complementary approach to the current torsion angle prediction algorithms, TANGLE should prove useful in predicting protein structural properties and assisting protein fold recognition by applying the predicted torsion angles as useful restraints. TANGLE is freely accessible at http://sunflower.kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~sjn/TANGLE/.
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- Jiangning Song
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Enzymes and Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- Bioinformatics Center, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan
- * E-mail: (JS); (GIW); (TA)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Enzymes and Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- * E-mail: (JS); (GIW); (TA)
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- Bioinformatics Center, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan
- * E-mail: (JS); (GIW); (TA)
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Rebois RV, Hébert TE. Protein Complexes Involved in Heptahelical Receptor-Mediated Signal Transduction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.3109/10606820308243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Adams DR, Ron D, Kiely PA. RACK1, A multifaceted scaffolding protein: Structure and function. Cell Commun Signal 2011; 9:22. [PMID: 21978545 PMCID: PMC3195729 DOI: 10.1186/1478-811x-9-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 324] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2011] [Accepted: 10/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The Receptor for Activated C Kinase 1 (RACK1) is a member of the tryptophan-aspartate repeat (WD-repeat) family of proteins and shares significant homology to the β subunit of G-proteins (Gβ). RACK1 adopts a seven-bladed β-propeller structure which facilitates protein binding. RACK1 has a significant role to play in shuttling proteins around the cell, anchoring proteins at particular locations and in stabilising protein activity. It interacts with the ribosomal machinery, with several cell surface receptors and with proteins in the nucleus. As a result, RACK1 is a key mediator of various pathways and contributes to numerous aspects of cellular function. Here, we discuss RACK1 gene and structure and its role in specific signaling pathways, and address how posttranslational modifications facilitate subcellular location and translocation of RACK1. This review condenses several recent studies suggesting a role for RACK1 in physiological processes such as development, cell migration, central nervous system (CN) function and circadian rhythm as well as reviewing the role of RACK1 in disease.
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- David R Adams
- Department of Life Sciences, and Materials and Surface Science Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
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Lin Y, Smrcka AV. Understanding molecular recognition by G protein βγ subunits on the path to pharmacological targeting. Mol Pharmacol 2011; 80:551-7. [PMID: 21737569 DOI: 10.1124/mol.111.073072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Heterotrimeric G proteins, composed of Gα and Gβγ subunits, transduce extracellular signals via G-protein-coupled receptors to modulate many important intracellular responses. The Gβγ subunits hold a central position in this signaling system and have been implicated in multiple aspects of physiology and the pathophysiology of disease. The Gβ subunit belongs to a large family of WD40 repeat proteins with a circular β-bladed propeller structure. This structure allows Gβγ to interact with a broad range of proteins to play diverse roles. How Gβγ interacts with and regulates such a wide variety of partners yet maintains specificity is an interesting problem in protein-protein molecular recognition in signal transduction, where signal transfer by proteins is often driven by modular conserved recognition motifs. Evidence has accumulated that one mechanism for Gβγ multitarget recognition is through an intrinsically flexible protein surface or "hot spot" that accommodates multiple modes of binding. Because each target has a unique recognition mode for Gβγ subunits, it suggests that these interactions could be selectively manipulated with small molecules, which could have significant therapeutic potential.
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- Yuan Lin
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Beetz N, Hein L. The physiological roles of phosducin: from retinal function to stress-dependent hypertension. Cell Mol Life Sci 2011; 68:599-612. [PMID: 21069424 PMCID: PMC11114795 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0550-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2010] [Revised: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 09/29/2010] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In the time since its discovery, phosducin's functions have been intensively studied both in vivo and in vitro. Phosducin's most important biochemical feature in in vitro studies is its binding to heterotrimeric G protein βγ-subunits. Data on phosducin's in vivo relevance, however, have only recently been published but expand the range of biological actions, as shown both in animal models as well as in human studies. This review gives an overview of different aspects of phosducin biology ranging from structure, phylogeny of phosducin family members, posttranscriptional modification, biochemical features, localization and levels of expression to its physiological functions. Special emphasis will be placed on phosducin's function in the regulation of blood pressure. In the second part of this article, findings concerning cardiovascular regulation and their clinical relevance will be discussed on the basis of recently published data from gene-targeted mouse models and human genetic studies.
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- Nadine Beetz
- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Freiburg, Albertstrasse 25, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Centre for Biological Signaling Studies (bioss), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Freiburg, Albertstrasse 25, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Centre for Biological Signaling Studies (bioss), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Ye S, Nguyen KT, Le Clair SV, Chen Z. In situ molecular level studies on membrane related peptides and proteins in real time using sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy. J Struct Biol 2009; 168:61-77. [PMID: 19306928 PMCID: PMC2753614 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2008] [Revised: 03/11/2009] [Accepted: 03/13/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy has been demonstrated to be a powerful technique to study the molecular structures of surfaces and interfaces in different chemical environments. This review summarizes recent SFG studies on hybrid bilayer membranes and substrate-supported lipid monolayers and bilayers, the interaction between peptides/proteins and lipid monolayers/bilayers, and bilayer perturbation induced by peptides/proteins. To demonstrate the ability of SFG to determine the orientations of various secondary structures, studies on the interactions between different peptides/proteins (melittin, G proteins, alamethicin, and tachyplesin I) and lipid bilayers are discussed. Molecular level details revealed by SFG in these studies show that SFG can provide a unique understanding on the interactions between a lipid monolayer/bilayer and peptides/proteins in real time, in situ and without any exogenous labeling.
