transducin

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1. a vector for delivering genes into cells (同)gene delivery vector

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Sensory rhodopsin II (rainbow colored) embedded in a lipid bilayer (heads red and tails blue) with Transducin below it. G_tα is colored red, G_tβ blue, and G_tγ yellow. There is a bound GDP molecule in the G_tα-subunit and a bound retinal (black) in the rhodopsin. The N-terminus terminus of rhodopsin is red and the C-terminus blue. Anchoring of transducin to the membrane has been drawn in black.

Transducin (G_t) is a heterotrimeric G protein with three polypeptide chains characterized into two subunits: α, β and γ. Transducin is naturally expressed in vertebrate retina rods and cones, with different α subunits in rod and cone photoreceptors. Transducin is a very important G-protein in vertebrate phototransduction.

Function in Phototransduction

Heterotrimeric Transducin is activated by metarhodopsin II, a conformational change in rhodopsin caused by the absorption of a photon by the rhodopsin moiety retinal. The light causes isomerization of retinal from 11-cis to all-trans. Isomerization causes a change in the opsin to become metarhodopsin II. When metarhodopsin activates transducin, the GDP bound to the α subunit (T_α) is exchanged for GTP from the cytoplasm. The α subunit dissociates from the βγ subunits (T_βγ.) Activated transducin α-subunit activates cGMP phosphodiesterase cGMP phosphodiesterase breaks down cGMP, an intracellular second messenger which opens cGMP-gated cation channels. Phosphodiesterase hydrolyzes cGMP to 5’-GMP. Decrease in cGMP concentration leads to decreased opening of cation channels and subsequently, hyperpolarization of the membrane potential.

Transducin is deactivated when the α-subunit-bound GTP is hydrolyzed to GDP. This process is accelerated by a complex containing an RGS (Regulator of G-protein signaling)-protein and the gamma-subunit of the effector, cyclic GMP Phosphodiesterase.

Mechanism of Activation

The T_α subunit of transducin contains three functional domains: one for rhodopsin/T_βγ interaction, one for cGMP binding, and the last for activation of cGMP phosphodiesterase.

Although the focus for phototransduction is on T_α, T_βγ is crucial for rhodopsin to bind to transducin. The rhodopsin/T_βγ binding domain contains the amino and carboxyl terminal of the T_α. The amino terminal is the site of interaction for rhodopsin while the carboxyl terminal is that for T_βγ binding. The amino terminal might be anchored or in close proximity to the carboxyl terminal for activation of the transducin molecule by rhodopsin.

Interaction with photolyzed rhodopsin opens up the GTP-binding site to allow for rapid exchange of GDP for GTP. The binding site is in the closed conformation in the absence of photolyzed rhodopsin. Normally in the closed conformation, an α-helix located near the binding site is in a position which hinders the GTP/GDP exchange. A conformational change of the T_α by photolyzed rhodopsin causes the tilting of the helix, opening the GTP-binding site.

Once GTP has been exchanged for GDP, the GTP-T_α complex undergoes two major changes: dissociation from photolyzed rhodopsin and the T_βγ subunit and exposure of the phosphodiesterase (PDE) binding site for interaction with latent PDE. The conformational changes initiated in the transducin by binding of GTP are transmitted to the PDE binding site and cause it to be exposed for binding to PDE. The GTP-induced conformational changes could also disrupt the rhodopsin/T_βγ binding site and lead to dissociation from the GTP-T_α complex.

The T_βγ Complex

An underlying assumption for G-proteins is that α, β, and γ subunits are present in the same concentration. However, there is evidence that there are more T_β and T_γ than T_α in rod outer segments. The excess T_β and T_γ have been concluded to be floating freely around in the ROS, though it cannot be associated with the T_α at any given time. One possible explanation for the excess T_βγ is increased availability for T_α to rebind. Since T_βγ is crucial for the binding of transducin, reacquisition of the heterotrimeric conformation could lead to more rapid binding to another GTP molecule and thus faster phototransduction.

Though T_βγ has been mentioned to be crucial for T_α binding to rhodopsin, there is also evidence that T_βγ may have a crucial, possibly direct role in nucleotide exchange than previously thought. Rhodopsin was found to specifically cause a conformational switch in the carboxyl terminal of the T_γ subunit. This change ultimately regulates the allosteric nucleotide exchange on the T_α. This domain could serve as a major area for interactions with rhodopsin and for rhodopsin to regulate nucleotide exchange on the T_α. Activation of the G protein transducin by rhodopsin was thought to proceed by the lever mechanism. Rhodopsin-binding causes helix formation at the carboxyl terminal on the T_γ and brings the T_γ carboxyl and T_α. Carboxyl terminals closer together to facilitate nucleotide exchange.

Mutations in this domain abolish rhodopsin-transducin interaction. This conformational switch in the T_γ may be preserved in the G protein γ subunit family.

Interaction with cGMP Phosphodiesterase and Deactivation

Transducin activation ultimately results in stimulation of the biological effector molecule cGMP phosphodiesterase, an oligomer with α, β and two inhibitory γ subunits. The α and β subunits are the larger molecular weight subunits and make up the catalytic moiety of PDE.

In the phototransduction system, GTP-bound-T_α binds to the γ subunit of PDE. There are two proposed mechanisms for the activation of PDE. The first proposes that the GTP-bound-T_α releases the PDE γ subunit from the catalytic subunits in order to activate hydrolysis. The second more likely mechanism proposes that binding causes a positional shift of the γ subunit, allowing better accessibility of the catalytic subunit for cGMP hydrolysis. The GTPase activity of T_α hydrolyzes GTP to GDP and changes the conformation of the T_α subunit, increasing its affinity to bind to the α and β subunits on the PDE. The binding of T_α to this larger subunits results in another conformational change in PDE and inhibits the hydrolysis ability of the catalytic subunit. This binding site on the larger molecular subunit may be immediately adjacent to the T_α binding site on the γ subunit.

Although the traditional mechanism involves activation of PDE by GTP-bound T_α, GDP-bound T_α has also been demonstrated to have the ability to activate PDE. Experiments of PDE activation in the dark (without the presence of GTP) show small but reproducible PDE activation. This can be explained by the activation of PDE by free GDP-bound T_α. PDE γ subunit affinity for GDP-bound T_α, however, seems to be about 100-fold smaller than for GTP-bound T_α. The mechanism by which GDP-bound T_α activates PDE remains unknown however, it is speculated to be similar to the activation of PDE by GTP-bound T_α.

In order to prevent activation of PDE in the dark, the concentration of GDP-bound T_α should be kept to a minimum. This job seems to fall to the T_βγ to keep the GDP-bound T_α bound in the form of holotransducin.

For deactivation, hydrolysis of the bound GTP by the T_α is necessary for T_α deactivation and returning the transducin to its basal from. However, simple hydrolysis of GTP may not necessarily be enough to deactivate PDE. T_βγ comes into play here again with an important role in PDE deactivation. The addition of T_βγ arrests inhibition of the PDE catalytic moiety because it binds with the T_α-GTP complex. The reassociated form of transducin is not able to bind to PDE any longer. This frees PDE to recouple to photolyzed rhodopsin and return PDE to its initial state to await activation by another GTP bound T_α.

Genes

• GNAT1,GNAT2,GNAT3

References

External links

• Transducin at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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