Biochemical analysis of the transducin-phosphodiesterase interaction
- 1 November 1994
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
- Vol. 1 (11) , 771-781
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb1194-771
Abstract
In vertebrate rod cells, the activated alpha-subunit of rod transducin interacts with the gamma (regulatory) subunits of phosphodiesterase to disinhibit the catalytic subunits. A 22-amino acid long region of rod transducin involved in phosphodiesterase activation has recently been identified. We have used peptides from this region of rod transducin and from several other G protein alpha-subunits to study the nature and specificity of the G protein alpha-effector interaction. Although peptides derived from rod transducin, cone transducin and gustducin are similar, only the rod peptide is capable of activating rod phosphodiesterase. Using substituted peptides we have identified five residues on one exposed face of rod transducin as important to phosphodiesterase activation. These results disagree with previous models which propose that loop regions of rod transducin interact with phosphodiesterase gamma.Keywords
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