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- Shuji Ye
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Poon LS, Chan AS, Wong YH. Gβ3 forms distinct dimers with specific Gγ subunits and preferentially activates the β3 isoform of phospholipase C. Cell Signal 2009; 21:737-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2009.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2008] [Accepted: 01/03/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Guzmán-Hernández ML, Vázquez-Macías A, Carretero-Ortega J, Hernández-García R, García-Regalado A, Hernández-Negrete I, Reyes-Cruz G, Gutkind JS, Vázquez-Prado J. Differential inhibitor of Gbetagamma signaling to AKT and ERK derived from phosducin-like protein: effect on sphingosine 1-phosphate-induced endothelial cell migration and in vitro angiogenesis. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:18334-46. [PMID: 19403526 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.008839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Differential inhibitors of Gbetagamma-effector regions are required to dissect the biological contribution of specific Gbetagamma-initiated signaling pathways. Here, we characterize PhLP-M1-G149, a Gbetagamma-interacting construct derived from phosducin-like protein 1 (PhLP) as a differential inhibitor of Gbetagamma, which, in endothelial cells, prevented sphingosine 1-phosphate-induced phosphorylation of AKT, glycogen synthase kinase 3beta, cell migration, and tubulogenesis, while having no effect on ERK phosphorylation or hepatocyte growth factor-dependent responses. This construct attenuated the recruitment of phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma (PI3Kgamma) to the plasma membrane and the signaling to AKT in response to Gbetagamma overexpression. In coimmunoprecipitation experiments, PhLP-M1-G149 interfered with the interaction between PI3Kgamma and Gbetagamma. Other PhLP-derived constructs interacted with Gbetagamma but were not effective inhibitors of Gbetagamma signaling to AKT or ERK. Our results indicate that PhLP-M1-G149 is a suitable tool to differentially modulate the Gbetagamma-initiated pathway linking this heterodimer to AKT, endothelial cell migration, and in vitro angiogenesis. It can be also useful to further characterize the molecular determinants of the Gbetagamma-PI3Kgamma interaction.
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- María Luisa Guzmán-Hernández
- Department of Pharmacology, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), Apartado Postal 14-740, DF 07000 Mexico
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Goc A, Angel TE, Jastrzebska B, Wang B, Wintrode PL, Palczewski K. Different properties of the native and reconstituted heterotrimeric G protein transducin. Biochemistry 2009; 47:12409-19. [PMID: 18975915 DOI: 10.1021/bi8015444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Visual signal transduction serves as one of the best understood G protein-coupled receptor signaling systems. Signaling is initiated when a photon strikes rhodopsin (Rho) causing a conformational change leading to productive interaction of this G protein-coupled receptor with the heterotrimeric G protein, transducin (Gt). Here we describe a new method for Gt purification from native bovine rod photoreceptor membranes without subunit dissociation caused by exposure to photoactivated rhodopsin (Rho*). Native electrophoresis followed by immunoblotting revealed that Gt purified by this method formed more stable heterotrimers and interacted more efficiently with membranes containing Rho* or its target, phosphodiesterase 6, than did Gt purified by a traditional method involving subunit dissociation and reconstitution in solution without membranes. Because these differences could result from selective extraction, we characterized the type and amount of posttranslational modifications on both purified native and reconstituted Gt preparations. Similar N-terminal acylation of the Gtalpha subunit was observed for both proteins as was farnesylation and methylation of the terminal Gtgamma subunit Cys residue. However, hydrogen/deuterium exchange experiments revealed less incorporation of deuterium into the Gtalpha and Gtbeta subunits of native Gt as compared to reconstituted Gt. These findings may indicate differences in conformation and heterotrimer complex formation between the two preparations or altered stability of the reconstituted Gt that assembles differently than the native protein. Therefore, Gt extracted and purified without subunit dissociation appears to be more appropriate for future studies.
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- Anna Goc
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4965, USA
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Lou X, Bao R, Zhou CZ, Chen Y. Structure of the thioredoxin-fold domain of human phosducin-like protein 2. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2009; 65:67-70. [PMID: 19193988 PMCID: PMC2635858 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309108037342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2008] [Accepted: 11/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Human phosducin-like protein 2 (hPDCL2) has been identified as belonging to subgroup II of the phosducin (Pdc) family. The members of this family share an N-terminal helix domain and a C-terminal thioredoxin-fold (Trx-fold) domain. The X-ray crystal structure of the Trx-fold domain of hPDCL2 was solved at 2.70 A resolution and resembled the Trx-fold domain of rat phosducin. Comparative structural analysis revealed the structural basis of their putative functional divergence.
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- Xiaochu Lou
- Institute of Protein Research, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Protein Research, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People’s Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Protein Research, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People’s Republic of China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, People’s Republic of China
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Pozdeyev N, Tosini G, Li L, Ali F, Rozov S, Lee RH, Iuvone PM. Dopamine modulates diurnal and circadian rhythms of protein phosphorylation in photoreceptor cells of mouse retina. Eur J Neurosci 2008; 27:2691-700. [PMID: 18547251 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06224.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Many aspects of photoreceptor metabolism are regulated as diurnal or circadian rhythms. The nature of the signals that drive rhythms in mouse photoreceptors is unknown. Dopamine amacrine cells in mouse retina express core circadian clock genes, leading us to test the hypothesis that dopamine regulates rhythms of protein phosphorylation in photoreceptor cells. To this end we investigated the phosphorylation of phosducin, an abundant photoreceptor-specific phosphoprotein. In mice exposed to a daily light-dark cycle, robust daily rhythms of phosducin phosphorylation and retinal dopamine metabolism were observed. Phospho-phosducin levels were low during the daytime and high at night, and correlated negatively with levels of the dopamine metabolite 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid. The effect of light on phospho-phosducin levels was mimicked by pharmacological activation of dopamine D4 receptors. The amplitude of the diurnal rhythm of phospho-phosducin was reduced by > 50% in D4 receptor-knockout mice, due to higher daytime levels of phospho-phosducin. In addition, the daytime level of phospho-phosducin was significantly elevated by L-745,870, a dopamine D4 receptor antagonist. These data indicate that dopamine and other light-dependent processes cooperatively regulate the diurnal rhythm of phosducin phosphorylation. Under conditions of constant darkness a circadian rhythm of phosducin phosphorylation was observed, which correlated negatively with the circadian rhythm of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid levels. The circadian fluctuation of phospho-phosducin was completely abolished by constant infusion of L-745,870, indicating that the rhythm of phospho-phosducin level is driven by dopamine. Thus, dopamine release in response to light and circadian clocks drives daily rhythms of protein phosphorylation in photoreceptor cells.
