title: D1 dopamine receptor activity is not altered by a mutation in the first intracellular loop.
abstract: The first intracellular loop of the G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is probably the domain that has been studied least. According to the limited data available, mutations of this region can increase, decrease or not affect receptor-G protein coupling, depending on the receptor. Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) receptors with a Ser69Leu mutation of the first intracellular loop phenotypically confer tobacco color to the coat of mice, and have constitutive activity and enhanced agonist stimulation of adenylyl cyclase. Since the human D1 dopamine receptor (D1DR) has a serine at the equivalent position, we were interested to see if this serine is involved in receptor-G protein coupling in a similar fashion. Our site-directed mutagenesis study showed that the replacement of this serine by leucine (Ser56Leu) in D1DR did not affect the ability of the receptors to bind ligand or couple to G protein.
authors.affiliation: Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nip
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: O'Dowd
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007930:Leucine; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009154:Mutation; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011979:Receptors, Pituitary Hormone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012694:Serine
chemical_list: D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D011979:Receptors, Pituitary Hormone; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012694:Serine; C029446:MSH receptor; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D007930:Leucine; D004298:Dopamine