Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
J Biol Chem. 2011 Jun 10;286(23):20625-36. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.201392. Epub 2011 Apr 20.
RH-RhoGEFs are a family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors that contain a regulator of G protein signaling homology (RH) domain. The heterotrimeric G protein Gα(13) stimulates the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) activity of RH-RhoGEFs, leading to activation of RhoA. The mechanism by which Gα(13) stimulates the GEF activity of RH-RhoGEFs, such as p115RhoGEF, has not yet been fully elucidated. Here, specific residues in Gα(13) that mediate activation of p115RhoGEF are identified. Mutation of these residues significantly impairs binding of Gα(13) to p115RhoGEF as well as stimulation of GEF activity. These data suggest that the exchange activity of p115RhoGEF is stimulated allosterically by Gα(13) and not through its interaction with a secondary binding site. A crystal structure of Gα(13) bound to the RH domain of p115RhoGEF is also presented, which differs from a previously crystallized complex with a Gα(13)-Gα(i1) chimera. Taken together, these data provide new insight into the mechanism by which p115RhoGEF is activated by Gα(13).
RH-RhoGEFs 是一类鸟苷酸交换因子,包含调节 G 蛋白信号同源(RH)结构域。异三聚体 G 蛋白 Gα(13)刺激 RH-RhoGEFs 的鸟苷酸交换因子(GEF)活性,导致 RhoA 的激活。但是,Gα(13) 如何刺激 RH-RhoGEFs(如 p115RhoGEF)的 GEF 活性尚未完全阐明。在这里,确定了介导 p115RhoGEF 激活的 Gα(13)中的特定残基。这些残基的突变显著损害了 Gα(13)与 p115RhoGEF 的结合以及 GEF 活性的刺激。这些数据表明,p115RhoGEF 的交换活性是通过 Gα(13)的变构刺激,而不是通过与辅助结合位点的相互作用。还呈现了与 p115RhoGEF 的 RH 结构域结合的 Gα(13)的晶体结构,该结构与先前与 Gα(13)-Gα(i1)嵌合体的结晶复合物不同。这些数据共同为 p115RhoGEF 被 Gα(13)激活的机制提供了新的见解。