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- Nikita Pozdeyev
- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Sobierajska K, Fabczak H, Fabczak S. Phosducin interacts with the G-protein βγ-dimer of ciliate protozoanBlepharisma japonicumupon illumination. J Exp Biol 2007; 210:4213-23. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.005132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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SUMMARYImmunological techniques and high-resolution FRET analysis were employed to investigate the in vivo colocalization and interaction of phosducin(Pdc) with the βγ-subunits of G-protein (Gβγ) in the ciliate Blepharisma japonicum. Immunological techniques revealed that illumination of cells resulted in a decrease in phosphorylation levels of Pdc and its colocalization with Gβγ. The observed light-induced Pdc dephosphorylation was also accompanied by significant enhancement of Gβγ binding by this molecule. Possible formation of the Pdc–Gβγ complex in cells exposed to light was corroborated by FRET between these proteins. Treatment of cells with okadaic acid, an inhibitor of phosphatase activity, entirely prevented Pdc dephosphorylation by light, colocalization of this phosphoprotein with Gβγ and generation of the Pdc–Gβγ complex. Cell fractionation and immunoblotting revealed that in cells exposed to light, the formation of Pdc–Gβγ complex and its translocation into the cytoplasm occur simultaneously with a change in the gel migration of Gβ. Moreover, a 33 kDa immunoanalog of 14-3-3 protein was identified and we showed that this protein is bound by phosphorylated Pdc in a cell adapted to darkness. The results of this study provide additional detailed characterization of the functional properties of the ciliate Pdc. The likely functional role of Pdc in Blepharisma is discussed.
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- Katarzyna Sobierajska
- Department of Cell Biology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology,3 Pasteur Street, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology,3 Pasteur Street, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology,3 Pasteur Street, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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Willardson BM, Howlett AC. Function of phosducin-like proteins in G protein signaling and chaperone-assisted protein folding. Cell Signal 2007; 19:2417-27. [PMID: 17658730 PMCID: PMC2095786 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2007.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2007] [Accepted: 06/15/2007] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Members of the phosducin gene family were initially proposed to act as down-regulators of G protein signaling by binding G protein betagamma dimers (Gbetagamma) and inhibiting their ability to interact with G protein alpha subunits (Galpha) and effectors. However, recent findings have over-turned this hypothesis by showing that most members of the phosducin family act as co-chaperones with the cytosolic chaperonin complex (CCT) to assist in the folding of a variety of proteins from their nascent polypeptides. In fact rather than inhibiting G protein pathways, phosducin-like protein 1 (PhLP1) has been shown to be essential for G protein signaling by catalyzing the folding and assembly of the Gbetagamma dimer. PhLP2 and PhLP3 have no role in G protein signaling, but they appear to assist in the folding of proteins essential in regulating cell cycle progression as well as actin and tubulin. Phosducin itself is the only family member that does not participate with CCT in protein folding, but it is believed to have a specific role in visual signal transduction to chaperone Gbetagamma subunits as they translocate to and from the outer and inner segments of photoreceptor cells during light-adaptation.
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- Barry M Willardson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, C-100 BNSN, Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 84602, USA.
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Chakravorty D, Botella JR. Over-expression of a truncated Arabidopsis thaliana heterotrimeric G protein gamma subunit results in a phenotype similar to alpha and beta subunit knockouts. Gene 2007; 393:163-70. [PMID: 17383830 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2006] [Revised: 01/09/2007] [Accepted: 02/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Heterotrimeric G proteins (G-proteins) are a diverse class of signal transducing proteins which have been implicated in a variety of important roles in plants. When G-proteins are activated, they dissociate into two functional subunits (alpha and the betagamma dimer) that effectively relay the signal to a multitude of effectors. In animal systems, the betagamma dimer is anchored to the plasma membrane by a prenyl group present in the gamma subunit and membrane localization has proven vital for heterotrimer function. A semi-dominant negative strategy was designed aiming to disrupt heterotrimer function in Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype Columbia) plants by over-expressing a truncated gamma subunit lacking the isoprenylation motif (gamma()). Northern analysis shows that the levels of expression of the mutant gamma subunit in several transgenic lines (35S-gamma()) are orders of magnitude higher than that of the native subunits. In-depth characterization of the 35S-gamma() lines has been carried out, specifically focusing on a number of developmental characteristics and responses to several stimuli previously shown to be affected in alpha- and beta-deficient mutants. In all cases, the transgenic lines expressing the mutant gamma subunit behave in the same way as the alpha- and/or the beta-deficient mutants, albeit with reduced severity of the phenotype. Our data indicates that signaling from both functional subunits, alpha and the beta/gamma dimer, is disrupted in the transgenic plants. Even though physical association of the subunits has been previously reported, our research provides evidence of the functional association of alpha and beta with the gamma subunits in Arabidopsis, while also suggesting that plasma membrane localization may be critical for function of plant heterotrimeric G proteins.
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Riven I, Iwanir S, Reuveny E. GIRK Channel Activation Involves a Local Rearrangement of a Preformed G Protein Channel Complex. Neuron 2006; 51:561-73. [PMID: 16950155 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2006] [Revised: 06/19/2006] [Accepted: 08/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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G protein-coupled signaling is one of the major mechanisms for controlling cellular excitability. One of the main targets for this control at postsynaptic membranes is the G protein-coupled potassium channels (GIRK/Kir3), which generate slow inhibitory postsynaptic potentials following the activation of Pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein-coupled receptors. Using total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy combined with fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), in intact cells, we provide evidence for the existence of a trimeric G protein-channel complex at rest. We show that activation of the channel via the receptor induces a local conformational switch of the G protein to induce channel opening. The presence of such a complex thus provides the means for a precise temporal and highly selective activation of the channel, which is required for fine tuning of neuronal excitability.
