Publication Date:
1988-08-12
Description:
The interaction between receptors and guanine nucleotide binding (G) proteins leads to G protein activation and subsequent regulation of effector enzymes. The molecular basis of receptor-G protein interaction has been examined by using the ability of the G protein from rods (transducin) to cause a conformational change in rhodopsin as an assay. Synthetic peptides corresponding to two regions near the carboxyl terminus of the G protein alpha subunit, Glu311-Val328 and Ile340-Phe350, compete with G protein for interaction with rhodopsin. Amino acid substitution studies show that Cys321 is required for this effect. Ile340-Phe350 and a modified peptide, acetyl-Glu311-Lys329-amide, mimic G protein effects on rhodopsin conformation, showing that these peptides bind to and stabilize the activated conformation of rhodopsin.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hamm, H E -- Deretic, D -- Arendt, A -- Hargrave, P A -- Koenig, B -- Hofmann, K P -- EY06062/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- EY06225/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- RP05369/PHS HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Aug 12;241(4867):832-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago 60680.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3136547" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Antibodies, Monoclonal
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Antigen-Antibody Complex
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Binding Sites
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GTP-Binding Proteins/*metabolism
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Kinetics
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Macromolecular Substances
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Membrane Proteins/*metabolism
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Peptides/metabolism
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Protein Binding
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Protein Conformation
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Retinal Pigments/*metabolism
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Rhodopsin/analogs & derivatives/*metabolism
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Transducin
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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