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题目:: Mechanism of the intrinsic arginine finger in heterotrimeric G proteins.
作者:: Mann(Daniel),Teuber(Christian),Tennigkeit(Stefan A),Schröter(Grit),Gerwert(Klaus),Kötting(Carsten)
状态:: 发布时间2016-12-02 , 更新时间 2016-12-12
期刊:: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
摘要:: Heterotrimeric G proteins are crucial molecular switches that maintain a large number of physiological processes in cells. The signal is encoded into surface alterations of the Gα subunit that carries GTP in its active state and GDP in its inactive state. The ability of the Gα subunit to hydrolyze GTP is essential for signal termination. Regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins accelerates this process. A key player in this catalyzed reaction is an arginine residue, Arg178 in Gα, which is already an intrinsic part of the catalytic center in Gα in contrast to small GTPases, at which the corresponding GTPase-activating protein (GAP) provides the arginine "finger." We applied time-resolved FTIR spectroscopy in combination with isotopic labeling and site-directed mutagenesis to reveal the molecular mechanism, especially of the role of Arg178 in the intrinsic Gα mechanism and the RGS4-catalyzed mechanism. Complementary biomolecular simulations (molecular mechanics with molecular dynamics and coupled quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics) were performed. Our findings show that Arg178 is bound to γ-GTP for the intrinsic Gα mechanism and pushed toward a bidentate α-γ-GTP coordination for the Gα·RGS4 mechanism. This movement induces a charge shift toward β-GTP, increases the planarity of γ-GTP, and thereby catalyzes the hydrolysis.
语言:: eng
DOI:: 10.1073/pnas.1612394113

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