title: Distinct mode of G protein activation due to single residue substitution of active IGF-II receptor peptide Arg2410-Lys2423: evidence for stimulation acceptor region other than C-terminus of Gi alpha.
abstract: Arg2410-Lys2423 (RVGLVRGEKARKGK, peptide 14) of the human insulin-like growth factor II receptor directly activates Gi and deletion of C-terminal 4 residues from peptide 14 nullifies this activity. A study was thus made of the effects of peptides modified in the C-terminal structure. RVGLVRGEKAAKGK and RVGLVRGEKARKGA scarcely activated Gi, whereas RVGLVRGEKARAGK (peptide A5) activated Gi as much as peptide 14 did. However, peptide A5 action did not depend on Mg2+ concentration and was little affected by pertussis toxin modification of Gi alpha. Peptide A5 may thus recognize the region on Gi alpha that is distinct from the extreme C-terminus. It is consequently considered that (i) the first and the last basic residues in the C-terminal motif of peptide 14 determine the capacity for recognition of Gi and (ii) there is a region different from the C-terminus of Gi alpha, through which the C-terminal second basic residue-altered peptide 14 activates Gi in a Mg(2+)-independent manner.
authors.affiliation: Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohkuni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nishimoto
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000378:metabolism; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011485:Protein Binding; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D009243:NAD; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D008274:Magnesium