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A computational model predicts that G?? acts at a cleft between channel subunits to activate GIRK1 channels.

ABSTRACT: The atrial G protein (heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein)-regulated inwardly rectifying K(+) (GIRK1 and GIRK4) heterotetrameric channels underlie the acetylcholine-induced K(+) current responsible for vagal inhibition of heart rate and are activated by the G protein ?? subunits (G??). We used a multistage protein-protein docking approach with data from published structures of GIRK1 and G?? to generate an experimentally testable interaction model of G?? docked onto the cytosolic domains of the GIRK1 homotetramer. The model suggested a mechanism by which G?? promotes the open state of a specific cytosolic gate in the channel, the G loop gate. The predicted structure showed that the G? subunit interacts with the channel near the site of action for ethanol and stabilizes an intersubunit cleft formed by two loops (LM and DE) of adjacent channel subunits. Using a heterologous expression system, we disrupted the predicted GIRK1- and G??-interacting residues by mutation of one protein and then rescued the regulatory activity by mutating reciprocal residues in the other protein. Disulfide cross-linking of channels and G?? with cysteine mutations at the predicted interacting residues yielded activated channels. The mechanism of G??-induced activation of GIRK4 was distinct from GIRK1 homotetramers. However, GIRK1-GIRK4 heterotetrameric channels activated by G?? displayed responses indicating that the GIRK1 subunit dominated the response pattern. This work demonstrated that combining computational with experimental approaches is an effective method for elucidating interactions within protein complexes that otherwise might be challenging to decipher.

SUBMITTER: Mahajan R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4100999 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A computational model predicts that Gβγ acts at a cleft between channel subunits to activate GIRK1 channels.

Mahajan Rahul R Ha Junghoon J Zhang Miao M Kawano Takeharu T Kozasa Tohru T Logothetis Diomedes E DE

Science signaling 20130813 288

The atrial G protein (heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein)-regulated inwardly rectifying K(+) (GIRK1 and GIRK4) heterotetrameric channels underlie the acetylcholine-induced K(+) current responsible for vagal inhibition of heart rate and are activated by the G protein βγ subunits (Gβγ). We used a multistage protein-protein docking approach with data from published structures of GIRK1 and Gβγ to generate an experimentally testable interaction model of Gβγ docked onto the cytosolic do ...[more]

PMID: 23943609

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A computational model predicts that G?? acts at a cleft between channel subunits to activate GIRK1 channels.

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A computational model predicts that Gβγ acts at a cleft between channel subunits to activate GIRK1 channels.

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