Galbiati F, Guzzi F, Magee A I, Milligan G, Parenti M
Dipartimento di Farmacologia, Università di Milano, Italy.
Biochem J. 1996 Feb 1;313 ( Pt 3)(Pt 3):717-20. doi: 10.1042/bj3130717.
The alpha-subunit of the G-protein Gi1 alpha is normally dually acylated at its N-terminus with the saturated fatty acids myristate and palmitate. Inhibition of protein myristoylation by treatment with 2-hydroxymyristate prevented neither the incorporation of [3H]palmitate nor the membrane association of this protein when expressed in the COS cells. Construction of a mutant of Gi1 alpha in which serine-6 was replaced by aspartic acid prevented both myristoylation and palmitoylation, and the expressed protein was found primarily in the cytoplasmic fraction. These data indicate the myristoylation is not an absolute requirement for palmitoylation of Gi1 alpha and that palmitoylation, but not myristoylation, plays a key role in membrane association of this G-protein alpha-subunit.
G蛋白Gi1α的α亚基通常在其N端被饱和脂肪酸肉豆蔻酸和棕榈酸进行双重酰化。用2-羟基肉豆蔻酸处理抑制蛋白质肉豆蔻酰化,在COS细胞中表达时,既不阻止[3H]棕榈酸的掺入,也不阻止该蛋白与膜的结合。构建一个将丝氨酸-6替换为天冬氨酸的Gi1α突变体,可同时阻止肉豆蔻酰化和棕榈酰化,并且发现表达的蛋白主要存在于细胞质部分。这些数据表明,肉豆蔻酰化不是Gi1α棕榈酰化的绝对必要条件,并且棕榈酰化而非肉豆蔻酰化在该G蛋白α亚基的膜结合中起关键作用。