title: Identification of a gephyrin binding motif on the glycine receptor beta subunit.
abstract: The tubulin-binding protein gephyrin copurifies with the inhibitory glycine receptor (GlyR) and is essential for its postsynaptic localization. Here we have analyzed the interaction between the GlyR and recombinant gephyrin and identified a gephyrin binding site in the cytoplasmic loop between the third and fourth transmembrane segments of the beta subunit. GlyR alpha subunits and GABAA receptor proteins failed to bind recombinant gephyrin. However, insertion of an 18 residue segment of the GlyR beta subunit into the GABAA receptor beta 1 subunit conferred gephyrin binding both in an overlay assay and in transfected mammalian cells. These results indicate that beta subunit expression is essential for the formation of a postsynaptic GlyR matrix.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Neurochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung, Frankfurt Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirsch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Betz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Langosch
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D018079:Receptors, GABA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018009:Receptors, Glycine / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017385:Sequence Homology; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D018079:Receptors, GABA; D018009:Receptors, Glycine; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C073441:gephyrin