Rhodopsin-G-protein interactions monitored by resonance energy transfer.
Rhodopsin-G-protein interactions monitored by resonance energy transfer.
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通过共振能量转移监测视紫红质-G-蛋白相互作用。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00430a043
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发表时间:
1989
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Montal,M
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作者:
Borochov-Neori,H;Montal,M
Departments of Biology and Physics, University of California, San Diego, LaJolla, California 92093 Received April 4, 1988; Revised Manuscript Received October 20, 1988 abstract: Resonance energy transfer measurements were implemented to monitor the specific interactions between G-protein and rhodopsin in phospholipid vesicles reconstituted with the purified proteins. Fluorescently labeled G-protein was extracted from bleached rod outer segments (ROS) reacted with several sulfhydryl reagents: 7V-(1-pyrenyl) maleimide (P), monobromobimane (B), 7-(diethylamino)-3-(4-maleimidylphenyl)-4-methylcoumarin (C), and 7V-(4-anilino-l-naphthyl) maleimide (A). Limited labeling of ROS, resulting in the modification of less than a single-SH residue per G-protein moleculeand less than 0.2 residue per rhodopsin, did not impair thespecific in situ interactions between rhodopsin and G-protein. This was demonstrated by preservation of their light-activated tight association and Gpp (NH) p binding and their fast dissociation with excess GTP. The distribution of fluorescent label among the three subunits of G-protein revealed a highly reactive-SH group in the 7 subunit accessible to labeling when G-protein was bound specifically to bleached rhodopsin. Recombination of purifiedfluorescent derivatives of G-protein with purified rhodopsin reconstituted in lipid vesicles restoredthe light-activated Gpp (NH) p binding to a level comparable to that measured with unlabeled G-protein. Similar observations were obtained with ROS depleted of peripheral proteins. Likewise, modification of upto two-SH groups per rhodopsin molecule with the fluorescent reagents did not affect the functional recombination of G-protein with rhodopsin in reconstituted lipid vesicles or in depleted ROS. Interactions between rhodopsin and G-protein were monitored by resonance energy transfer measurements, with the following fluorescent conjugates as donor/acceptor couples: P-rhodopsin/CG-protein, P-rhodopsin/BG-protein, and PG-protein/C-rhodopsin. Energy transfer was detected in bleached recombinants of these pairs, reflecting the binding of G-protein to membranes. Specific binding and nonspecific binding of G-protein were discerned by the reduction of energy transfer induced by an excess of (a) nonhydrolyzable analogues of GTP, which promote the dissociation of the rhodopsin-G-protein complex, and (b) unlabeled G-protein, which competes for binding sites in rhodopsin. To a first approximation, these measurements placed the labeled-SH groups of G-protein and rhodopsin 38-46 A apart. e fast and highly amplified activation of the cyclic-GMP phosphodiesterase inretinal rodcells by excited rhodopsin is a central process in visual transduction. The subsequent hy-drolysis of cyclic GMP leads tothe closure of the Na+ channels in the photoreceptor plasma membrane [Fesenko et al., 1985; Yau and Nakatani, 1985; Haynes et al., 1986; Zimmerman & Baylor, 1986; reviewed by Stryer (1986)]. The photoactivation of the phosphodiesterase requires the presence of a GTP binding protein (G-protein). 1 The coupling role of the G-protein is achieved through a sequence of changes in the conformations and interactions of rhodopsin and G-protein. G-Protein binds with high affinity to photolyzed rhodopsin (Godchaux & Zimmerman, 1979; Kuhn, 1980), undergoes a conformational change (Fung & Nash, 1983; Halliday et al., 1984; Navon & Fung, 1984), and subsequently exchanges bound GDP for GTP (Godchaux & Zimmerman, 1979; Kuhn, 1980; Fung & Stryer, 1980). The activated G-protein-GTP complex dissociates from excited rhodopsin (Kuhn, 1980, 1984) and activates the …