Functional Role of Arrestin-1 Residues Interacting with Unphosphorylated Rhodopsin Elements

Autor: Sergey A. Vishnivetskiy, Liana D. Weinstein, Chen Zheng, Eugenia V. Gurevich, Vsevolod V. Gurevich
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Volume 24; Issue 10; Pages: 8903
ISSN: 1422-0067
DOI: 10.3390/ijms24108903
Popis: Arrestin-1, or visual arrestin, exhibits an exquisite selectivity for light-activated phosphorylated rhodopsin (P-Rh*) over its other functional forms. That selectivity is believed to be mediated by two well-established structural elements in the arrestin-1 molecule, the activation sensor detecting the active conformation of rhodopsin and the phosphorylation sensor responsive to the rhodopsin phosphorylation, which only active phosphorylated rhodopsin can engage simultaneously. However, in the crystal structure of the arrestin-1–rhodopsin complex there are arrestin-1 residues located close to rhodopsin, which do not belong to either sensor. Here we tested by site-directed mutagenesis the functional role of these residues in wild type arrestin-1 using a direct binding assay to P-Rh* and light-activated unphosphorylated rhodopsin (Rh*). We found that many mutations either enhanced the binding only to Rh* or increased the binding to Rh* much more than to P-Rh*. The data suggest that the native residues in these positions act as binding suppressors, specifically inhibiting the arrestin-1 binding to Rh* and thereby increasing arrestin-1 selectivity for P-Rh*. This calls for the modification of a widely accepted model of the arrestin–receptor interactions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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