title: G protein-effector coupling: interactions of recombinant inhibitory gamma subunit with transducin and phosphodiesterase.
abstract: A bacterial expression vector for the inhibitory gamma subunit of retinal rod phosphodiesterase has been constructed by inserting a mouse gamma cDNA into pUC19. Escherichia coli 222 transformed with this plasmid produces a 12-kDa recombinant protein consisting of 18 additional amino acids attached to the amino terminus of gamma. The fusion protein, designated beta-gal-gamma, has been refolded into an active form in formic acid and partially purified by gel filtration chromatography. Despite a large extended sequence at the amino terminus, beta-gal-gamma is able to inhibit the activity of trypsin-activated phosphodiesterase, bind tightly to the catalytic alpha beta subunits, and interact with the alpha subunit of transducin in a nucleotide-dependent manner. The availability of large quantities of active bacterial gamma, together with the ability to change its primary structure by site-directed mutagenesis, promises to provide considerable new information on the interaction between transducin and phosphodiesterase, as well as insights into the molecular mechanism of G protein-effector coupling.
authors.affiliation: Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90024.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Griswold-Prenner
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tuteja
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Farber
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Fung
mesh_terms: D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D015293:Transducin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA; D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D015293:Transducin