title: DEP-domain-mediated regulation of GPCR signaling responses.
abstract: G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediate cellular responses to a variety of stimuli, but how specific responses are regulated has been elusive, as the types of GPCRs vastly outnumber the classes of G protein heterotrimers available to initiate downstream signaling. In our analysis of signaling proteins containing DEP domains ( approximately 90 residue sequence motifs first recognized in fly Dishevelled, worm EGL-10, and mammalian Pleckstrin), we find that DEP domains are responsible for specific recognition of GPCRs. We examined the yeast regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) protein Sst2 and demonstrate that the DEP domains in Sst2 mediate binding to its cognate GPCR (Ste2). DEP-domain-mediated tethering promotes downregulation by placing the RGS protein in proximity to its substrate (receptor-activated Galpha subunit). Sst2 docks to the Ste2 cytosolic tail, but only its unphosphorylated state, allowing for release and recycling of this regulator upon receptor desensitization and internalization. DEP-domain-mediated targeting of effectors and regulators to specific GPCRs provides a means to dictate the nature, duration, and specificity of the response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ballon
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Flanary
authors.forename: Douglas P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Gladue
authors.forename: James B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Konopka
authors.forename: Henrik G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Dohlman
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thorner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000502:physiology; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000502:physiology; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000378:metabolism; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Q000378:metabolism*; D051964:Receptors, Mating Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D020710:RGS Proteins
chemical_list: D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins; D021122:Protein Subunits; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D051964:Receptors, Mating Factor; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C094301:SST2 protein, S cerevisiae; D020710:RGS Proteins; C498031:STE2 protein, S cerevisiae