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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2023

Structures of Ric-8B in complex with Gα protein folding clients reveal isoform specificity mechanisms.

Makaía M Papasergi-Scott, Frank E Kwarcinski, Maiya Yu, Ouliana Panova, Ann M Ovrutsky, Georgios Skiniotis, Gregory G Tall

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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7 authors.

Makaía M Papasergi-ScottDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Frank E KwarcinskiDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Maiya YuDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Ouliana PanovaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Ann M OvrutskyDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Georgios SkiniotisDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: yiorgo@stanford.edu.
Gregory G TallDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: gregtall@med.umich.edu.

Funding

Regulation of Heterotrimeric G proteins by non-receptor activatorsR01GM088242 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI TALL, GREGORY GORDON · 2009 to 2022
$4.2M
Investigation of Adhesion GPCR and Ric-8 protein control of heterotrimeric G proteinsR35GM149539 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Gregory Gordon Tall · 2023 to 2026
$2.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM088242NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM149539
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian Ric-8 proteins act as chaperones to regulate the cellular abundance of heterotrimeric G protein α subunits. The Ric-8A isoform chaperones Gαi/o, Gα12/13, and Gαq/11 subunits, while Ric-8B acts on Gαs/olf subunits. Here, we determined cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of Ric-8B in complex with Gαs and Gαolf, revealing isoform differences in the relative positioning and contacts between the C-terminal α5 helix of Gα within the concave pocket formed by Ric-8 α-helical repeat elements. Despite the overall architectural similarity with our earlier structures of Ric-8A complexed to Gαq and Gαi1, Ric-8B distinctly accommodates an extended loop found only in Gαs/olf proteins. The structures, along with results from Ric-8 protein thermal stability assays and cell-based Gαolf folding assays, support a requirement for the Gα C-terminal region for binding specificity, and highlight that multiple structural elements impart specificity for Ric-8/G protein binding.

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Guanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsProtein FoldingAnimalsCryoelectron MicroscopyMammalsMolecular ChaperonesProtein IsoformsGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsMolecular ChaperonesProtein Isoformschaperonecryo-EMGEFG protein α subunitGαsGαοlfolfactoryresistance to inhibitors of cholinesterase-8ric-8structure

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PMCPMC10164081

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