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G Protein Selectivity Is a Determinant of RGS2 Function*

S. Heximer,Sreesha P. Srinivasa,L. Bernstein,Jennifer L. Bernard,M. Linder,J. Hepler,K. Blumer

Published 1999 in Journal of Biological Chemistry

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RGS (regulator of Gprotein signaling) proteins are GTPase-activating proteins that attenuate signaling by heterotrimeric G proteins. Whether the biological functions of RGS proteins are governed by quantitative differences in GTPase-activating protein activity toward various classes of Gα subunits and how G protein selectivity is achieved by differences in RGS protein structure are largely unknown. Here we provide evidence indicating that the function of RGS2 is determined in part by differences in potency toward Gq versus Gi family members. RGS2 was 5-fold more potent than RGS4 as an inhibitor of Gq-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis in vivo. In contrast, RGS4 was 8-fold more potent than RGS2 as an inhibitor of Gi-mediated signaling. RGS2 mutants were identified that display increased potency toward Gi family members without affecting potency toward Gq. These mutations and the structure of RGS4-Giα1 complexes suggest that RGS2-Giα interaction is unfavorable in part because of the geometry of the switch I binding pocket of RGS2 and a potential interaction between the α8-α9 loop of RGS2 and αA of Gi class α subunits. The results suggest that the function of RGS2 relative to other RGS family members is governed in part by quantitative differences in activity toward different classes of Gα subunits.

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