RECEPTOR REGULATION OF G-PROTEIN PALMITOYLATION
RECEPTOR REGULATION OF G-PROTEIN PALMITOYLATION
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.91.7.2800
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发表时间:
1994-03-29
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
GILMAN, AG
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作者:
MUMBY, SM;KLEUSS, C;GILMAN, AG
Many alpha subunits of heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory proteins (G proteins) are palmitoylated. Exposure of cells to the beta-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol increased incorporation of [H-3]palmitate specifically into alpha(s), the alpha subunit that mediates stimulation of adenylyl cyclase. Pulse-chase experiments suggested that isoproterenol increased turnover of alpha(s)-bound palmitate. Mutagenesis of Cys-3 in alpha(s) or alpha(o) (a homologous alpha subunit) prevented palmitoylation of these proteins. Differing results were obtained when mutations of Cys-3 in alpha(s) or alpha(o) were expressed in cells and assayed for their distribution between soluble and membrane fractions. Some alpha subunits, including alpha(o), are myristoylated at the amino-terminal glycine residue. Mutation of this glycine prevented both myristoylation and palmitoylation of alpha(o), indicating that myristoylation precedes palmitoylation of dually acylated alpha subunits. The amino-terminal sequences and fatty acylation properties of dually acylated alpha subunits are strikingly similar to those of some members of the Src family of protein-tyrosine kinases. The amino-terminal sequence Met-Gly-Cvs-Xaa-Xaa-Ser/Cys shared by these proteins may represent a motif for cotranslational and posttranslational processing that includes myristoylation of the glycine residue and reversible palmitoylation of the cysteine residue.