Transphosphorylation and G protein activation.
Transphosphorylation and G protein activation.
复制标题
DOI:
10.1016/0006-2952(90)90420-p
复制
发表时间:
1990-05
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Angela S. Otero
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Angela S. Otero
The control of a variety of essential cellular functions involves a group of proteins characterized by specific binding of guanine nucleotides and the ability to hydrolyze GTP [11. This family of GTP-binding proteins includes tubulin, the basic unit of microtubules [2], the initiation and elongation factors of protein synthesis[3], and the G proteins that mediate transmembrane signalling (4-61. GTP-binding proteins cycle between active (GTP bound) and inactive (GDP bound) forms, that differ markedly in terms of their interactions with other protein components of a particular system. Conversion between these fnrmr; c~ rmmnl; chJ h. 7 rmn~~ ont;~ l CnP-CTP I” 1111.2.. l U~~““X~“““~ U “J. Tcyururrul UYI mu II exchange and GTP hydrolysis, and leads to transient activation of specific cellular processes[l-6]. The absolute requirement of guanine nucleotide binding proteins for GTP and the opposing effects of GDP and GTP on the activity of GTP-binding proteins imply that rephosphorylation of GDP arising from GTP hydrolysis is indispensable for their function. Extramitochondrial GTP regeneration can L,.,. r\-,.--l:“L-. l rL. _^.. _ 1.* _^^^ _ L,.“_L^ _.. 1,.*:,... _^^^“e dcL” L ‘Ip, IsIIeu r ‘lluugll~, d,,~~, ll” a~, l,“‘~, allUll, c; dL_ tions catalyzed by guanosine triphosphate monophosphate kinase(2GDP= GMP+ GTP), guanylate kinase(GDP+ ADP= GTP+ AMP) and by nucleoside diphosphate kinase (GDP+ NTP= GTP+ NDP) t[7]. The latter enzyme is ubiquitous, and in most tissues its activity is lo-to lOO-fold greater than the activity of the nucleotide monophosphate kinases [8]. Nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDPK) is found in preparations enriched in GTP-binding proteins, such as microtubule proteins [9-111, rod outer segments [12, 131, ribosomes[14, 15] and plasma membranes(see below). It has been proposed that this association is not fortuitous, but reflects a physiologically relevant connection between GTP-binding proteins and NDPK [11, 15-201, raising the possibility that GTP may act not only as the physiological activator, but also as a regulator of GTP-binding proteins. The purpose of this review is to examine the experimental evidence that led to this proposition in the specific case of the membrane-bound G proteins that control