title: Regions of the human neurokinin A receptor involved in the generation of second messengers and in receptor desensitization.
abstract: Deletion analysis was used to study sites of human Neurokinin A receptor (HNKAR) necessary for signal transduction in CHO cells. Deletion of 62 and 81 amino acids from the c-terminus of HNKAR forms mutant receptors HNKAR delta 62 and HNKAR delta 81, which bind neurokinin A with high affinity but are functionally different. Wild type HNKAR and HNKAR delta 62 are functionally active whereas HNKAR delta 81 is functionally inactive. In addition, HNKAR and HNKAR delta 62 were both desensitized to the neurokinin A signal within 5 minutes. The data indicates: 1) an intact cytoplasmic tail of the HNKAR is not critical for signal transduction, but the n-terminal amino acids of the cytoplasmic tail are necessary for signaling and 2) the c-terminal 62 amino acids are not necessary for desensitization.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pharmacology, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Josiah
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Cyr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grumet
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kris
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D006224:Cricetinae; D017931:DNA Primers; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D015288:Neurokinin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011487:Protein Conformation; D018041:Receptors, Neurokinin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000502:physiology*; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D017931:DNA Primers; D018041:Receptors, Neurokinin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015288:Neurokinin A; D002118:Calcium