ROLE OF BETA-GAMMA-SUBUNITS OF G-PROTEINS IN TARGETING THE BETA-ADRENERGIC-RECEPTOR KINASE TO MEMBRANE-BOUND RECEPTORS
ROLE OF BETA-GAMMA-SUBUNITS OF G-PROTEINS IN TARGETING THE BETA-ADRENERGIC-RECEPTOR KINASE TO MEMBRANE-BOUND RECEPTORS
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DOI:
10.1126/science.1325672
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发表时间:
1992-08-28
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
LEFKOWITZ, RJ
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作者:
PITCHER, JA;INGLESE, J;LEFKOWITZ, RJ
The rate and extent of the agonist-dependent phosphorylation of beta-2-adrenergic receptors and rhodopsin by beta-adrenergic receptor kinase (beta-ARK) are markedly enhanced on addition of G protein beta-gamma subunits. With a model peptide substrate it was demonstrated that direct activation of the kinase could not account for this effect. G protein beta-gamma subunits were shown to interact directly with the COOH-terminal region of beta-ARK, and formation of this beta-ARK-beta-gamma complex resulted in receptor-facilitated membrane localization of the enzyme. The beta-gamma subunits of transducin were less effective at both enhancing the rate of receptor phosphorylation and binding to the COOH-terminus of beta-ARK, suggesting that the enzyme preferentially binds specific beta-gamma complexes. The beta-gamma-mediated membrane localization of beta-ARK serves to intimately link receptor activation to beta-ARK-mediated desensitization.