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- Inbal Riven
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 76100
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Partridge JG, Puhl HL, Ikeda SR. Phosducin and Phosducin-like Protein Attenuate G-Protein-Coupled Receptor-Mediated Inhibition of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels in Rat Sympathetic Neurons. Mol Pharmacol 2006; 70:90-100. [PMID: 16608918 DOI: 10.1124/mol.105.021394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Phosducin (PDC) has been shown in structural and biochemical experiments to bind the Gbetagamma subunit of heterotrimeric G-proteins. A proposed function of PDC and phosducin-like protein (PDCL) is the sequestration of "free" Gbetagamma from the plasma membrane, thereby terminating signaling by Gbetagamma. The functional impact of heterologously expressed PDC and PDCL on N-type calcium channel (CaV2.2) modulation was examined in sympathetic neurons, isolated from rat superior cervical ganglia, using whole-cell voltage clamp. Expression of PDC and PDCL attenuated voltage-dependent inhibition of N-type calcium channels, a Gbetagamma-dependent process, in a time-dependent fashion. Calcium current inhibition after short-term exposure to norepinephrine was minimally altered by PDC or PDCL expression. However, in the continued presence of norepinephrine, PDC or PDCL relieved calcium channel inhibition compared with control neurons. We observed similar results after activation of heterologously expressed metabotropic glutamate receptors with 100 microM L-glutamate. Neurons expressing PDC or PDCL maintained suppression of inhibition after re-exposure to agonist. Unlike other Gbetagamma sequestering proteins that abolish the short-term inhibition of Ca2+ channels, PDC and PDCL require prolonged agonist exposure before effects on modulation are realized.
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- John G Partridge
- Laboratory of Molecular Physiology, NIH/NIAAA/DICBR, 5625 Fishers Lane, Room TS11A, MSC 9411, Bethesda, MD 20892-9411, USA
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Tang W, Tu Y, Nayak SK, Woodson J, Jehl M, Ross EM. Gbetagamma inhibits Galpha GTPase-activating proteins by inhibition of Galpha-GTP binding during stimulation by receptor. J Biol Chem 2005; 281:4746-53. [PMID: 16407201 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m510573200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Gbetagamma subunits modulate several distinct molecular events involved with G protein signaling. In addition to regulating several effector proteins, Gbetagamma subunits help anchor Galpha subunits to the plasma membrane, promote interaction of Galpha with receptors, stabilize the binding of GDP to Galpha to suppress spurious activation, and provide membrane contact points for G protein-coupled receptor kinases. Gbetagamma subunits have also been shown to inhibit the activities of GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs), both phospholipase C (PLC)-betas and RGS proteins, when assayed in solution under single turnover conditions. We show here that Gbetagamma subunits inhibit G protein GAP activity during receptor-stimulated, steady-state GTPase turnover. GDP/GTP exchange catalyzed by receptor requires Gbetagamma in amounts approximately equimolar to Galpha, but GAP inhibition was observed with superstoichiometric Gbetagamma. The potency of inhibition varied with the GAP and the Galpha subunit, but half-maximal inhibition of the GAP activity of PLC-beta1 was observed with 5-10 nM Gbetagamma, which is at or below the concentrations of Gbetagamma needed for regulation of physiologically relevant effector proteins. The kinetics of GAP inhibition of both receptor-stimulated GTPase activity and single turnover, solution-based GAP assays suggested a competitive mechanism in which Gbetagamma competes with GAPs for binding to the activated, GTP-bound Galpha subunit. An N-terminal truncation mutant of PLC-beta1 that cannot be directly regulated by Gbetagamma remained sensitive to inhibition of its GAP activity, suggesting that the Gbetagamma binding site relevant for GAP inhibition is on the Galpha subunit rather than on the GAP. Using fluorescence resonance energy transfer between cyan or yellow fluorescent protein-labeled G protein subunits and Alexa532-labeled RGS4, we found that Gbetagamma directly competes with RGS4 for high-affinity binding to Galpha(i)-GDP-AlF4.
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- Wei Tang
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9041, USA
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Errington N, Doig AJ. Anticooperativity in a Glu-Lys-Glu salt bridge triplet in an isolated alpha-helical peptide. Biochemistry 2005; 44:10449-56. [PMID: 16060653 PMCID: PMC1560106 DOI: 10.1021/bi0508690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Salt bridges between oppositely charged side chains are well-known to stabilize protein structure, though their contributions vary considerably. Here we study Glu-Lys and Lys-Glu salt bridges, formed when the residues are spaced i, i + 4 surface of an isolated alpha-helix in aqueous solution. Both are stabilizing by -0.60 and -1.02 kcal/mol, respectively, when the interacting residues are fully charged. When the side chains are spaced i, i + 4, i + 8, forming a Glu-Lys-Glu triplet, the second salt bridge provides no additional stabilization to the helix. We attribute this to the inability of the central Lys to form two salt bridges simultaneously. Analysis of these salt bridges in protein structures shows that the Lys-Glu interaction is dominant, with the side chains of the Glu-Lys pair far apart.
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- * Corresponding author. Telephone: +44 161-200-4224. Fax: +44 161-236-0409. E-mail:
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Sobierajska K, Fabczak H, Fabczak S. Alterations of ciliate phosducin phosphorylation in Blepharisma japonicum cells. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2005; 79:135-43. [PMID: 15878118 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2004.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2004] [Revised: 12/20/2004] [Accepted: 12/28/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We have previously reported that motile photophobic response in ciliate Blepharisma japonicum correlates with dephosphorylation of a cytosolic 28 kDa phosphoprotein (PP28) exhibiting properties similar to those of phosducin. Here we demonstrate in in vivo phosphorylation assay that the light-elicited dephosphorylation of the PP28 is significantly modified by cell incubation with substances known to modulate protein phosphatase and kinase activities. Immunoblot analyses showed that incubation of ciliates with okadaic acid and calyculin A, potent inhibitors of type 1 or 2A protein phosphatases, distinctly increased phosphorylation of PP28 in dark-adapted cells and markedly weakened dephosphorylation of the ciliate phosducin following cell illumination. An enhancement of PP28 phosphorylation was also observed in dark-adapted ciliates exposed to 8-Br-cAMP and 8-Br-cGMP, slowly hydrolysable cyclic nucleotide analogs and 3-isobutyryl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX), a non-specific cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDEs) inhibitor. Only slight changes in light-evoked dephosphorylation levels of PP28 were observed in cells treated with the cyclic nucleotide analogs and IBMX. Incubation of ciliates with H 89 or KT 5823, highly selective inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) and cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), respectively, decreased PP28 phosphorylation levels in dark-adapted cells, whereas the extent of light-evoked dephosphorylation of the phosphoprotein was only slightly influenced. Cell treatment with higher Ca2+ concentration together with ionophore A23187 in culture medium resulted in marked increase in PP28 phosphorylation levels, while quite an opposite effect was observed in cells exposed to Ca2+ chelators, EGTA or BAPTA/AM as well as calmodulin antagonists, such as trifluoperazine (TFP), W-7 or calmidazolium. Light-dependent dephosphorylation was not considerably affected by these treatments. The experimental findings presented here suggest that an endogenous light-dependent protein kinase-phosphatase system may be engaged in the alteration of phosducin phosphorylation in ciliate B. japonicum thereby to modulate the cell motile photophobic behavior.
