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Structural organization of a major neuronal G protein regulator, the RGS7-Gβ5-R7BP complex

  1. Dipak N Patil
  2. Erumbi S Rangarajan
  3. Scott J Novick
  4. Bruce D Pascal
  5. Douglas J Kojetin
  6. Patrick R Griffin
  7. Tina Izard  Is a corresponding author
  8. Kirill A Martemyanov  Is a corresponding author
  1. The Scripps Research Institute, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42150
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  1. Dipak N Patil
  2. Erumbi S Rangarajan
  3. Scott J Novick
  4. Bruce D Pascal
  5. Douglas J Kojetin
  6. Patrick R Griffin
  7. Tina Izard
  8. Kirill A Martemyanov
(2018)
Structural organization of a major neuronal G protein regulator, the RGS7-Gβ5-R7BP complex
eLife 7:e42150.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42150
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Abstract

Signaling by the G protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) plays fundamental role in a vast number of essential physiological functions. Precise control of GPCR signaling requires action of Regulators of G protein Signaling (RGS) proteins that deactivate heterotrimeric G proteins. RGS proteins are elaborately regulated and comprise multiple domains and subunits, yet structural organization of these assemblies is poorly understood. Here we report a crystal structure and dynamics analyses of the multisubunit complex of RGS7, a major regulator of neuronal signaling with key roles in controlling a number of drug target GPCRs and links to neuropsychiatric disease, metabolism, and cancer. The crystal structure in combination with molecular dynamics and mass spectrometry analyses reveals unique organizational features of the complex and long-range conformational changes imposed by its constituent subunits during allosteric modulation. Notably, several intermolecular interfaces in the complex work in synergy to provide coordinated modulation of this key GPCR regulator.

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Coordinate and structure factor have been deposited in the protein data bank with accession codes 6N9G. Raw HDX data are deposited at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7316462.v2

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  1. Dipak N Patil

    Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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  2. Erumbi S Rangarajan

    Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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  3. Scott J Novick

    Department of Molecular Therapeutics, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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  4. Bruce D Pascal

    Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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  5. Douglas J Kojetin

    Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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  6. Patrick R Griffin

    Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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  7. Tina Izard

    Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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  8. Kirill A Martemyanov

    Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA036596)

  • Kirill A Martemyanov

National Eye Institute (EY018139)

  • Kirill A Martemyanov

National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA042746)

  • Kirill A Martemyanov

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM114420)

  • Douglas J Kojetin

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK105825)

  • Patrick R Griffin

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2018, Patil et al.

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  1. Dipak N Patil
  2. Erumbi S Rangarajan
  3. Scott J Novick
  4. Bruce D Pascal
  5. Douglas J Kojetin
  6. Patrick R Griffin
  7. Tina Izard
  8. Kirill A Martemyanov
(2018)
Structural organization of a major neuronal G protein regulator, the RGS7-Gβ5-R7BP complex
eLife 7:e42150.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42150

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