cAMP Flashcards
GDP bound to alpha subunit of G protein
Inactive
GTP bound to alpha subunit of G protein
active
what are the four parts of alpha subunit of G protein
helical domain, linker, Ras like domain and switch region
what does helical domain of aG protein does?
closes over top to hold GTP in
What does Ras like domain of aG does?
where GTP binds
what does switch and linker region does?
switch region changes conformation when GTP binds and are at the interface with the receptor.
linker region connects helical and Ras like domains
what domain of aG interacts with the receptor
Ras like domain
what is the conformational change in aG subunit
the alpha helical domain swing open and GDP exchanges for GTP and alpha dissociates from beta-gamma
explain G protein activation and effectors pathway
agonist binding - G protein coupling and nucleotide exchange- activated G protein subunits regulate effector proteins - GTP hydrolysis and inactivation of Ga protein
Beta-gamma subunit domains
beta subunit gas 7 WD40 domains with 7 beta sheets with WD domains, 6 of them
gamma subunits are 12 that lay over beta subunit
what are effectors regulated by Beta- Gamma (3)
PLC. AC, many ion channels
where does G protein change shape when activated
at the region where it binds to the receptor and lets lose of receptor as well as where alpha- beta-gamma interacts
where are the lipid attachments in Ga and Ggamma?
Ga: N terminus
G-gamma: c terminus
adenylyl cyclase can be purified by____________
forsklin affinity chromatography
what is the structure of adenylyl cyclase?
12 membrane spans
N and C intracellular
2 large intracellular ATP binding loops also catalytic domains
what does adenylyl cyclase function
uses ATP binding domains to generate cAMP
what happens to the catalytic domains of adenylyl cyclase?
dimerize in anti-parallel manner
what all are found in the activation and inhibitory sites of adenylyl cyclase?
activation: Gs, fsk, beta-gamma
inhibitory: Gi, cyclase catalytic site ( ATP-cAMP)
what is it called when Gi and GS bind to AC at the same time?
Physiological antagonism because they don’t compete for a binding site, they bind at different sites
what does Ga bind to when active and inactive
when Ga inactive (Ga + GDP)- receptor and beta-gamma
when Ga active (Ga + GTP)- AC
cAMP pathway
ligand-GPCR ___ G protein + GTP____ AC____ cAMP___ activates kinases
protein kinase A (PKA)
activated by cAMP
serine-threonine kinase
phosphorylates ARG-ARG-X-Ser/Ther
how many (what) are the subunits of PKA
4 subunits
2 regulatory bound by disulfide bond and 2 catalytic not bound to each other but (psudo-phosphorylates the regulatory domains so they are stuck)
what is active and inactive PKA
R2C2 or R2/2cAMP + 2C (intermediate )- inactive
R2.4cAMP + 2C - active