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- Katarzyna Sobierajska
- Department of Cell Biology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 3, Pasteur Street, PL - 02 093 Warsaw, Poland
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Wynn RM, Kato M, Machius M, Chuang JL, Li J, Tomchick DR, Chuang DT. Molecular mechanism for regulation of the human mitochondrial branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex by phosphorylation. Structure 2005; 12:2185-96. [PMID: 15576032 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2004.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2004] [Revised: 09/13/2004] [Accepted: 09/24/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The human mitochondrial branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex (BCKDC) is a 4 MDa macromolecular machine comprising three catalytic components (E1b, E2b, and E3), a kinase, and a phosphatase. The BCKDC overall activity is tightly regulated by phosphorylation in response to hormonal and dietary stimuli. We report that phosphorylation of Ser292-alpha in the E1b active site channel results in an order-to-disorder transition of the conserved phosphorylation loop carrying the phosphoryl serine. The conformational change is triggered by steric clashes of the phosphoryl group with invariant His291-alpha that serves as an indispensable anchor for the phosphorylation loop through bound thiamin diphosphate. Phosphorylation of Ser292-alpha does not severely impede the E1b-dependent decarboxylation of alpha-ketoacids. However, the disordered loop conformation prevents phosphorylated E1b from binding the E2b lipoyl-bearing domain, which effectively shuts off the E1b-catalyzed reductive acylation reaction and therefore completely inactivates BCKDC. This mechanism provides a paradigm for regulation of mitochondrial alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complexes by phosphorylation.
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- R Max Wynn
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Martín-Benito J, Bertrand S, Hu T, Ludtke PJ, McLaughlin JN, Willardson BM, Carrascosa JL, Valpuesta JM. Structure of the complex between the cytosolic chaperonin CCT and phosducin-like protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:17410-5. [PMID: 15583139 PMCID: PMC536017 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0405070101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The three-dimensional structure of the complex formed between the cytosolic chaperonin CCT (chaperonin containing TCP-1) and phosducin (Pdc)-like protein (PhLP), a regulator of CCT activity, has been solved by cryoelectron microscopy. Binding of PhLP to CCT occurs through only one of the chaperonin rings, and the protein does not occupy the central folding cavity but rather sits above it through interactions with two regions on opposite sides of the ring. This causes the apical domains of the CCT subunits to close in, thus excluding access to the folding cavity. The atomic model of PhLP generated from several atomic structures of the homologous Pdc fits very well with the mass of the complex attributable to PhLP and predicts the involvement of several sequences of PhLP in CCT binding. Binding experiments performed with PhLP/Pdc chimeric proteins, taking advantage of the fact that Pdc does not interact with CCT, confirm that both the N- and C-terminal domains of PhLP are involved in CCT binding and that several regions suggested by the docking experiment are indeed critical in the interaction with the cytosolic chaperonin.
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- Jaime Martín-Benito
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Kobayashi Y, Hisatomi O, Tokunaga F. Phosphorylation of teleost phosducins and its effect on the affinity to G-protein beta gamma subunits. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 322:477-82. [PMID: 15325255 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.07.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Phosducin (PD) is a regulatory protein involved in the phototransduction cascade of vertebrate photoreceptor cells. We have previously demonstrated that there are rod- and cone-specific PDs (OlPD-R and OlPD-C) in the retina of the teleost fish, medaka (Oryzias latipes) [FEBS Lett. 502 (2001) 117]. A 6x His affinity precipitation assay revealed that phosphorylation by either protein kinase A (PKA) or Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) reduced the affinity of recombinant medaka PDs to endogenous medaka G-protein beta gamma subunits (Gbetagamma). These results suggest that the affinity of medaka PDs to Gbetagamma is regulated by cAMP and Ca(2+) concentrations as also found for mammalian PDs. However, we found a specific difference in the phosphorylation patterns between recombinant OlPD-R and OlPD-C, which resulted in different affinities to Gbetagamma. These differences may affect the light/dark-adaptation between medaka rods and cones.
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- Yuko Kobayashi
- Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Lee BY, Thulin CD, Willardson BM. Site-specific phosphorylation of phosducin in intact retina. Dynamics of phosphorylation and effects on G protein beta gamma dimer binding. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:54008-17. [PMID: 15485848 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m405669200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Phosducin (Pdc) is a G protein beta gamma dimer (G beta gamma) binding protein, highly expressed in retinal photoreceptor and pineal cells, yet whose physiological role remains elusive. Light controls the phosphorylation of Pdc in a cAMP and Ca(2+)-dependent manner, and phosphorylation in turn regulates the binding of Pdc to G(t)beta gamma or 14-3-3 proteins in vitro. To directly examine the phosphorylation of Pdc in intact retina, we prepared antibodies specific to the three principal phosphorylation sites (Ser-54, Ser-73, and Ser-106) and measured the kinetics of phosphorylation/dephosphorylation during light/dark adaptation and the subsequent effects on G(t)beta gamma binding. Ser-54 phosphorylation increased slowly (t((1/2)) approximately 90 min) during dark adaptation to approximately 70% phosphorylated and decreased rapidly (t((1/2)) approximately 2 min) during light adaptation to less than 20% phosphorylated. Ser-73 phosphorylation increased much faster during dark adaptation (t((1/2)) approximately 3 min) to approximately 50% phosphorylated and decreased more slowly during light adaptation (t((1/2)) approximately 9 min) to less than 20% phosphorylated. The Ca(2+) chelator BAPTA-AM blocked Ser-54 phosphorylation during dark adaptation but had no effect on Ser-73 phosphorylation. In contrast, Ser-106 was not phosphorylated in either the light or dark. Importantly, G beta gamma binding to Pdc was enhanced by Ca(2+) chelation and the binding kinetics closely paralleled those of Ser-54 dephosphorylation, indicating that Ser-54 phosphorylation controls G(t)beta gamma binding in vivo. These results suggest a pivotal role of Ser-54 and Ser-73 phosphorylation in determining the interactions of Pdc with its binding partners, G(t)beta gamma and 14-3-3 protein, which may regulate the light-dependent translocation of the photoreceptor G protein.
