Srcチロシンキナーゼは,Gタンパク質の新たな直接効果因子である
1Department of Physiology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Cell
|September 28, 2000
まとめ
Gタンパク質は,Srcファミリーキナーゼを直接調節する. 特定のGαサブユニット (GalphasとGalphai) は,SrcとHckチロシンキナーゼをその触媒ドメインと結合して活性化させ,新しいシグナル伝達経路を明らかにする.
科学分野:
- 細胞信号伝達と分子生物学
- タンパク質チロシンキナーゼの調節
- Gタンパク質に結合した受容体経路
背景:
- ヘテロトリメリックGタンパク質は,細胞表面受容体からエフェクターまでの重要な信号トランスデューサです.
- プロトオンコゲンおよびタンパク質チロシンキナーゼであるSrcは,Gタンパク質結合受容体シグナル伝達において極めて重要です.
- Gタンパク質の調節とSrcの活性を結びつける正確な生化学的メカニズムは不明でした.
研究 の 目的:
- Gタンパク質がSrcキナーゼの活性を生化学的に調節するメカニズムを解明する.
- Srcの活性調節に関与する特定のGタンパク質サブユニットを特定する.
- この規則が他のSrc-ファミリーキナーゼにも適用されるかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 低調のc-Src.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.d.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.c.
- 様々なGアルファサブユニット (Galphas,Galphai,Galphaq,Galpha12) とGbetaガンマ (Gbetay) のキナーゼ活性に対する効果を試験する.
- Gタンパク質がSrcと結合し,形状の変化を評価するための生化学的測定法.
主要な成果:
- ガルファとガルファイは,下調されたc-Src.のキナーゼ活性を直接刺激する.
- Galphaq,Galpha12,G Gbetayは,c-Srcの活性に対する有意な刺激を示さなかった.
- また,GalphasとGalphaiは,SrcファミリーのチロシンキナーゼであるHckを,その触媒ドメインと結合し,その構成を変化させ,基質のアクセシビリティを向上させることで調節する.
結論:
- Srcファミリーのチロシンキナーゼは,特定のGタンパク質 (GalphasとGalphai) の直接的な下流エフェクターである.
- Srcキナーゼの触媒領域へのGタンパク質結合は,その活性を増強する形状の変化を誘導する.
- この研究は,Gタンパク質経路をSrc媒介型チロシンリン酸化と結びつける新しい信号伝達メカニズムを明らかにしています.
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