Journal article
Membrane Attachment Is Key to Protecting Transducin GTPase-Activating Complex from Intracellular Proteolysis in Photoreceptors
The Journal of neuroscience, Vol.31(41), pp.14660-14668
10/12/2011
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3516-11.2011
PMCID: PMC3207252
PMID: 21994382
Abstract
The members of the R7 regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) protein subfamily are versatile regulators of G-protein signaling throughout the nervous system. Recent studies indicate that they are often found in complexes with membrane anchor proteins that serve as versatile modulators of their activity, intracellular targeting, and stability. One striking example is the interplay between the membrane anchor R9AP and the RGS9-1 · Gβ5 GTPase-activating complex responsible for the rapid inactivation of the G-protein transducin in vertebrate photoreceptor cells during their recovery from light excitation. The amount of this complex in photoreceptors sets their temporal resolution and is precisely regulated by the expression level of R9AP, which serves to protect the RGS9-1 and Gβ5 subunits from intracellular proteolysis. In this study, we investigated the mechanism by which R9AP performs its protective function in mouse rods and found that it is entirely confined to recruiting RGS9-1 · Gβ5 to cellular membranes. Furthermore, membrane attachment of RGS9-1 · Gβ5 is sufficient for its stable expression in rods even in the absence of R9AP. Our second finding is that RGS9-1 · Gβ5 possesses targeting information that specifies its exclusion from the outer segment and that this information is neutralized by association with R9AP to allow outer segment targeting. Finally, we demonstrate that the ability of R9AP · RGS9-1 · Gβ5 to accelerate GTP hydrolysis on transducin is independent of its means of membrane attachment, since replacing the transmembrane domain of R9AP with a site for lipid modification did not impair the catalytic activity of this complex.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Membrane Attachment Is Key to Protecting Transducin GTPase-Activating Complex from Intracellular Proteolysis in Photoreceptors
- Creators
- Sidney M Gospe III - Albert Eye Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, andSheila A Baker - Albert Eye Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, andChristopher Kessler - Center for Neuroscience and Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95618Martha F Brucato - Albert Eye Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, andJoan R Winter - Albert Eye Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, andMarie E Burns - Center for Neuroscience and Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95618Vadim Y Arshavsky - Albert Eye Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, and
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of neuroscience, Vol.31(41), pp.14660-14668
- Publisher
- Society for Neuroscience
- DOI
- 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3516-11.2011
- PMID
- 21994382
- PMCID
- PMC3207252
- ISSN
- 0270-6474
- eISSN
- 1529-2401
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/12/2011
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; University College Courses; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984024406102771
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