Hormone Mediated Cell Transduction Flashcards
What are the receptor classes?
Tyrosine Kinase Receptors - they are enzymatically active and undergo autophosphorylation
G-protein coupled receptors - they activate downstream signalling
What are the potential pathways for the receptor classes?
TKR 1. Ras -> MAPK -> Effector 2. PI3K -> PIDK -> Effectors GPR 1. cAMP -> PKA -> Effectors 2. DAG -> PKC -> Effectors 3. IP3 -> Ca2+ -> Effectors This shows amplification of signalling
Describe tyrosin kinase receptors?
They have to interact with the extracellular environment because their ligands are hydrophilic - therefore they need a receptor
TKR are transmembrane proteins but they communicate throughout the cytoplasm
When they bind to their ligand they become dimeric = active = inducing trans-autophosphorylation (this is ligand induced dimerization)
The active form of the receptor communicates with the intracellular environment and switches on pathways
How does trans-autophosphorylation work within the tyrosin kinase receptor?
Three tyrosine residues are phosphorylated and the activation loop changes its conformation - the N-terminal lobe undergoes nearly 21° rotation relative to the C-terminal lobe
This forms part of the substrate recognition site
What happens with the TKR after activation?
The intracellular domain of the RTK, when the tyrosine residues become phosphorylated they serve as docking ports for many proteins in the cytoplasm
The proteins in the cytoplasm recognises the phosphotyrosine residues because the proteins have a small domain structure within their structure = Src Homology 2 (SH2) domain
What is the role of Src Homology 2 (SH2)?
Small globular domain found in many proteins
It specifically recognises phosphotyrosine, and has a high affinity for them
Once the receptor is active it then recruits many proteins to it, to recognise the receptor
This forms multi-protein complexes at the receptor
These complexes transmit discrete signals to different pathways within the cell
Give an example of a kinase cascade activation after the TKR was activated?
TKR activate the G-protein Ras - which is a growth factor
Ras is a GTPase that catalyses the hydrolysis of GTP
There is a cascade of protien kinases until reaching transcriptional factors
This shows amplification from a small signal
How are protein kinase pathways within cells kept separate?
Scaffold proteins bind some or all of the component protein kinases to ensure that they only interact with one another - this prevents a crostalk
They also properly orient and allosterically activate some kinases to target specific subcellular locations
What is special about some molecules and their receptors?
Cytokines, interferons and T-cell receptors, don’t respond to ligand binding by autophosphorylation, so the TKR change conformation in a way that activates their associated nonreceptor tyrosine kinases (NRTKs)
Describe nonreceptor tyrosine kinases?
The belong to the Src family and have a SH2, SH3 and tyrosin kinase domain
- Tyr 527 is dephosphorylated and SH2/SH3 domains bind to target peptides - this relaxes the conformational constraints on the TK domain = TK active site cleft open
- The exposed phospho-Tyr 416 forms a salt bridge with Arg 409 - leads to structural reorganisation of the activation loop
- The rupture of the Glu 310–Arg 409 salt bridge frees helix C to assume its active orientation which allows Glu 310 to form its catalytically important salt bridge to Lys 295 - activating the Src PTK activity
What are TKR a target for?
Anticancer drugs
What needs to be done to tyrosin kinase receptors after activation?
Intracellular signals must be “turned off” after the system has delivered its message so that the system can transmit future messages
Protein phosphatases -hydrolyse the phosphoryl groups attached to Ser, Thr, or Tyr side chains
Protein tyrosin phosphatases (PTPs) - dephosphorylate tyrosine
Describe G-proteins receptors?
Heterotrimeric G-proteins with 3 subunits: alpha, beta and gamma
They are soluble cytoplasmic proteins - anchored to membrane via fatty acids (during post translational modification)
The G-protein coupled receptors contain 7 transmembrane helices
How is the G-protein swithced between active and inactive forms?
Normally in an inactive form but when a G-protien coupled receptor is activated the G-protein binds GTP
There is an exchange of GDP to GTP on one of the alpha subunits of the trimer, dissociating into 3 monomers
Eventually GTP hydrolysis leads to switching the protein back to the inactive form
This pathway is therefore on a timer as the protein is only active for as long as it takes for GTP to be hydrolysed
The proteins are aided by GAPs (exchange factors) - they bind to the G-protein and help in driving the reaction
What are the three major components of the signal transduction system of G-proteins?
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) - they bind a corresponding agonist extracellularly, inducing a confomational change intracellularly Heterotrimeric G proteins - anchored to the cytoplasmic side and activated by GPCRs Adenylate cyclase (AC) - a transmembrane enzyme that is activated/inhibited by activated heterotrimeric G proteins
