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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2009

Role of molecular chaperones in G protein beta5/regulator of G protein signaling dimer assembly and G protein betagamma dimer specificity.

Alyson C Howlett, Amy J Gray, Jesse M Hunter, Barry M Willardson

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Phosducin-like protein 1 is essential for G-protein assembly and signaling in retinal rod photoreceptors.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2013
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  17. The group II chaperonin Mm-Cpn binds and refolds human γD crystallin.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2011
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alyson C HowlettFrom the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.
Amy J GrayFrom the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.
Jesse M HunterFrom the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.
Barry M WillardsonFrom the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602. Electronic address: barry_willardson@byu.edu.
Brigham Young University · US

Funding

Structural basis for chaperone-dependent folding of beta-propeller proteins essential for visionR01EY012287 · NEI · BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY · PI WILLARDSON, BARRY M · 1999 to 2022
$5.7M
Co-chaperone role of phosducin-like protein in G protein subunit assemblyR01GM078550 · NIGMS · BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY · PI WILLARDSON, BARRY M · 2007 to 2010
$1.3M
NEI NIH HHS EY012287NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012287NIGMS NIH HHS GM078550NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM078550
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The G protein betagamma subunit dimer (Gbetagamma) and the Gbeta5/regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) dimer play fundamental roles in propagating and regulating G protein pathways, respectively. How these complexes form dimers when the individual subunits are unstable is a question that has remained unaddressed for many years. In the case of Gbetagamma, recent studies have shown that phosducin-like protein 1 (PhLP1) works as a co-chaperone with the cytosolic chaperonin complex (CCT) to fold Gbeta and mediate its interaction with Ggamma. However, it is not known what fraction of the many Gbetagamma combinations is assembled this way or whether chaperones influence the specificity of Gbetagamma dimer formation. Moreover, the mechanism of Gbeta5-RGS assembly has yet to be assessed experimentally. The current study was undertaken to directly address these issues. The data show that PhLP1 plays a vital role in the assembly of Ggamma2 with all four Gbeta1-4 subunits and in the assembly of Gbeta2 with all twelve Ggamma subunits, without affecting the specificity of the Gbetagamma interactions. The results also show that Gbeta5-RGS7 assembly is dependent on CCT and PhLP1, but the apparent mechanism is different from that of Gbetagamma. PhLP1 seems to stabilize the interaction of Gbeta5 with CCT until Gbeta5 is folded, after which it is released to allow Gbeta5 to interact with RGS7. These findings point to a general role for PhLP1 in the assembly of all Gbetagamma combinations and suggest a CCT-dependent mechanism for Gbeta5-RGS7 assembly that utilizes the co-chaperone activity of PhLP1 in a unique way.

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Carrier ProteinsCell LineDimerizationGTP-Binding Protein beta SubunitsGTP-Binding Protein gamma SubunitsGTP-Binding ProteinsHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsKidneyMolecular ChaperonesNerve Tissue ProteinsRGS ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingSignal TransductionCarrier ProteinsGNB5 protein, humanGNG2 protein, humanG-protein Beta gammaGTP-Binding Protein beta SubunitsGTP-Binding Protein gamma SubunitsGTP-Binding ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMolecular ChaperonesNerve Tissue ProteinsPDCL protein, humanRGS7BP protein, humanRGS ProteinsRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID19376773
PMCPMC2713520
OpenAlexW2078799403

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