title: Identification of proteins resembling G-protein alpha subunits in locust muscle.
abstract: In locust skeletal muscle, FMRFamide-like peptides decrease a K+ conductance. Functional data suggest the involvement of G-proteins. For identification of G-protein alpha-subunits, membranes of locust skeletal muscle were probed with ADP-ribosylating bacterial toxins, the photoreactive GTP analog, [alpha-32P]GTP azidoanilide, and with antibodies against mammalian alpha-subunits. Multiple guanine nucleotide-binding proteins of approximately 24-95 kDa were detected. Pertussis toxin catalyzed the ADP-ribosylation of two proteins comigrating with the ADP-ribosylated alpha-subunits of the mammalian G-proteins Go and Gi. Cholera toxin promoted ADP-ribosylation of a protein comigrating with mammalian cholera toxin substrates (i.e., Gs alpha-subunits). An antibody against mammalian Go alpha-subunits detected a 54-kDa protein. Thus proteins with properties of mammalian G-protein subunits are present in insect muscle.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmakologie, Freie Universität Berlin, F.R.G.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Söling
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Walther
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000345:Affinity Labels / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001386:Azides / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D015723:Gene Library; D006110:Grasshoppers; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009132:Muscles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000345:Affinity Labels; D001386:Azides; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; C031907:GTP gamma-4-azidoanilide; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins