title: Regulating expression and function of G-protein-linked receptors.
abstract: G-protein-linked receptors constitute a populous family of heptahelical, membrane-localized receptors for hormones, drugs and neurotransmitters that activate a diverse and smaller subset of effectors, including adenylylcyclases, phospholipases and various ion channels. The expression and functional status of G-protein-linked receptors is highly regulated. Expression is controlled largely by activation or repression of the genes encoding the receptors, balanced by post-transcriptional mechanisms such as destabilization of receptor mRNA. Agonist-induced down-regulation of receptors involves both transcriptional and post-transcriptional controls. Gene structure reveals details of promoters as well as determinants for mRNA stability. Post-translational regulation of G-protein-linked receptors is dominated by protein phosphorylation. G-protein-linked receptors are substrates not only for protein kinase A, protein kinase C and receptor-specific kinases, but also for growth factor receptors with intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity. Recent advances in the study of beta-adrenergic receptors (beta ARs) illuminate new dynamic features of receptor regulation, central to our understanding of neurobiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University Medical Center, SUNY/Stony Brook 11794-8651, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Karoor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tholanikunnel
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Malbon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015536:Down-Regulation; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins