TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of a Goα mutant that binds xanthine nucleotides
AU - Yu, Bo
AU - Slepak, Vladlen Z.
AU - Simon, Melvin I.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. All rights reserved.
PY - 1997/7/18
Y1 - 1997/7/18
N2 - Several GTP binding proteins, including EF-Tu, Ypt1, rab-5, and FtsY, and adenylosuccinate synthetase have been reported to bind xanthine nucleotides when the conserved aspartate residue in the NKXD motif was changed to asparagine. However, the corresponding single Goα mutant protein (D273N) did not bind either xanthine nucleotides or guanine nucleotides. Interestingly, the introduction of a second mutation to generate the Goα subunit D273N/Q205L switched nucleotide binding specificity to xanthine nucleotide. The double mutant protein GoαD273N/Q205L (GoαX) bound xanthine triphosphate, but not guanine triphosphate. Recombinant GoαX (GoαD273N/Q205L) formed heterotrimers with βγ complexes only in the presence of xanthine diphosphate (XDP), and the binding to βγ was inhibited by xanthine triphosphate (XTP). Furthermore, as a result of binding to XTP, the GoαX protein underwent a conformational change similar to that of the activated wild-type Goα. In transfected COS-7 cells, we demonstrate that the interaction between GoαX and βγ occurred only when cell membranes were permeabilized to allow the uptake of xanthine diphosphate. This is the first example of a switch in nucleotide binding specificity from guanine to xanthine nucleotides in a heterotrimetic G protein α subunit.
AB - Several GTP binding proteins, including EF-Tu, Ypt1, rab-5, and FtsY, and adenylosuccinate synthetase have been reported to bind xanthine nucleotides when the conserved aspartate residue in the NKXD motif was changed to asparagine. However, the corresponding single Goα mutant protein (D273N) did not bind either xanthine nucleotides or guanine nucleotides. Interestingly, the introduction of a second mutation to generate the Goα subunit D273N/Q205L switched nucleotide binding specificity to xanthine nucleotide. The double mutant protein GoαD273N/Q205L (GoαX) bound xanthine triphosphate, but not guanine triphosphate. Recombinant GoαX (GoαD273N/Q205L) formed heterotrimers with βγ complexes only in the presence of xanthine diphosphate (XDP), and the binding to βγ was inhibited by xanthine triphosphate (XTP). Furthermore, as a result of binding to XTP, the GoαX protein underwent a conformational change similar to that of the activated wild-type Goα. In transfected COS-7 cells, we demonstrate that the interaction between GoαX and βγ occurred only when cell membranes were permeabilized to allow the uptake of xanthine diphosphate. This is the first example of a switch in nucleotide binding specificity from guanine to xanthine nucleotides in a heterotrimetic G protein α subunit.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.272.29.18015
DO - 10.1074/jbc.272.29.18015
M3 - Article
C2 - 9218429
AN - SCOPUS:0030610571
VL - 272
SP - 18015
EP - 18019
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
SN - 0021-9258
IS - 29
ER -