title: Expression of functional G protein beta gamma dimers of defined subunit composition using a baculovirus expression system.
abstract: The 36-kDa beta 1, 35-kDa beta 2, and 6.5-kDa gamma 2 subunits of the heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding proteins have been overexpressed in Sf9 cells using a baculovirus expression system. The gamma 2 subunit expressed in Sf9 cells incorporated label derived from [3H]mevalonate and is therefore likely to be isoprenylated, as is its mammalian counterpart. Extracts of Sf9 cells doubly infected with viruses encoding a beta subunit and viruses encoding a gamma subunit are active in promoting the pertussis toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation of a G protein alpha subunit. However, extracts from Sf9 cells singly infected with viruses encoding either a beta or gamma subunit are not active in this assay. Results demonstrate utility of the insect/baculovirus system for expressing G protein beta gamma subunits of defined composition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Graber
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Figler
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Kalman-Maltese
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Robishaw
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Garrison
mesh_terms: D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D007313:Insecta; D008798:Mevalonic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D008798:Mevalonic Acid