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- Bruce Y Lee
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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Kong Y, Zhang X, Baker TS, Ma J. A Structural-informatics approach for tracing beta-sheets: building pseudo-C(alpha) traces for beta-strands in intermediate-resolution density maps. J Mol Biol 2004; 339:117-30. [PMID: 15123425 PMCID: PMC4148645 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2003] [Revised: 02/03/2004] [Accepted: 03/09/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We report the development of two computational methods to assist density map interpretation at intermediate resolutions: sheettracer for building pseudo-C(alpha) models of beta-sheets, and a deconvolution method for enhancing features attributed to major secondary structural elements. Sheettracer is tightly coupled with sheetminer, which was developed to locate sheet densities in intermediate-resolution density maps. The results from sheetminer are used as inputs to sheettracer, which employs a multi-step ad hoc morphological analysis of sheet densities to trace individual strands of beta-sheets. The methods were tested on simulated density maps from 12 protein crystal structures that represent a reasonably complete sampling of sheet morphology. The sheet-tracing results were quantitatively assessed in terms of sensitivity, specificity and rms deviations. Furthermore, sheettracer and the deconvolution method were rigorously tested on experimental maps of the lambda2 protein of reovirus at resolutions of 7.6A and 11.8A. Our results clearly demonstrate the capability of sheettracer in building pseudo-C(alpha) models of beta-sheets in intermediate-resolution density maps and the power of the deconvolution method in enhancing the performance of sheettracer. These computational methods, along with other related ones, should facilitate recognition and analysis of folding motifs from experimental data at intermediate resolutions.
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- Yifei Kong
- Graduate Program of Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Graduate Program of Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Bioengineering Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Corresponding author:
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Aloy P, Böttcher B, Ceulemans H, Leutwein C, Mellwig C, Fischer S, Gavin AC, Bork P, Superti-Furga G, Serrano L, Russell RB. Structure-Based Assembly of Protein Complexes in Yeast. Science 2004; 303:2026-9. [PMID: 15044803 DOI: 10.1126/science.1092645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 271] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Images of entire cells are preceding atomic structures of the separate molecular machines that they contain. The resulting gap in knowledge can be partly bridged by protein-protein interactions, bioinformatics, and electron microscopy. Here we use interactions of known three-dimensional structure to model a large set of yeast complexes, which we also screen by electron microscopy. For 54 of 102 complexes, we obtain at least partial models of interacting subunits. For 29, including the exosome, the chaperonin containing TCP-1, a 3'-messenger RNA degradation complex, and RNA polymerase II, the process suggests atomic details not easily seen by homology, involving the combination of two or more known structures. We also consider interactions between complexes (cross-talk) and use these to construct a structure-based network of molecular machines in the cell.
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- Patrick Aloy
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Programme, 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Bannister ML, Williams AJ, Sitsapesan R. Removal of clustered positive charge from dihydropyridine receptor II-III loop peptide augments activation of ryanodine receptors. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 314:667-74. [PMID: 14741687 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Peptides based on the skeletal muscle DHPR II-III loop have been shown to regulate ryanodine receptor channel activity. The N-terminal region of this cytoplasmic loop is predicted to adopt an alpha-helical conformation. We have selected a peptide sequence of 26 residues (Ala(667)-Asp(692)) as the minimum sequence to emulate the helical propensity of the corresponding protein sequence. The interaction of this control peptide with skeletal and cardiac RyR channels in planar lipid bilayers was then assessed and was found to lack isoform specificity. At low concentrations peptide A(667)-D(692) increased RyR open probability, whilst at higher concentrations open probability was reduced. By replacing a region of clustered positive charge with a neutral sequence with the same predisposition to helicity, the inhibitory effect was ablated and activation was enhanced. This novel finding demonstrates that activation does not derive from the presence of positively charged residues adjacent in the primary structure and, although it may be mediated by the alignment of basic residues down one face of an amphipathic helix, not all of these residues are essential.
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- Mark L Bannister
- Department of Cardiac Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Dovehouse Street, SW3 6LY, London, UK
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Kong Y, Ma J. A structural-informatics approach for mining beta-sheets: locating sheets in intermediate-resolution density maps. J Mol Biol 2003; 332:399-413. [PMID: 12948490 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(03)00859-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Here, we report a new computational method, called sheetminer, for mining beta-sheets in the density maps at intermediate resolutions of 6 to 10A. The method employs a multi-step ad hoc morphological analysis of density maps to identify the unique characteristics of beta-sheets. It was tested on density maps from 12 protein crystal structures that were artificially blurred to intermediate resolutions. There are a total of 35 independent beta-sheets with a wide distribution of morphology. The method successfully located 34 of them and missed only one. The method was also applied to an experimental 9A electron cryomicroscopic structure and an 8A X-ray density map. In both cases, the sheet-searching results were found to agree very well with known high-resolution crystal structures. Collectively, these results demonstrate clearly the robustness of sheetminer in locating the regions belonging to beta-sheets in the intermediate-resolution density maps. Furthermore, sheetminer is completely complementary to all other existing computational methods, including helixhunter and threading algorithms. Their combined usage has the potential to significantly enhance the computational modeling capacity for a much more complete interpretation of structural data at intermediate resolutions, from which extraction of functional information would be more effective. This is particularly important in the field of structural genomics, in which the fast screening approach may not always yield crystals that diffract to atomic resolution. An exciting future application of sheetminer is as a valuable tool for revealing the structures of amyloid fibrils that are rich in beta-motifs.
