Regulation of mammalian adenylyl cyclases by G-protein alpha and beta gamma subunits.
Regulation of mammalian adenylyl cyclases by G-protein alpha and beta gamma subunits.
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G 蛋白 α 和 β γ 亚基对哺乳动物腺苷酸环化酶的调节。
DOI:
10.1101/sqb.1992.057.01.017
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1992
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Gilman,AG
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Tang,WJ;Iñiguez-Lluhi,JA;Mumby,S;Gilman,AG
Members of a family of heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory proteins (G proteins) are responsible for transmission of information from many membrane-bound receptors to their intracellular effectors (for reviews, see Gilman 1987; Kaziro et al. 1991; Simon et al. 1991). There are several such pathways; the best-studied are those for dual (stimulatory and inhibitory) regulation of the rate of cAMP synthesis (eg, by/3-adrenergic and muscarinic agonists) and for light-stimulated hydrolysis of cGMP in retinal rods and cones. It is now appreciated that the general features of signal transduction pathways that have been elucidated for adenylyl cyclases and the visual system--that information flows from extracellularly oriented receptor to G protein to intracellular effector--are shared by a large number of transmembrane signaling systems that are triggered by hormones, neurotransmitters, autacoids, odorants, or physical stimuli. Physiological events that are controlled by G proteins range (mechanistically) from those in which the direct interaction of G protein with effector has been demonstrated conclusively, to those in which a G protein is clearly involved but the mechanism is uncertain, to those in which control by a G protein is likely but unproven. Direct interactions between G proteins and effectors have been demonstrated for stimulatory regulation of adenylyl cyclase (Northup et al. 1983; May et al. 1985), retinal cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase (Stryer 1986), and phospholipase C-131 (Smrcka et al. 1991; Taylor et al. 1991) by the et subunits of Gs, G,(transducin), and Gq/Gll, respectively. There is clear evidence for the involvement of G proteins in the inhibitory regulation of adenylyl cyclase (Katada et al. 1984), the modulation of activity of voltage-sensitive Ca++ channels in skeletal and cardiac muscle (Brown and Birnbaumer 1988) and neurons (Hescheler et al. 1987), and the gating of K § channels in atrial muscle cells (Yatani et al. 1987, 1988), neurons (Van Dongen et al. 1988), and elsewhere (Brown and Birnbaumer 1990). However, in these cases, mechanisms remain to be determined. Although pathways that do not involve low-molecular-weight second messengers have been demonstrated, it is not yet known if the G proteineffector interaction is direct or if there are other macromolecular components that serve as primary targets for the G proteins involved. Finally, there are G proteins whose roles are reasonably obscure (eg, G12, G13 [Strathmann and Simon 1991]), pathways where