title: A dominant negative G alpha s mutant is rescued by secondary mutation of the alpha chain amino terminus.
abstract: The Gs protein alpha subunit, alpha s, stimulates the activity of adenylyl cyclase. The sequence 223Asp-Val-Gly-Gly-Gln227 in the alpha s polypeptide is predicted to interact with the gamma-phosphate of GTP and mediate the conformational change involved in alpha s activation. Mutation of the alpha s polypeptide within this region at Gly225----Thr had two demonstrative phenotypic effects when expressed in COS-1 cells: the mutant alpha s chain was ineffective in activating adenylyl cyclase and inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner the beta-adrenergic receptor stimulation of cAMP synthesis. Thus, the Gly225----Thr mutation alters the ability of GTP to activate the alpha s chain and when overexpressed the mutant polypeptide exerts a dominant negative phenotype. Mutation at the amino terminus which creates a constitutively active alpha s rescued the inhibited state of the Gly225----Thr mutant when both mutations were encoded in the same polypeptide. This finding defines the amino terminus as a functional regulatory domain controlling the properties of the GTP/GDP binding site of G protein alpha subunit polypeptide chains.
authors.affiliation: Division of Basic Sciences, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002678:Chimera; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases