Function of phosducin-like proteins in G protein signaling and chaperone-assisted protein folding.
Members of the phosducin gene family were initially proposed to act as down-regulators of G protein signaling by binding G protein betagamma dimers (Gbetagamma) and inhibiting their ability to interact with G protein alpha subunits (Galpha) and effectors. However, recent findings have over-turned this hypothesis by showing that most members of the phosducin family act as co-chaperones with the cytosolic chaperonin complex (CCT) to assist in the folding of a variety of proteins from their nascent polypeptides. In fact rather than inhibiting G protein pathways, phosducin-like protein 1 (PhLP1) has been shown to be essential for G protein signaling by catalyzing the folding and assembly of the Gbetagamma dimer. PhLP2 and PhLP3 have no role in G protein signaling, but they appear to assist in the folding of proteins essential in regulating cell cycle progression as well as actin and tubulin. Phosducin itself is the only family member that does not participate with CCT in protein folding, but it is believed to have a specific role in visual signal transduction to chaperone Gbetagamma subunits as they translocate to and from the outer and inner segments of photoreceptor cells during light-adaptation.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, C-100 BNSN, Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 84602, USA. bmwillardson@chem.byu.edu
Barry M
BM
Willardson
Alyson C
AC
Howlett
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