PMID: 2105488Jan 1, 1990Paper

Myristoylation of an inhibitory GTP-binding protein alpha subunit is essential for its membrane attachment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
T L JonesA M Spiegel

Abstract

We transfected COS cells with cDNAs for the alpha subunits of stimulatory and inhibitory GTP-binding proteins, alpha s and alpha i1, respectively, and immunoprecipitated the metabolically labeled products with specific peptide antibodies. Cells were separated into particulate and soluble fractions before immunoprecipitation; [35S]methionine-labeled alpha s and alpha i were both found primarily in the particulate fraction. [3H]Myristate was incorporated into endogenous and transfected alpha i but could not be detected in alpha s even when it was overexpressed. We converted the second residue, glycine, of alpha i1 into alanine by site-directed mutagenesis. Upon transfection of the mutant alpha i1 into COS cells, the [35S]methionine-labeled product was localized primarily to the soluble fraction, and, also unlike normal alpha i1, the mutant failed to incorporate [3H]myristate. The unmyristoylated mutant alpha i1 could still interact with the beta-gamma complex, since purified beta gamma subunits promoted pertussis toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation of both the normal and mutant alpha i1 subunits. These results indicate that myristoylation is critical for membrane attachment of alpha i but not alpha s subunits.

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