PMID: 2494654Mar 1, 1989Paper

Molecular model of the G protein alpha subunit based on the crystal structure of the HRAS protein

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
S R Holbrook, S H Kim

Abstract

A structural model of guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein alpha subunits (G alpha subunits) is proposed based on the crystal structure of the catalytic domain of the human HRAS protein (p21ras). Because of low overall sequence similarity, structural and functional constraints were used to align the G alpha consensus sequence with that of p21ras. The resulting G alpha model specifies the spatial relationship among the guanine nucleotide-binding site, the binding site of the beta gamma subunit complex, likely regions of effector and receptor interaction, and sites of cholera and pertussis toxin modification. The locations in the model of the experimentally determined sites of proteolytic digestion, point mutation, monoclonal antibody binding, and toxin modification are consistent with and help explain the observed biological activity. Two important findings from our model are (i) the orientation of the G alpha model with respect to the membrane and (ii) the identification of the spatial proximity of the N- and C-terminal regions. Furthermore, by analogy to p21ras, the model assigns specific residues in G alpha required for binding the guanosine (G-box) and phosphates (PO4-box) and identifies residues potentially involve...Continue Reading

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