title: Retinal phospholipase C from squid is a regulator of Gq alpha GTPase activity.
abstract: The phospholipase C (PLC) pathway is the major signaling mechanism of photoactivation in invertebrate photoreceptors. Here we report the cloning of a cDNA encoding a 140-kDa retinal PLC that is uniquely expressed in squid photoreceptors. This cDNA encodes a protein with multiple distinct modular domains: PH, X and Y catalytic, and C2 domains, as well as G- and P-box motifs and two GTP/ATP binding motifs. The PLC was stimulated by activated squid Gq alpha but not by squid Gq beta gamma or mammalian beta gamma subunits. The PLC was inhibited by monophosphate, diphosphate and triphosphate nucleotides but not cyclic nucleosides. We also tested the ability of PLC-140 to regulate the GTPase activity of Gq alpha in the rhabdomeric membranes. Depletion of PLC-140 from the rhabdomeric membranes decreased the GTP hydrolysis but not GTP gamma S binding to the membranes. Reconstitution of purified PLC-140 with membranes accelerated Gq alpha GTPase activity by fivefold at a concentration of 2.5 microM. Our data suggest that PLC-140 plays an important role in both the activation and inactivation pathways of invertebrate visual transduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Mayeenuddin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bamsey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D049832:Decapodiformes / Q000378:metabolism*; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D043802:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D020962:Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000502:physiology; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012160:Retina / Q000201:enzymology*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D009711:Nucleotides; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D043802:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11; D020962:Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins