Regulation of the G-protein-coupled alpha-factor pheromone receptor by phosphorylation - PubMed (original) (raw)

Regulation of the G-protein-coupled alpha-factor pheromone receptor by phosphorylation

Q Chen et al. Mol Cell Biol. 1996 Jan.

Abstract

The alpha-factor pheromone receptor activates a G protein signaling cascade that stimulates MATa yeast cells to undergo conjugation. The cytoplasmic C terminus of the receptor is not necessary for G protein activation but instead acts as a regulatory domain that promotes adaptation to alpha-factor. The role of phosphorylation in regulating the alpha-factor receptor was examined by mutating potential phosphorylation sites. Mutation of the four most distal serine and threonine residues in the receptor C terminus to alanine caused increased sensitivity to alpha-factor and a delay in recovering from a pulse of alpha-factor. 32PO4 labeling experiments demonstrated that the alanine substitution mutations decreased the in vivo phosphorylation of the receptor. Phosphorylation apparently alters the regulation of G protein activation, since neither receptor number nor affinity for ligand was significantly altered by mutation of the distal phosphorylation sites. Furthermore, mutation of the distal phosphorylation sites in a receptor mutant that fails to undergo ligand-stimulated endocytosis caused increased sensitivity to alpha-factor, which suggests that regulation by phosphorylation can occur at the cell surface and is independent of endocytosis. Mutation of the distal serine and threonine residues of the receptor also caused a slight defect in alpha-factor-induced morphogenesis, but the defect was not as severe as the morphogenesis defect caused by truncation of the cytoplasmic C terminus of the receptor. These distal residues in the C terminus play a special role in receptor regulation, since mutation of the next five adjacent serine and threonine residues to alanine did not affect the sensitivity to alpha-factor. Altogether, these results indicate that phosphorylation plays an important role in regulating alpha-factor receptor function.

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Regulation of the G-protein-coupled alpha-factor pheromone receptor by phosphorylation - PubMed (original) (raw)