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- Yifei Kong
- Graduate Program of Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Obin M, Lee BY, Meinke G, Bohm A, Lee RH, Gaudet R, Hopp JA, Arshavsky VY, Willardson BM, Taylor A. Ubiquitylation of the transducin betagamma subunit complex. Regulation by phosducin. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:44566-75. [PMID: 12215439 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m205308200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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G proteins (Galphabetagamma) are essential signaling molecules, which dissociate into Galpha and Gbetagamma upon activation by heptahelical membrane receptors. We have identified the betagamma subunit complex of the photoreceptor-specific G protein, transducin (T), as a target of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Ubiquitylated species of the transducin gamma-subunit (Tgamma) but not the alpha- or beta-subunits were assembled de novo in bovine photoreceptor preparations. In addition, Tgamma was exclusively ubiquitylated when Tbetagamma was dissociated from Talpha. Ubiquitylation of Tbetagamma on Tgamma was selectively catalyzed by human ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes UbcH5 and UbcH7 and was coincident with degradation of the entire Tbetagamma subunit complex in vitro by a mechanism requiring ATP and the proteasome. We also show that Tbetagamma association with phosducin, a photoreceptor-specific protein of unknown physiological function, blocks Tbetagamma ubiquitylation and subsequent degradation. Phosphorylation of phosducin by Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, which inhibits phosducin-Tbetagamma complex formation, completely restored Tbetagamma ubiquitylation and degradation. We conclude that Tbetagamma is a substrate of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway and suggest that phosducin serves to protect Tbetagamma following the light-dependent dissociation of Talphabetagamma.
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- Martin Obin
- Laboratory for Nutrition & Vision Research, JMUSDA-HNRCA at Tufts University and Tufts Center for Vision Research, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
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McLaughlin JN, Thulin CD, Bray SM, Martin MM, Elton TS, Willardson BM. Regulation of angiotensin II-induced G protein signaling by phosducin-like protein. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:34885-95. [PMID: 12107186 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m205583200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Phosducin-like protein (PhLP) is a broadly expressed member of the phosducin (Pd) family of G protein betagamma subunit (Gbetagamma)-binding proteins. Though PhLP has been shown to bind Gbetagamma in vitro, little is known about its physiological function. In the present study, the effect of PhLP on angiotensin II (Ang II) signaling was measured in Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing the type 1 Ang II receptor and various amounts of PhLP. Up to 3.6-fold overexpression of PhLP had no effect on Ang II-stimulated inositol trisphosphate (IP(3)) formation, whereas further increases caused an abrupt decrease in IP(3) production with half-maximal inhibition occurring at 6-fold PhLP overexpression. This threshold level for inhibition corresponds to the cellular concentration of cytosolic chaperonin complex, a recently described binding partner that preferentially binds PhLP over Gbetagamma. Results of pertussis toxin sensitivity, GTPgammaS binding, and immunoprecipitation experiments suggest that PhLP inhibits phospholipase Cbeta activation by dual mechanisms: (i) steric blockage of Gbetagamma activation of PLCbeta and (ii) interference with Gbetagamma-dependent cycling of G(q)alpha by the receptor. These results suggest that G protein signaling may be regulated through controlling the cellular concentration of free PhLP by inducing its expression or by regulating its binding to the chaperonin.
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- Joseph N McLaughlin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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Ho YK, Ting TD, Lee RH. Phosducin down-regulation of G-protein coupling: reconstitution of phosducin and transducin of cGMP cascade in bovine rod photoreceptor cells. Methods Enzymol 2002; 344:126-39. [PMID: 11771377 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(02)44710-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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- Yee-Kin Ho
- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
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McLaughlin JN, Thulin CD, Hart SJ, Resing KA, Ahn NG, Willardson BM. Regulatory interaction of phosducin-like protein with the cytosolic chaperonin complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:7962-7. [PMID: 12060742 PMCID: PMC123003 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.112075699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Phosducin and phosducin-like protein (PhLP) bind G protein betagamma subunits and regulate their activity. This report describes a previously uncharacterized binding partner unique to PhLP that was discovered by coimmunoprecipitation coupled with mass spectrometric identification. Chaperonin containing tailless complex polypeptide 1 (CCT), a cytosolic chaperone responsible for the folding of many cellular proteins, binds PhLP with a stoichiometry of one PhLP per CCT complex. Unlike protein-folding substrates of CCT, which interact only in their nonnative conformations, PhLP binds in its native state. Native PhLP competes directly for binding of protein substrates of CCT and thereby inhibits CCT activity. Overexpression of PhLP inhibited the ability of CCT to fold newly synthesized beta-actin by 80%. These results suggest that the interaction between PhLP and CCT may be a means to regulate CCT-dependent protein folding or alternatively, to control the availability of PhLP to modulate G protein signaling.
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- Joseph N McLaughlin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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Garzón J, Rodríguez-Díaz M, López-Fando A, García-España A, Sánchez-Blázquez P. Glycosylated phosducin-like protein long regulates opioid receptor function in mouse brain. Neuropharmacology 2002; 42:813-28. [PMID: 12015208 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(02)00027-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Phosducin (Phd), a protein that in retina regulates rhodopsin desensitization by controlling the activity of Gt beta gamma-dependent G-protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs), is present in very low levels in the CNS of mammals. However, this tissue contains proteins of related sequence and function. This paper reports the presence of N-glycosylated phosducin-like protein long (PhLP(L)) in all structures of mouse CNS, mainly in synaptic plasma membranes and associated with G beta subunits and 14-3-3 proteins. To analyze the role PhLP(L) in opioid receptor desensitization, its expression was reduced by the use of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs). The antinociception induced by morphine, [D-Ala(2), N-MePhe(4),Gly-ol(5)]-enkephalin (DAMGO), beta-endorphin, [D-Ala(2)]deltorphin II, [D-Pen(2,5)]-enkephalin (DPDPE) or clonidine in the tail-flick test was reduced in PhLP(L)-knock-down mice. A single intracerebroventricular (icv)-ED(80) analgesic dose of morphine gave rise to acute tolerance that lasted for 4 days, but which was prevented or reversed by icv-injection of myristoylated (myr(+)) G(i2)alpha subunits. PhLP(L) knock-down brought about a myr(+)-G(i2)alpha subunit-insensitive acute tolerance to morphine that was still present after 8 days. It also diminished the specific binding of (125)I-Tyr(27)-beta-endorphin-(1-31) (human) to mouse periaqueductal gray matter membranes. After being exposed to chronic morphine treatment, post-dependent mice required about 10 days for complete recovery of morphine antinociception. The impairment of PhLP(L) extended this period beyond 17 days. It is concluded that PhLP(L) knock-down facilitates desensitization and uncoupling of opioid receptors.
