Receptor and βγ Binding Sites in the α Subunit of the Retinal G Protein Transducin
- 17 January 1997
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 275 (5298), 381-384
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.275.5298.381
Abstract
Transmembrane receptors for hormones, neurotransmitters, light, and odorants mediate their cellular effects by activating heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins). Crystal structures have revealed contact surfaces between G protein subunits, but not the surfaces or molecular mechanism through which Gαβγ responds to activation by transmembrane receptors. Such a surface was identified from the results of testing 100 mutant α subunits of the retinal G protein transducin for their ability to interact with rhodopsin. Sites at which alanine substitutions impaired this interaction mapped to two distinct Gα surfaces: a βγ-binding surface and a putative receptor-interacting surface. On the basis of these results a mechanism for receptor-catalyzed exchange of guanosine diphosphate for guanosine triphosphate is proposed.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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