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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2001-12-01
    Description: Phosphoinositide (PI)-binding domains play critical roles in the intracellular localization of a variety of cell-signaling proteins. The 120-amino acid Phox homology (PX) domain targets proteins to organelle membranes through interactions between two conserved basic motifs within the PX domain and specific PIs. The combination of protein-lipid and protein-protein interactions ensures the proper localization and regulation of PX domain-containing proteins. Upon proper localization, PX domain-containing proteins can then bind to additional proteins and execute their functions in a diverse set of biological pathways, including intracellular protein transport, cell growth and survival, cytoskeletal organization, and neutrophil defense.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sato, T K -- Overduin, M -- Emr, S D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2001 Nov 30;294(5548):1881-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093-0668, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11729306" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Animals ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Humans ; Intracellular Membranes/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; NADPH Oxidase ; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism ; Phosphatidylinositols/*metabolism ; Phosphoproteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein Transport ; Signal Transduction ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; src Homology Domains
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2008-04-15
    Description: In insects, each olfactory sensory neuron expresses between one and three ligand-binding members of the olfactory receptor (OR) gene family, along with the highly conserved and broadly expressed Or83b co-receptor. The functional insect OR consists of a heteromeric complex of unknown stoichiometry but comprising at least one variable odorant-binding subunit and one constant Or83b family subunit. Insect ORs lack homology to G-protein-coupled chemosensory receptors in vertebrates and possess a distinct seven-transmembrane topology with the amino terminus located intracellularly. Here we provide evidence that heteromeric insect ORs comprise a new class of ligand-activated non-selective cation channels. Heterologous cells expressing silkmoth, fruitfly or mosquito heteromeric OR complexes showed extracellular Ca2+ influx and cation-non-selective ion conductance on stimulation with odorant. Odour-evoked OR currents are independent of known G-protein-coupled second messenger pathways. The fast response kinetics and OR-subunit-dependent K+ ion selectivity of the insect OR complex support the hypothesis that the complex between OR and Or83b itself confers channel activity. Direct evidence for odorant-gated channels was obtained by outside-out patch-clamp recording of Xenopus oocyte and HEK293T cell membranes expressing insect OR complexes. The ligand-gated ion channel formed by an insect OR complex seems to be the basis for a unique strategy that insects have acquired to respond to the olfactory environment.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sato, Koji -- Pellegrino, Maurizio -- Nakagawa, Takao -- Nakagawa, Tatsuro -- Vosshall, Leslie B -- Touhara, Kazushige -- England -- Nature. 2008 Apr 24;452(7190):1002-6. doi: 10.1038/nature06850. Epub 2008 Apr 13.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Integrated Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8562, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18408712" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Bombyx ; Calcium/metabolism ; Cell Line ; Culicidae ; Drosophila melanogaster ; Electric Conductivity ; HeLa Cells ; Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins ; Humans ; Insects/*chemistry ; *Ion Channel Gating ; Kinetics ; Ligands ; Odors/analysis ; Oocytes/metabolism ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; Protein Subunits/chemistry/metabolism ; Receptors, Odorant/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Smell ; Xenopus laevis
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2009-10-03
    Description: Intraspecific chemical communication is mediated by signals called pheromones. Caenorhabditis elegans secretes a mixture of small molecules (collectively termed dauer pheromone) that regulates entry into the alternate dauer larval stage and also modulates adult behavior via as yet unknown receptors. Here, we identify two heterotrimeric GTP-binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that mediate dauer formation in response to a subset of dauer pheromone components. The SRBC-64 and SRBC-66 GPCRs are members of the large Caenorhabditis-specific SRBC subfamily and are expressed in the ASK chemosensory neurons, which are required for pheromone-induced dauer formation. Expression of both, but not each receptor alone, confers pheromone-mediated effects on heterologous cells. Identification of dauer pheromone receptors will allow a better understanding of the signaling cascades that transduce the context-dependent effects of ecologically important chemical signals.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448937/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448937/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kim, Kyuhyung -- Sato, Koji -- Shibuya, Mayumi -- Zeiger, Danna M -- Butcher, Rebecca A -- Ragains, Justin R -- Clardy, Jon -- Touhara, Kazushige -- Sengupta, Piali -- F32 GM077943/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- P30 NS045713/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- P30 NS45713/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA024487/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA24487/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM056223/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM56223/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Nov 13;326(5955):994-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1176331. Epub 2009 Oct 1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology and National Center for Behavioral Genomics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19797623" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics/*growth & development/*physiology ; Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/genetics/physiology ; Calcium/metabolism ; Cell Line ; Chemoreceptor Cells/metabolism ; Cyclic AMP/metabolism ; Cyclic GMP/metabolism ; GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go/physiology ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Genes, Helminth ; Guanylate Cyclase/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism ; Hexoses/chemistry/physiology ; Humans ; Mutation ; Pheromones/*physiology ; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled ; Reproduction ; Signal Transduction ; Transfection
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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