TY - JOUR
T1 - Intramolecular interaction between the DEP domain of RGS7 and the Gβ5 subunit
AU - Narayanan, Vijaya
AU - Sandiford, Simone L.
AU - Wang, Qiang
AU - Keren-Raifman, Tal
AU - Levay, Konstantin
AU - Slepak, Vladlen Z.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/6/12
Y1 - 2007/6/12
N2 - The R7 family of RGS proteins (RGS6, -7, -9, -11) is characterized by the presence of three domains: DEP, GGL, and RGS. The RGS domain interacts with Gα subunits and exhibits GAP activity. The GGL domain permanently associates with Gβ5. The DEP domain interacts with the membrane anchoring protein, R7BP. Here we provide evidence for a novel interaction within this complex: between the DEP domain and Gβ5. GST fusion of the RGS7 DEP domain (GST-R7DEP) binds to both native and recombinant Gβ5-RGS7, recombinant Gβγ complexes, and monomeric Gβ5 and Gβ1 subunits. Coimmunoprecipitation and FRET assays supported the GST pull-down experiments. GST-R7DEP reduced FRET between CFP-Gβ5 and YFP-RGS7, indicating that the DEP-Gβ5 interaction is dynamic. In transfected cells, R7BP had no effect on the Gβ5/RGS7 pull down by GST-R7DEP. The DEP domain of RGS9 did not bind to Gβ5. Substitution of RGS7 Glu-73 and Asp-74 for the corresponding Ser and Gly residues (ED/SG mutation) of RGS9 diminished the DEP-Gβ5 interaction. In the absence of R7BP both the wild-type RGS7 and the ED/SG mutant attenuated muscarinic M3 receptor-mediated Ca2+ mobilization. In the presence of R7BP, wild-type RGS7 lost this inhibitory activity, whereas the ED/SG mutant remained active. Taken together, our results are consistent with the following model. The Gβ5-RGS7 molecule can exist in two conformations: "closed" and "open", when the DEP domain and Gβ5 subunit either do or do not interact. The closed conformation appears to be less active with respect to its effect on G q-mediated signaling than the open conformation.
AB - The R7 family of RGS proteins (RGS6, -7, -9, -11) is characterized by the presence of three domains: DEP, GGL, and RGS. The RGS domain interacts with Gα subunits and exhibits GAP activity. The GGL domain permanently associates with Gβ5. The DEP domain interacts with the membrane anchoring protein, R7BP. Here we provide evidence for a novel interaction within this complex: between the DEP domain and Gβ5. GST fusion of the RGS7 DEP domain (GST-R7DEP) binds to both native and recombinant Gβ5-RGS7, recombinant Gβγ complexes, and monomeric Gβ5 and Gβ1 subunits. Coimmunoprecipitation and FRET assays supported the GST pull-down experiments. GST-R7DEP reduced FRET between CFP-Gβ5 and YFP-RGS7, indicating that the DEP-Gβ5 interaction is dynamic. In transfected cells, R7BP had no effect on the Gβ5/RGS7 pull down by GST-R7DEP. The DEP domain of RGS9 did not bind to Gβ5. Substitution of RGS7 Glu-73 and Asp-74 for the corresponding Ser and Gly residues (ED/SG mutation) of RGS9 diminished the DEP-Gβ5 interaction. In the absence of R7BP both the wild-type RGS7 and the ED/SG mutant attenuated muscarinic M3 receptor-mediated Ca2+ mobilization. In the presence of R7BP, wild-type RGS7 lost this inhibitory activity, whereas the ED/SG mutant remained active. Taken together, our results are consistent with the following model. The Gβ5-RGS7 molecule can exist in two conformations: "closed" and "open", when the DEP domain and Gβ5 subunit either do or do not interact. The closed conformation appears to be less active with respect to its effect on G q-mediated signaling than the open conformation.
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U2 - 10.1021/bi700524w
DO - 10.1021/bi700524w
M3 - Article
C2 - 17511476
AN - SCOPUS:34250179491
VL - 46
SP - 6859
EP - 6870
JO - Biochemistry
JF - Biochemistry
SN - 0006-2960
IS - 23
ER -