| Title: | A fluorescent alpha-factor analogue exhibits multiple steps on binding to its G protein coupled receptor in yeast |
| Author(s): | Bajaj A; Celic A; Ding FX; Naider F; Becker JM; Dumont ME; |
| Address: | "Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, P.O. Box 712, Rochester, New York 14642, USA" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0006-2960 (Print) 0006-2960 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The yeast alpha-factor receptor encoded by the STE2 gene is a member of the extended family of G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) involved in a wide variety of signal transduction pathways. We report here the use of a fluorescent alpha-factor analogue [K(7)(NBD), Nle(12)] alpha-factor (Lys(7) (7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl), norleucine(12) alpha-factor) in conjunction with flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy to study binding of ligand to the receptor. Internalization of the fluorescent ligand following receptor binding can be monitored by fluorescence microscopy. The use of flow cytometry to detect binding of the fluorescent ligand to intact yeast cells provides a sensitive and reproducible assay that can be conducted at low cell densities and is relatively insensitive to fluorescence of unbound and nonspecifically bound ligand. Using this assay, we determined that some receptor alleles expressed in cells lacking the G protein alpha subunit exhibit a higher equilibrium binding affinity for ligand than the same alleles expressed in isogenic cells containing the normal complement of G protein subunits. On the basis of time-dependent changes in the intensity and shape of the emission spectrum of [K(7)(NBD),Nle(12)] alpha-factor during binding, we infer that the ligand associates with receptors via a two-step process involving an initial interaction that places the fluorophore in a hydrophobic environment, followed by a conversion to a state in which the fluorophore moves to a more polar environment" |
| Keywords: | "4-Chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan/metabolism Flow Cytometry Fluorescent Dyes/*metabolism Gene Dosage Ligands Lysine/metabolism Mating Factor Microscopy, Fluorescence Norleucine/metabolism Peptides/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism Protein Binding Receptors, Matin;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineBajaj, Anshika Celic, Andjelka Ding, Fa-Xiang Naider, Fred Becker, Jeffrey M Dumont, Mark E eng GM22086/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ GM22087/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ GM59357/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Comparative Study Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 2004/10/20 Biochemistry. 2004 Oct 26; 43(42):13564-78. doi: 10.1021/bi0494018" |
