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Eukaryotic G protein-coupled receptors as descendants of prokaryotic sodium-translocating rhodopsins.


ABSTRACT: Microbial rhodopsins and G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs, which include animal rhodopsins) are two distinct (super) families of heptahelical (7TM) membrane proteins that share obvious structural similarities but no significant sequence similarity. Comparison of the recently solved high-resolution structures of the sodium-translocating bacterial rhodopsin and various Na(+)-binding GPCRs revealed striking similarity of their sodium-binding sites. This similarity allowed us to construct a structure-guided sequence alignment for the two (super)families, which highlighted their evolutionary relatedness. Our analysis supports a common underlying molecular mechanism for both families that involves a highly conserved aromatic residue playing a pivotal role in rotation of the 6th transmembrane helix.

SUBMITTER: Shalaeva DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4608122 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Eukaryotic G protein-coupled receptors as descendants of prokaryotic sodium-translocating rhodopsins.

Shalaeva Daria N DN   Galperin Michael Y MY   Mulkidjanian Armen Y AY  

Biology direct 20151015


Microbial rhodopsins and G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs, which include animal rhodopsins) are two distinct (super) families of heptahelical (7TM) membrane proteins that share obvious structural similarities but no significant sequence similarity. Comparison of the recently solved high-resolution structures of the sodium-translocating bacterial rhodopsin and various Na(+)-binding GPCRs revealed striking similarity of their sodium-binding sites. This similarity allowed us to construct a struct  ...[more]

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