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- J Garzón
- Neurofarmacología, Instituto Cajal, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avd Doctor Arce, 37, E-28002 Madrid, Spain.
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Dohlman HG, Thorner JW. Regulation of G protein-initiated signal transduction in yeast: paradigms and principles. Annu Rev Biochem 2002; 70:703-54. [PMID: 11395421 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biochem.70.1.703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 366] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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All cells have the capacity to evoke appropriate and measured responses to signal molecules (such as peptide hormones), environmental changes, and other external stimuli. Tremendous progress has been made in identifying the proteins that mediate cellular response to such signals and in elucidating how events at the cell surface are linked to subsequent biochemical changes in the cytoplasm and nucleus. An emerging area of investigation concerns how signaling components are assembled and regulated (both spatially and temporally), so as to control properly the specificity and intensity of a given signaling pathway. A related question under intensive study is how the action of an individual signaling pathway is integrated with (or insulated from) other pathways to constitute larger networks that control overall cell behavior appropriately. This review describes the signal transduction pathway used by budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) to respond to its peptide mating pheromones. This pathway is comprised by receptors, a heterotrimeric G protein, and a protein kinase cascade all remarkably similar to counterparts in multicellular organisms. The primary focus of this review, however, is recent advances that have been made, using primarily genetic methods, in identifying molecules responsible for regulation of the action of the components of this signaling pathway. Just as many of the constituent proteins of this pathway and their interrelationships were first identified in yeast, the functions of some of these regulators have clearly been conserved in metazoans, and others will likely serve as additional models for molecules that carry out analogous roles in higher organisms.
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- H G Dohlman
- Department of Pharmacology, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06536-0812, USA.
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Towb P, Bergmann A, Wasserman SA. The protein kinase Pelle mediates feedback regulation in the Drosophila Toll signaling pathway. Development 2001; 128:4729-36. [PMID: 11731453 DOI: 10.1242/dev.128.23.4729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Dorsoventral polarity in the Drosophila embryo is established through a signal transduction cascade triggered in ventral and ventrolateral regions. Activation of a transmembrane receptor, Toll, leads to localized recruitment of the adaptor protein Tube and protein kinase Pelle. Signaling through these components directs degradation of the IκB-like inhibitor Cactus and nuclear translocation of the Rel protein Dorsal. Here we show through confocal immunofluorescence microscopy that Pelle functions to downregulate the signal-dependent relocalization of Tube. Inactivation of the Pelle kinase domain, or elimination of the Tube-Pelle interaction, dramatically increases Tube recruitment to the ventral plasma membrane in regions of active signaling. We also characterize a large collection of pelle alleles, identifying the molecular lesions in these alleles and their effects on Pelle autophosphorylation, Tube phosphorylation and Tube relocalization. Our results point to a mechanism operating to modulate the domain or duration of signaling downstream from Tube and Pelle.
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- P Towb
- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Molecular Genetics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0634, USA
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Banks GC, Deterding LJ, Tomer KB, Archer TK. Hormone-mediated dephosphorylation of specific histone H1 isoforms. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:36467-73. [PMID: 11479299 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104641200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have previously shown a connection between histone H1 phosphorylation and the transcriptional competence of the hormone inducible mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) promoter. Prolonged exposure of mouse cells to dexamethasone concurrently dephosphorylated histone H1 and rendered the MMTV promoter refractory to hormonal stimulation and, therefore, transcriptionally unresponsive. Using electrospray mass spectrometry, we demonstrate here that prolonged dexamethasone treatment differentially effects a subset of the six somatic H1 isoforms in mouse cells. H1 isoforms H1.0, H1.1, and H1.2 are non-responsive to hormone whereas prolonged dexamethasone treatment effectively dephosphorylated the H1.3, H1.4, and H1.5 isoforms. The protein kinase inhibitor staurosporine, shown to dephosphorylate histone H1 and down-regulate MMTV in cultured cells, appears only to completely dephosphorylate the H1.3 isoform. These results suggest that dephosphorylation of specific histone H1 isoforms may contribute to the previously observed decrease in transcriptional competence of the MMTV promoter through the modulation of chromatin structure. In a broader sense, this work advances the hypothesis that post-translational modifications of individual histone H1 isoforms directly influence the transcriptional activation/repression of specific genes.
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- G C Banks
- Laboratories of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Kobayashi Y, Hisatomi O, Satoh T, Tokunaga F. Identification of rod- and cone-specific phosducins in teleost retinas. FEBS Lett 2001; 502:117-21. [PMID: 11583111 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02670-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Phosducin (PD) is a regulatory protein of vertebrate phototransduction cascades. In mammalian retina, it has been thought that only one kind of PD commonly exists in both rods and cones. However, we have found two kinds of PD (OIPD-R and OIPD-C) in the retina of a teleost, medaka (Oryzias latipes). In situ hybridization and immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated that OIPD-R and -C are selectively expressed in rods and cones, respectively. The antiserum against medaka PDs recognized two kinds of proteins in bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) retina. These results suggest that rod- and cone-specific PDs exist in teleost retinas, probably creating differences in light adaptation between rods and cones.
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- Y Kobayashi
- Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan
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Johnson DA, Akamine P, Radzio-Andzelm E, Madhusudan M, Taylor SS. Dynamics of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Chem Rev 2001; 101:2243-70. [PMID: 11749372 DOI: 10.1021/cr000226k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 317] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- D A Johnson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0654, USA
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