Publication Date:
1990-06-22
Description:
Homologous or agonist-specific desensitization of beta-adrenergic receptors is thought to be mediated by a specific kinase, the beta-adrenergic receptor kinase (beta ARK). However, recent data suggest that a cofactor is required for this kinase to inhibit receptor function. The complementary DNA for such a cofactor was cloned and found to encode a 418-amino acid protein homologous to the retinal protein arrestin. The protein, termed beta-arrestin, was expressed and partially purified. It inhibited the signaling function of beta ARK-phosphorylated beta-adrenergic receptors by more than 75 percent, but not that of rhodopsin. It is proposed that beta-arrestin in concert with beta ARK effects homologous desensitization of beta-adrenergic receptors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lohse, M J -- Benovic, J L -- Codina, J -- Caron, M G -- Lefkowitz, R J -- DK19318/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- HL16037/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Jun 22;248(4962):1547-50.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Medicine, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Durham, NC 27710.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2163110" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Antigens/*genetics/isolation & purification/pharmacology
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Arrestin
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Blotting, Northern
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Chromatography, Ion Exchange
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Cloning, Molecular
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*Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
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DNA/genetics
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Eye Proteins/*genetics/isolation & purification/pharmacology
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors/*pharmacology
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Phosphorylation
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Protein Kinases/*pharmacology
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RNA, Messenger/analysis
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Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/*drug effects/physiology
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Transfection
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beta-Adrenergic Receptor Kinases
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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