title: Identification of a novel family of G protein-coupled receptor associated sorting proteins.
abstract: During the past few years several new interacting partners for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have been discovered, suggesting that the activity of these receptors is more complex than previously anticipated. Recently, candidate G protein-coupled receptor associated sorting protein (GASP-1) has been identified as a novel interacting partner for the delta opioid receptor and has been proposed to determine the degradative fate of this receptor. We show here that GASP-1 associates in vitro with other opioid receptors and that the interaction domain in these receptors is restricted to a small portion of the carboxyl-terminal tail, corresponding to helix 8 in the three-dimensional structure of rhodopsin. In addition, we show that GASP-1 interacts with COOH-terminus of several other GPCRs from subfamilies A and B and that two conserved residues within the putative helix 8 of these receptors are critical for the interaction with GASP-1. In situ hybridization and northern blot analysis indicate that GASP-1 mRNA is mainly distributed throughout the central nervous system, consistent with a potential interaction with numerous GPCRs in vivo. Finally, we show that GASP-1 is a member of a novel family comprising at least 10 members, whose genes are clustered on chromosome X. Another member of the family, GASP-2, also interacts with the carboxyl-terminal tail of several GPCRs. Therefore, GASP proteins may represent an important protein family regulating GPCR physiology.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, Illkirch, C. U. de Strasbourg, France. simonin@igbmc.u-strasbg.fr
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Simonin
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karcher
authors.forename: Julien J-M
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Boeuf
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matifas
authors.forename: Brigitte L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Kieffer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism; D002879:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011485:Protein Binding; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C463459:GPRASP1 protein, human; C485065:Gprasp2 protein, mouse; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins