| Title: | Identification of residues that contribute to receptor activation through the analysis of compensatory mutations in the G protein-coupled alpha-factor receptor |
| Author(s): | Lin JC; Duell K; Saracino M; Konopka JB; |
| Address: | "Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5222, USA" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0006-2960 (Print) 0006-2960 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The alpha-factor receptor (Ste2p) stimulates mating of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Ste2p belongs to the large family of G protein-coupled receptors that are characterized by seven transmembrane alpha-helices. Receptor activation is thought to involve changes in the packing of the transmembrane helix bundle. To identify residues that contribute to Ste2p activation, second-site suppressor mutations were isolated that restored function to defective receptors carrying either an F204S or Y266C substitution which affect residues at the extracellular ends of transmembrane domains 5 and 6, respectively. Thirty-five different suppressor mutations were identified. On their own, these mutations caused a range of phenotypes, including hypersensitivity, constitutive activity, altered ligand binding, and loss of function. The majority of the mutations affected residues in the transmembrane segments that are predicted to face the helix bundle. Many of the suppressor mutations caused constitutive receptor activity, suggesting they improved receptor function by partially restoring the balance between the active and inactive states. Analysis of mutations in transmembrane domain 7 implicated residues Ala281 and Thr282 in receptor activation. The A281T and T282A mutants were supersensitive to S. cerevisiae alpha-factor, but were defective in responding to a variant of alpha-factor produced by another species, Saccharomyces kluyveri. The A281T mutant also displayed 8.7-fold enhanced basal signaling. Interestingly, Ala281 and Thr282 are situated in approximately the same position as Lys296 in rhodopsin, which is covalently linked to retinal. These results suggest that transmembrane domain 7 plays a role in receptor activation in a wide range of G protein-coupled receptors from yeast to humans" |
| Keywords: | "Alanine/genetics Amino Acid Sequence Cysteine/genetics DNA Mutational Analysis Genes, Suppressor Genetic Testing Mating Factor Molecular Sequence Data *Mutagenesis Peptides/*chemistry/physiology Phenylalanine/genetics Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/*genetic;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineLin, Jennifer C Duell, Ken Saracino, Misty Konopka, James B eng GM55107/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 2005/01/26 Biochemistry. 2005 Feb 1; 44(4):1278-87. doi: 10.1021/bi048050u" |
