title: Biochemical analysis of the transducin-phosphodiesterase interaction.
abstract: In vertebrate rod cells, the activated alpha-subunit of rod transducin interacts with the gamma (regulatory) subunits of phosphodiesterase to disinhibit the catalytic subunits. A 22-amino acid long region of rod transducin involved in phosphodiesterase activation has recently been identified. We have used peptides from this region of rod transducin and from several other G protein alpha-subunits to study the nature and specificity of the G protein alpha-effector interaction. Although peptides derived from rod transducin, cone transducin and gustducin are similar, only the rod peptide is capable of activating rod phosphodiesterase. Using substituted peptides we have identified five residues on one exposed face of rod transducin as important to phosphodiesterase activation. These results disagree with previous models which propose that loop regions of rod transducin interact with phosphodiesterase gamma.
authors.affiliation: Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Nutley, NJ 07110, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Spickofsky
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robichon
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Danho
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fry
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greeley
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Graves
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Madison
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Margolskee
mesh_terms: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002417:Cattle; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051381:Rats; D017948:Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / Q000201:enzymology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015293:Transducin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D015293:Transducin