Perspective: Protein prenylation in glucose-induced insulin secretion from the pancreatic islet β cell: a perspective
Open Access
- 13 August 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
- Vol. 12 (1), 164-173
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1582-4934.2007.00168.x
Abstract
Insulin secretion from the pancreatic β cell is regulated principally by the ambient concentration of glucose. However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the stimulus – secretion coupling of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) remain only partially understood. Emerging evidence from multiple laboratories suggests key regulatory roles for GTP-binding proteins in the cascade of events leading to GSIS. This class of signalling proteins undergoes a series of requisite post-translational modifications (e.g. prenylation) at their C-terminal cysteines, which appear to be necessary for their targeting to respective membranous sites for optimal interaction with their respective effector proteins. This communication represents a perspective on potential regulatory roles for protein prenylation steps (i.e. protein farnesylation and protein geranylgeranylation) in GSIS from the islet β cell.Possible consequences of protein prenylation and potential mechanisms underlying glucose-induced regulation of prenylation, specifically in the context of GSIS, are also discussed.Keywords
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