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RIC-8 (Synembryn): a novel conserved protein that is required for G(q)alpha signaling in the C. elegans nervous system.
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- Depletion of endogenously biotinylated carboxylases enhances the sensitivity of TurboID-mediated proximity labeling in Caenorhabditis elegans.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2022Article
- Structures of Gα Proteins in Complex with Their Chaperone Reveal Quality Control Mechanisms.Cell reports · 2020Article
- Ric-8A, a GEF, and a Chaperone for G Protein α-Subunits: Evidence for the Two-Faced Interface.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2020Article
- Transducin Partners Outside the Phototransduction Pathway.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2020Article
- Large-scale conformational rearrangement of the α5-helix of Gα subunits in complex with the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Ric8A.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2019Article
- Structural underpinnings of Ric8A function as a G-protein α-subunit chaperone and guanine-nucleotide exchange factor.Nature communications · 2019Article
- Structure, Function, and Dynamics of the Gα Binding Domain of Ric-8A.Structure (London, England : 1993) · 2019Article
- Blockade and reversal of swimming-induced paralysis in C. elegans by the antipsychotic and D2-type dopamine receptor antagonist azaperone.Neurochemistry international · 2019Article
- Genomic Signals of Adaptation towards Mutualism and Sociality in Two Ambrosia Beetle Complexes.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Neurotransmitter signaling through heterotrimeric G proteins: insights from studies in C. elegans.WormBook : the online review of C. elegans biology · 2018Review
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Abstract
Recent studies describe a network of signaling proteins centered around G(o)alpha and G(q)alpha that regulates neurotransmitter secretion in C. elegans by controlling the production and consumption of diacylglycerol (DAG). We sought other components of the Goalpha-G(q)alpha signaling network by screening for aldicarb-resistant mutants with phenotypes similar to egl-30 (G(q)alpha) mutants. In so doing, we identified ric-8, which encodes a novel protein named RIC-8 (synembryn). Through cDNA analysis, we show that RIC-8 is conserved in vertebrates. Through immunostaining, we show that RIC-8 is concentrated in the cytoplasm of neurons. Exogenous application of phorbol esters or loss of DGK-1 (diacylglycerol kinase) rescues ric-8 mutant phenotypes. A genetic analysis suggests that RIC-8 functions upstream of, or in conjunction with, EGL-30 (G(q)alpha).
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