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Structural determinants of the PDE6 GAF A domain for binding the inhibitory γ-subunit and noncatalytic cGMP
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Structural determinants of the PDE6 GAF A domain for binding the inhibitory γ-subunit and noncatalytic cGMP

Hakim MURADOV, Kimberly K BOYD and Nikolai O ARTEMYEV
Vision research (Oxford), Vol.44(21), pp.2437-2444
2004
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2004.05.013
PMID: 15358079
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Abstract

Photoreceptor cGMP phosphodiesterases (PDE6 family) are modular enzymes with each catalytic subunit containing two N-terminal regulatory GAF domains, GAF A and GAF B. The GAF A domains contribute to dimerization of the PDE6 catalytic subunits and to binding of the inhibitory Pgamma subunits, and represent candidate sites for noncatalytic binding of cGMP. We performed a mutational analysis of selected residues from the GAF A domain of cone PDEalpha' to identify the cGMP-binding pocket and delineate the Pgamma-binding surface. Results of this analysis establish the noncatalytic cGMP-binding site within the PDE6 GAF A domain and suggest that occupation of the pocket by cGMP is required for high-affinity binding of Pgamma to the proximate contact surface.
Cell Physiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Biological and medical sciences Molecular and cellular biology Vision, photoreception

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