Reconstitution Reveals Additional Roles for N- and C-Terminal Domains of Gα in Muscarinic Receptor Coupling

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Abstract

The molecular basis for selectivity of M1 and M2 muscarinic receptor coupling to heterotrimeric G proteins has been studied using receptors expressed in Sf9 cell membranes and reconstituted with purified chimeric G(alpha) subunits containing different regions of Gi1alpha and Gq(alpha). The abilities of G protein heterotrimers containing chimeric alpha subunits to stabilize the high-affinity state of the receptors for agonist and to undergo receptor stimulated guanine nucleotide exchange was compared with G protein heterotrimers containing either native Gi1alpha or Gq(alpha). The data confirm the importance of the proper context of the C-terminus of Galpha by demonstrating that the C-terminus of Gi1alpha, when placed in the context of Gq(alpha), prevents coupling to muscarinic M1 receptors, while the C-terminus of Gq(alpha), when placed in the context of Gi1alpha, prevents coupling to muscarinic M2 receptors. However, C-terminal amino acids of Gq(alpha) placed in the context of Gi1alpha were not sufficient to allow M1 receptor coupling, nor were C-terminal amino acids of Gi1alpha placed in the context of Gq(alpha) sufficient for M2 receptor coupling. The unique six amino acid N-terminal extension of Gq(alpha) when added to the N-terminus of Gi1alpha neither prevented M2 receptor coupling nor permitted M1 receptor coupling. A Gi1alpha-based chimera containing both N- and C-terminal regions of Gq(alpha) gained the ability to productively couple M1 receptors suggesting that the proper context of both N- and C-termini is required for muscarinic receptor coupling.

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